Published: 4:15am, 4 Jun, 2022 Updated: 4:15am, 4 Jun, 2022
Laparoscopic gastric banding has been favored for the treatment of morbid obesity because it is minimally invasive, effective, and reversible. One of the complications is gastric band erosion which c… [+11096 chars]
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of adverse events within 90 days for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) does not differ according to whether the surgeon performing the… [+1390 chars]
Dr Hiddo J.L. Heerspink The twincretin tirzepatide might become part of the arsenal against diabetic kidney disease, new research suggests. Notably, the drug significantly reduced the likelihood of … [+6723 chars]
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia; if we are to alleviate its impact, we need to understand as much as possible about how it gets started and the effects it has on brain cells … [+3256 chars]
Adverse maternal and cardiovascular outcomes were more likely in pregnant women with cardiomyopathy compared with those who had a different or no heart disease, findings of a systematic review and me… [+4431 chars]
The human papillomavirus (HPV) causes more than 30,000 cancers annually. Although many people typically associate HPV with cervical cancer, the most common HPV-associated cancer is actually head and … [+2420 chars]
While the official figures since the April peak are either declining or plateauing, a second winter wave is likely to hit as immunity wanes. COVID-19 modeller Dr Dion O'Neale said while we haven't r… [+1366 chars]
CHICAGO, June 3 (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Friday urged doctors to test for monkeypox if they suspect cases, saying there may be community-level spread but that the overall public health ri… [+2546 chars]
Summer is here, and that means people will be soaking up the sun. While some vitamin D from sun rays is good in moderation, experts warn that if you overdo it, youre at risk for melanoma, a less comm… [+2852 chars]
A new study posted on the medRxiv* preprint server found that despite a lower coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine efficacy against reinfection with the Omicron variant, these vaccines demonst… [+4396 chars]
Adults who get COVID-19 could have antibodies circulating in their blood for nearly 500 days after infection, new research suggests. "We now have a good estimate of how long antibodies last after a … [+2391 chars]