Experiencing a traumatic event such as violence or disaster can cause recurring flashbacks, anxiety, fear, and impaired cognition, collectively diagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Alt… [+7674 chars]
A psychedelic compound found in psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms, can help to “open up" depressed people’s brains, enabling brain regions to talk more freely to one another, finds a stud… [+2415 chars]
Chronic migraine, which affects an estimated 1 to 2 percent of people around the world, is sometimes rooted in stress or lack of sleep. Its diagnosed when you have 15 or more headache days per month … [+7292 chars]
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL) is the most common type of hematological cancer, or cancer that affects the blood or tissues that form the blood. This cancer type affects lymph tissues. Having one typ… [+4298 chars]
Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) is a rare but potentially fatal risk of carotid endarterectomies and carotid artery stenting. These are surgeries that are used to increase blood flow in the ca… [+6553 chars]
Brain tumour patients are beginning to benefit from new personalised treatment using DNA sequencing, the NHS has said. Patients with glioblastoma, the most aggressive and fatal form of brain tumour,… [+1833 chars]
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect reports of other diseases in 2021, according to the Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten). A summary of the epidemiological annual report fo… [+1754 chars]
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Alcohol abuse is a known cause of liver disease. But one in four adults worldwide has a liver condition not connected to drinking that ups the risk of heart… [+2720 chars]
A new University of Gothenburg study has paved the way for the first drug treatment for sleep apnea. Compared to before receiving the treatment, breathing pauses decreased with on average more than 2… [+2699 chars]
Dr Peter Hotez, who co-chairs the Lancet Commission on Covid-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics Task Force, talks to Kaunain Sheriff M about the next phase in the development of Covid-19 vaccines, explains… [+10207 chars]
Cancer is the number two cause of death after heart disease. Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men, and the second leading cause of death from cancer in men, after lung cancer. The… [+2485 chars]
The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways <ul><li>The results from this study suggest that the experience of s… [+4115 chars]
