Dr Zafar Mirza says HIV cases in Pakistan are rising due to unsafe medical practices, including reused syringes and poor blood screening. He also called for the Taunsa inquiry report to be made public and urged broad health sector reforms.
Seven years clean, Oleksandr believed he had left addiction behind. Then, a year into fighting Russia, the Ukrainian soldier was prescribed painkillers for a shoulder injury. Under the strain of war, he relapsed and quickly began using stronger…
A study on rats found that exposure to perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) altered gene expression in the nucleus accumbens, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex regions of the brain of their offspring. In turn, this may have led to…
The results, published in Stem Cell Reports, demonstrate that these cells effectively regulate blood sugar levels in laboratory tests and can reverse diabetes in mice.
Type 1 diabetes occurs when the immune system destroys…
Donna Gustafson had a harder time than usual shaking off the jet lag from her 22-hour journey from Florida to Australia. Two days into her trip, her skin took on the yellow hue of jaundice.
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The Ministry of Health, Environment & Sustainability and the Public Health Department confirm that a laboratory result from a patient in the Cayman Islands indicated the presence of a cholera-related bacteria and is under active review.
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Satoh, K. et al. Candida auris sp. nov., a novel ascomycetous yeast isolated from the external ear canal of an inpatient in a Japanese hospital. Microbiol. Immunol. 53, 41–44 (2009).
Chinese scientists have classified the nasopharyngeal carcinoma into three proteomic subtypes for the first time, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Cancer.
The breakthrough provides a scientific basis for delivering…