Why are hospitals turning a blind eye to racist patients who demand a white doctor? The disturbing testimony of a top paediatrician who has been a victim – but now says: ‘No more’ Dr Zeshan Qureshi graduated in 2009 and has enjoyed a diverse medical career At hospital, a man once lunged at him and […]
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Age influences the extent to which smoking and other risk factors increase risk of depression
People who smoke, suffer from high blood pressure, obesity, or diabetes are not only at greater risk of suffering a stroke, heart attack, or dementia. For them, the risk of being affected by depressive mood or depression also increases. The more risk factors a person has, the more likely this is. Until now, however, it […]
New strategy to treat brain bleeding
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)—bleeding from a ruptured aneurysm—leads to delayed cerebral vasospasm (blood vessel constriction) and stroke. SAH morbidity and mortality are high, and therapeutic options are limited. Joyce Cheung-Flynn, Ph.D., and colleagues proposed that SAH downregulates the nitric oxide-protein kinase G (NO-PKG) signaling pathway that normally relaxes cerebral blood vessels. Using a rat model, they […]