Category: 6. Health

Last April, neuroscientist Sue Grigson received an e-mail from a man detailing his years-long struggle to kick addiction — first to opioids, and then to the very medication meant to help him quit.

The man had stumbled on research by Grigson,…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Monday declared an end to the…

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Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) has emerged as the gold standard for anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients since 2015.¹ Clinical trials demonstrated that EVT after intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) was non-inferior…

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Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) represent a significant healthcare challenge, regardless of whether they occur from traumatic incidents, osteoporosis-induced bone weakening, or pathological etiologies. VCFs are associated…

Governments around the world are becoming increasingly concerned about the decline in birth rates and their consequent effects on population. Across the member nations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the…

A JOINT National Patient Safety Alert has been issued after healthcare providers across England reported cases in which patients’ penicillin allergies were incorrectly recorded as penicillamine allergies in electronic prescribing and…

A new influenza variant spreading across Japan may be behind the increase in early outbreaks this year, the Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS) has said.

The new strain, called “Subclade K” is a…

Scientists at the