Category: 6. Health

Introduction

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common gastrointestinal inflammatory condition with an incidence of 34 per 100000 person-years.^1,2 The clinical course is mild in most patients, but approximately 20–40% of patients develop secondary…

The Bmal1 gene regulates the circadian oscillation of almost every cell in the body. “When Bmal1 is not functioning properly, the whole organism undergoes some sort of biological jet lag,” Hidalgo says. “You’re eating when your genes are…

HIV was once a death sentence. Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, it’s now a chronic disease. But the daily treatment is for life. Without the drug, the virus rapidly rebounds.

Scientists have long hunted for a more permanent solution. One option…

Adding information about mammographic density into existing breast cancer risk models modestly improved breast cancer risk stratification among women of European ancestry, according to a recent study.

Charlotta V. Mulder, of the National Cancer…

Flu cases rose 55% in one week in England this month, as the NHS braces for a “worst-case scenario” in the next fortnight as hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services come under intense strain.

It comes as the British Medical Association…

A NEW study has identified a specific immune cell profile that strongly predicts mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive and often fatal lung disease. Researchers used single-cell RNA sequencing…

The regular consumption of eight energy drinks a day may have contributed to a mild stroke in a middle-aged man in the UK.

Eight years after the health event, he still suffers from chronic numbness on the left side of his body.

“I obviously…