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Spanish doctors highlight the importance of targeting and testing older adults for HIV in a case report being presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) held online this year. Dr. Enrique Garcia Carus and colleagues from the Central University Hospital of Asturias detail the case of an 83-year-old man with […]
Another thing happened when I made that decision: It empowered me and allowed me to take back control. For the first few weeks of this process, I felt helpless. I was scared. But in choosing to remove my breasts, I played an active role in my health, which I felt had been taken away from […]
A study led by a psychologist from Trinity College Dublin raises important questions on how mental illness is currently diagnosed and whether these diagnoses accurately reflect the underlying neurobiology of mental illness. The findings, just published in the leading peer-reviewed medical journal, JAMA Psychiatry, are significant in highlighting the need for more individualised approaches to […]
Boy, six, is diagnosed with testicular cancer after his mother noticed one of his testicles was bigger than the other in the bath Jake Barksby, from Nottinghamshire, was diagnosed with the disease on June 4 Figures show only eight children under the age of nine are diagnosed each year His 35-year-old mother saw that one […]
Scientists have developed an animal model that may provide a path toward improving the diagnosis and treatment of the devastating brain disease chronicled in the bestselling autobiography “Brain on Fire.” The book, along with a 2017 movie by the same name, traces newspaper reporter Susannah Cahalan’s harrowing descent into the throes of the disease. The […]
An occasional tiny mole or freckle is usually no reason to be alarmed. But one woman’s small blemish turned out to be a deadly form of skin cancer. Last June, Megan DiDio, a 22-year-old from Red Bluff, California, noticed that a mole on her left cheek began to look abnormal. Because of her fair complexion, DiDio always took […]
Most people with Fanconi anemia are diagnosed before they turn 12 but don’t live past 30. Wei Du—a researcher in the WVU School of Pharmacy and the WVU Cancer Institute—is exploring the metabolic processes the underlie this form of anemia. Her findings may lead to new gene therapies that help patients live better, longer. Treating […]
Barry Reid was at Universal with his family when he collapsed and was rushed to a nearby emergency room. (SWNS) A dad-of-two has spoken of his holiday horror after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor during a dream family trip to Florida. Barry Reid, his wife Gillian and their two young daughters, Chloe and […]
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie has spoken about her high-profile divorce from Brad Pitt and her subsequent health troubles. The 42-year-old says she was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy last year, which is when the muscles on one side of the face become paralysed. It is caused by the […]