Craniopharyngiomas account for 2–5% of all primary brain tumors and 5–10% of pediatric brain tumors. Despite their benign histology, their location near the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and optic pathways complicates…
Electroconvulsive therapy could be causing a wider range of adverse effects when used to treat depression than previously understood, according to a paper that calls for the practice to be suspended pending more robust research.
Although short-…
The world’s largest study into key substances in the bloodstream has paved the way for a swathe of pinprick tests that can detect early signs of disease more than a decade before symptoms appear, researchers say.
Work on the tests follows the…
French health authorities, in an update today, report a total of 804 locally acquired chikungunya cases year to date.
787 cases of chikungunya spread across 82 clusters (1 to 141 cases per cluster; 73 of these clusters are closed), and
17 isolated…
A significant number of women are putting on too much or too little weight during pregnancy,…
Nature The ongoing mpox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) resulted in >71,000 suspected cases from 01 January 2024 to 02 February 2025. Clade Ib mpox virus (MPXV) emergence has…
Dr. Natasha Hunter, assistant professor (Hematology and Oncology) has been appointed Director of Clinical Trials at the Cancer Vaccine Institute (CVI).
Dr. Hunter is a translational breast cancer researcher and clinical…
Science Alert A hidden physical change in the body may be helping to drive the prolonged malaise some people experience after contracting COVID-19.
Analyzing blood samples from patients with
New research showed that a nurse-led intervention significantly outperformed conventional care in patients with minimally invasive ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), reducing anxiety and depression while also improving sleep quality.
The…