Category: 6. Health

There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University’s College of Medicine…

Doctors may not need to avoid steroids before biopsy in patients with a common aggressive lymphoma, according to a new study from a US academic medical center. The research suggests that short-term corticosteroid use does not appear to…

As a young medical student in 1975, I walked into a basement lab at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, to interview for a summer job.

It turned out to be the start of a lifelong affiliation – first as a trainee, then…

Introduction

Restful sleep is essential for regeneration and energy balance and plays an important role for mental- and physical health.^1–8 Insufficient sleep is manifested by daytime fatigue and reduced performance and can lead to increased…

Introduction

The neurological disorder epilepsy is particularly frequent during pregnancy. Epilepsy affects women of childbearing age and the prevalence of epilepsy during pregnancy is 0.3–0.7.¹ Although pregnant women with epilepsy (WWE) are…

Introduction

Skin metastasis refers to the spread of cancerous cells from a primary internal cancer to the skin and represents a manifestation of advanced systemic disease with poor prognosis.^1,2 The presence of skin metastasis often indicates…

When you need to see a doctor

If a cold eases up and then symptoms return, get evaluated by a doctor, Zavala says.

Respiratory ailments can make it more…

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Introduction

Thoracic surgery, particularly video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), represents a significant advancement in minimally invasive surgical techniques; however, it continues to present considerable challenges in perioperative…