We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Jim Thornhill, 81, said: “I feel very lucky. When I discovered the cancer, it had […]

The outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first reported in 2019 in Wuhan, China. The subsequent global transmission of SARS-CoV-2 ultimately led to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Implementing strict prevention measures and quarantine policies rapidly decreased COVID-19 cases in China. Despite these efforts, several localized COVID-19 outbreaks have […]

Twenty years after the first baseline survey of Canadians living with celiac disease was conducted, the Canadian Celiac Association (CCA) is mounting a major research initiative to identify progress made and continuing challenges surrounding life with the condition. Has life gotten any easier for the almost 400,000 Canadians living with celiac disease? Twenty years ago, […]

Europe saw a 14% decrease in live births in January 2021, just nine to ten months after the first peak of the COVID-19 epidemic and the first lockdowns, compared to the average numbers of live births in January 2018 and 2019. The researchers of the study, which is published in Human Reproduction, say that the […]

Obesity has been a major global health issue in recent decades as more people eat unhealthy diets and fail to exercise regularly. A new University of Michigan study suggests there is another factor that tips the scale in women’s weight, body mass index, waist circumference and body fat—air pollution. Women in their late 40s and […]

A new study is sounding the alarm about the addition of antihistamines to street forms of opioids—and how they might make a fatal overdose more likely. The prime drug in question is diphenhydramine, found commonly in over-the-counter allergy meds such as Benadryl. Because opioid use can spur itchy skin in people who misuse the drugs, […]

In work published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers examined whether the general public understands the medical jargon that physicians typically use in their introductions to patients. They found specialty names and seniority titles are sources of misunderstanding. “Jargon is pervasive in medicine and the opportunity for misunderstanding due […]

A new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) reveals the areas of the brain where the meanings of words are retrieved from memory and processed during language comprehension. Previous neuroimaging studies had indicated that large portions of the temporal, parietal, and frontal lobes participate in processing language meaning, but it was […]

The study covered in this summary was published on researchsquare.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaway Although rare, radiation-induced meningiomas have higher-grade histology, require more aggressive treatment, and have higher recurrence and progression rates than spontaneous meningiomas. Why This Matters Because radiation-induced meningiomas (RIMs) rarely occur, little is known […]

As scientists are learning more about the long-term effects of Covid, and what exactly the disease looks like, one data point is emerging — women are suffering more from long COVID than men. Researchers from the Johnson & Johnson Office of the Chief Medical Officer reported these findings in Current Medical Research and Opinion, a peer-reviewed […]