Statins: How the drug prevents heart attacks and strokes 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 Statins are a powerful medicine that […]

Dr Dawn Harper on signs of vitamin B12 and vitamin D deficiency 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 Vitamin B12 is […]

The COVID-19 pandemic continued its retreat this week, with fewer deaths and the number of new cases decreasing in most regions of the world. Here is a state of play based on AFP’s database. 22 percent drop After a surge which lasted for three-and-a-half months, the average number of global daily cases dropped for a […]

Mobile stroke units (MSUs) are cost-effective and are associated with reduced downstream stroke-related costs, new data suggest. In a prospective, observational study that included almost 1000 patients, the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of MSUs was $33,537 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY). This amount is less than the US threshold of $50,000 to $190,000 per QALY, […]

New UC Davis MIND Institute research has identified a novel human gene linked to fetal brain development and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The discovery also links the gene to the mother’s early prenatal vitamin use and placental oxygen levels. In a study published Feb. 16 in Genome Biology, the researchers used genomic sequencing to find […]

Researchers are beginning to discover how your genes, medical conditions, and environment affect your chances of getting Alzheimer’s disease. Now, they want to know more about how being Black or Hispanic factors in and they are using the rich resources in South Florida to discover who is at risk and why. University of Miami researcher […]

When a person tested positive for omicron after attending an anime convention in New York City late last year, health officials raced to determine if the indoor gathering was a superspreader event. It wasn’t, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded Thursday. Widespread masking, vaccinations and good air flow at the Javits Center […]

A recently published paper in the journal Molecular Cancer by the group of Dr. Manel Esteller, Director of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, ICREA Research Professor and Genetics Chairman at the University of Barcelona, ​​shows that transfer RNAs for certain amino acids are altered at the epigenetic level in some types of cancer, expressing […]

Coronavirus: Lifting restrictions 'right thing to do' says Eustice 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 Many supplements are sold on the […]

For patients with rheumatic arthritis and other chronic inflammatory diseases, discontinuing biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) prior to orthopedic surgery does not appear to increase the risk of surgical site infections or delayed wound healing, concludes a review and meta-analysis in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. However, patients discontinuing bDMARDs may be more likely to […]