Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) has been a prevalent health problem among older adults, which is often left undetected and undertreated. Several studies in the last decade have shown that individuals with SNHL have twice the risk of developing…
At the 34th Annual Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV), which took place September 17-20 in Paris, research was presented titled “Dupilumab Safety and Efficacy Up to 3 Years Across Racial Subgroups in…
A new study discovered that patients whose heart rates slowed within 45 seconds of starting magnetic brain stimulation therapy showed significantly greater improvement in depressive symptoms 6 weeks later.1
Intermittent theta burst stimulation…
Hospice care aims to bring comfort, peace, and dignity to patients at the end of life. Yet for the growing number of Americans with dementia who enter hospice, their course is often long and unpredictable – making it especially…
The problem, Mannone explains, is that the make-up of modern wheat differs from its ancestral form. Through intensive crossbreeding, it now contains 42 pairs of chromosomes instead of the original 14, making it higher-yielding but harder for…
Using the upcoming version of BI-RADS for auditing preoperative breast MRI is feasible, according to research published October 14 in Radiology.
A team led by Ethan Cohen, MD, from The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston…
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JOHANNESBURG — JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s health minister on Tuesday called lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention jab in the world, a “groundbreaking” tool to fight the disease, but warned initial donated supply would…
PRAGUE, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — A growing outbreak of hepatitis A is spreading across the Czech Republic, with Prague reporting 826 cases since January and 10 deaths, the Prague public health authority HygPraha said on Tuesday.
According to the…
The World Health Organisation’s cancer research arm has found “sufficient evidence” that tougher rules on alcohol would help fight cancer – while acknowledging that introducing them in Europe will be politically difficult.
Every year,…