Each year, April is designated as "Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month" where people come together to raise awareness about this neurodegenerative brain disease. This month offers a unique opportunit… [+14857 chars]
People should try to move a little every day, Heisz suggested. Maybe its a five-minute or 10-minute walk. It could be a two-minute movement break every 30 minutes for people who sit all day. "That's… [+1960 chars]
The estimated cost of multiple sclerosis (MS) reached $85.4 billion in 2019 in the United States, according to a new report published in the April 13, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical jo… [+3793 chars]
A new Blood Advances study suggests that people with cancer and non-O blood types, such as types A, B, and AB, face an increased risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood clots in the… [+3590 chars]
NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization‘s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) recently announced their evaluation of the evidence that has been emerging over … [+1796 chars]
A 20-year-old man was hospitalised after a freak accident while masturbating - in a first case of its kind. The Swiss patient, who has not been named, suffered a rare lung injury normally caused by… [+3943 chars]
Almost everyone vaccinated for Covid-19 over the last 16 months will remember that he or she received a quick prick in the upper arm. This is because most vaccines, including those for Covid-19, are … [+4854 chars]
A healthy lifestyle was tied to a longer life but the extra years did not mean more time living with Alzheimer's dementia, a prospective study showed. People who had four or five healthy lifestyle f… [+4330 chars]
Researchers have developed new polymer materials that are ideal for making the optical links necessary to connect chip-based photonic components with board-level circuits or optical fibers. The polym… [+4685 chars]
Positive lymph node status is not a reliable indicator of the need for adjunctive chemotherapy, and sentinel node biopsy may not be helpful in older women with certain low-risk breast cancers, accord… [+1806 chars]
MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat patients experiencing a stroke or aneurysm. With a modified joystick, surgeons in one hospital may contro… [+6147 chars]
As of April 13, 2022, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected over 501 million worldwide and caused over 6.2 million deaths. Many of the individuals who have rec… [+8473 chars]
