The cytokine storm associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) triggers a hypercoagulable state leading to venous and arterial thromboembolism. Lab findings associated with this phenomenon ar… [+24867 chars]
Summary: Researchers shed new light on how the human brain evolved to be language-ready. Compared to the brains of chimps, the patterns of connections of language areas in the human brain expanded mo… [+3464 chars]
In 2019, 40-year-old Mohammad Aslam from Ratto Dero, a small town in Pakistans Sindh province, lost his two young daughters to HIV/AIDS. Due to the social taboos surrounding HIV/AIDS in Pakistan, pa… [+6076 chars]
A team of researchers from Harvard University has claimed that like stem cells, samples of gut microbiota preserved at an early age when a person is healthy, could be used later in life to treat dise… [+4921 chars]
Source Citation Bahnson TD, Giczewska A, Mark DB, et al. Association between age and outcomes of catheter ablation versus medical therapy for atrial fibrillation: results from the CABANA trial. Circ… [+117 chars]
In a recent study published in Nature, researchers reported on the productive and persistent infection of salivary glands (SGs) by enteric viruses, with oral cavity titers similar to intestinal titer… [+6473 chars]
What do cancer of the pancreas, colon and liver have in common? Apart from the fact that they are cancers that affect the digestive system, they are also preventable if detected early. However, thes… [+7068 chars]
Use of warfarin appears to not only accelerate progression of aortic stenosis (AS) and increase the likelihood of needing an aortic valve replacement (AVR), but also may raise the risk of dying in pa… [+6518 chars]
<ul><li>Colorectal cancer is the second deadliest cancer in Singapore and worldwide.</li><li>Classifying colorectal cancer patients into different subgroups is important to direct and optimise treatm… [+6249 chars]
New research led by Edith Cowan University has made an important discovery that could lead to more effective treatments for the world's 262 million asthma sufferers. A study led by Dr Stacey Reinke … [+2803 chars]
There are currently no drugs in clinical use that prevent damage caused by heart attack A potentially life-saving treatment containing venom from one of the world’s deadliest spiders is one step clo… [+1214 chars]
The bacteria that causes typhoid fever is becoming increasingly resistant to common antibiotics used to treat the disease, with resistant strains spreading to hundreds of countries in the past three … [+5198 chars]
