Gene therapies aim to cure severe, barely treatable monogentic diseases caused by a defect in a single gene. Medical hopes are correspondingly high. Some gene therapies have already been approved in … [+4734 chars]
Lyme disease diagnoses have risen by 60% in rural areas and 19% in urban areas in the United States over the past 5 years and by 357% and 65%, respectively, over the past 15 years, according to data … [+3616 chars]
Polish investigators, led by Anna Niedwied, MD, from the Department of General Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, reported that the SARS-CoV-2 virus does not cause a strong l… [+2342 chars]
<ul><li>Researchers investigated the effects of different kinds of physical and mental activity on dementia risk. </li><li>They found that activities including frequent exercise, household chores, an… [+5859 chars]
Minimally invasive endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty added to lifestyle modifications was effective for inducing significant weight loss, according to the randomized MERIT trial. Among patients with cl… [+4719 chars]
<li>Rowley, J. et al. Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis and syphilis: global prevalence and incidence estimates, 2016. Bull. World Health Organ.97, 548562 (2019). PubMed PubMed Central Art… [+33750 chars]
Giving people with bladder cancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy at the same time helps stop cancer from coming back, long-term results of a 10-year study confirm. Previous results showed that using … [+5398 chars]
Seed pods from a sycamore tree on the ground in a pasture. Ingestion of these seeds can prove toxic to horses. Sycamore trees, the seeds of which can cause atypical myopathy in horses, carry a poten… [+7230 chars]
Summary: Researchers discuss how psychedelics can affect the brain and provide therapeutic benefits for those suffering from a range of psychiatric disorders. Source: Stanford There’s been newfound… [+8781 chars]
A new study from Edith Cowan University has found acupuncture therapy may be a useful tool in avoiding type 2 diabetes. The research team investigated dozens of studies covering the effects of acupun… [+2436 chars]
<li>WHO estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases: foodborne disease burden epidemiology reference group 20072015 (WHO, 2015). </li><li>Deng, X., den Bakker, H. C. & Hendriksen, R. S.… [+7523 chars]
New research shows a clear therapeutic benefit for thiopurine metabolic monitoring for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A team of investigators, led by Jia Qi Yeo, National Healthcare… [+3203 chars]
