Teaching the body’s immune cells to recognize and fight cancer is one of the holy grails in medicine. Over the past two decades, researchers have developed new immunotherapy drugs that stimulate a patient’s immune cells to significantly shrink or even eliminate tumors. These treatments often focus on increasing the cancer-killing ability of cytotoxic T cells. […]
Covid can be caught from DEAD BODIES for up to 17 days, scientists warn Scientists from Japan found coronavirus in nose and lungs of human corpses Hamsters had traces of the virus post-mortem and spread it to live hamsters Evidence of infectious virus has been found in cadavers as many as 17 days later Covid could […]
It’s long been said that writing an angry letter—but not mailing it—is an effective way of venting without backlash. UC Riverside researchers say the converse—penning letters-never-sent expressing gratitude—carries a benefit, as well. There is an entire area of study in psychology devoted to gratitude, including its benefits and how to practice it. Gratitude, in terms […]
The prices that insurers negotiate for total joint replacement (TJR) procedures vary widely according to type of insurer and aren’t associated with conventional measures of health care quality, according to a study in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR). TJR is the most common in-hospital surgery performed for U.S. patients older than 65 years. It’s […]
What MailOnline readers REALLY think about the nursing strikes: More than HALF say medics were wrong to walk out… do you agree with their comments? Survey of more than 17,000 readers found most do not back the nursing strikes Up to 100,000 nurses walked out in England, Wales and Northern Ireland READ MORE: Up to 60 […]
We’ve gone wild for saunas, plunged ourselves into freezing cold water and now the latest alternative “eco-therapy” treatment has us sitting in salt caves. But is halotherapy really good for us? Here’s what you need to know… My halotherapy journey (or should I call it an obsession? I’ve been three weeks in a row) started […]
A new study reveals that the annual incidence of Parkinson's disease (PD) among older adults is 50% higher than current estimates of 60,000 diagnoses annually. The peer-reviewed study, which measured new cases of PD, or the number of people diagnosed with PD per year, was published in the scientific journal npj Parkinson's disease on December […]
A new study by UCLA psychologists reveals that when VR is used to teach language, context and realism matter. The research is published in the journal npj Science of Learning. “The context in which we learn things can help us remember them better,” said Jesse Rissman, the paper’s corresponding author and a UCLA associate professor […]
A sweeping national survey of doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers reveals that nearly 60 percent believe it’s “dangerous” to provide telehealth to older adults due to patients’ medical complexities, while another 60 percent say telehealth is an unrealistic option for seniors with physical or cognitive challenges. These are among a host of unexpected survey […]
We humans, like other cognitive systems, are sensitive to our environment. We use sensory information to guide our behavior. To be in the world. We decide how to act based on the hedonic value we assign to objects, people, situations or events. We seek out and engage in behaviors that lead to positive or rewarding […]
