What's the link between social life and brain structure? Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute at Inserm, and elsewhere are now one step closer t… [+5828 chars]
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the pathogen responsible for the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The SARS-CoV-2 infection has a wide range… [+9286 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]
According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 billion people are infected with parasitic helminths worldwide, but the prevention and treatment of helminth infection remain challenging. Rese… [+2067 chars]
As old age approaches, and people become unmindful and forgetful, the first fear that creeps in is that of dementia, a condition that affects memory, thinking and communication capacities, interferin… [+1465 chars]
Two years ago, when Nicky White was 63 years of age, he completed a free, home test kit (FIT test) which looks for blood in the stool which is not visible to the human eye. The test indicated that th… [+7417 chars]
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is effective in reducing the short-term risk for COV… [+6169 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]
Cholesterol scares us all. We try to reduce and manage the level of cholesterol in the body through a number of activities and lifestyle changes. But, we mostly overlook our food plate. The secret t… [+793 chars]
Nearly 1 in 2 older adults now die with a diagnosis of dementia listed on their medical record, a 36 percent rise from two decades ago. The research, published April 1 in JAMA Health Forum, found the… [+4825 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]
SINGAPORE - Recipients of the Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine are five times more likely to experience severe Covid-19 symptoms when they are infected than those who had the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty vacci… [+2436 chars]
