Faulty knee replacements were given to 10,000 patients… and 350 needed second operation within TEN YEARS, figures reveal The National Joint Registry said 350 patients needed a second operation within ten years due to ‘aseptic loosening’ The implant has failed in up to 7 per cent of patients over the past decade It is said a […]
The COVID-19 pandemic may have caused teenagers’ brains to age faster than normal, a new study suggests. The report, published last week in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, explored whether pandemic life was associated with any physical alterations to teens’ brains. It actually came out of a larger study of brain development among […]
Stoptober: Celebrities back giving up smoking campaign We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A study published in the Journal of Hypertension […]
An old technique of overcoming fears may have potential for ridding people of their fears and anxieties about COVID-19, a new Swansea University study has revealed. The technique, called counterconditioning, was devised in the 1920s based on Ivan Pavlov’s work with dogs on how fears are learned through the pairing of stimuli with unpleasant outcomes. […]
NASHVILLE, Tennessee ― Targeting relevant sleep problems for patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) improves cognition, results of a new, double-blind, randomized controlled trial suggest. Study findings show significant improvement in REM sleep and language scores for patients with TLE who took the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil and better slow-wave-sleep and memory scores for those […]
The antidepressant vortioxetine (Trintellix) improved cognition, memory, and depressive symptoms in patients with comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD) and dementia. The results of the 12-week open-label, single-group study are positive, study investigator Michael Cronquist Christensen, MPA, DrPH, a director with the Lundbeck pharmaceutical company, told Medscape Medical News before presenting the results in a poster […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping blamed mass protests in Chinese cities on youth frustrated by years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but said the now dominant Omicron variant of the virus paved the way for fewer restrictions, European Union officials said. The senior EU officials, who asked not to be named, recounted the main […]
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccines are given to more than 100 million children every year, but there is considerable debate regarding the effectiveness of BCG vaccination in preventing tuberculosis and death, particularly among older children and adults. The most extensive study ever conducted on the efficacy of the BCG vaccine for protection against tuberculosis, stratified by […]
Immune checkpoint inhibitors activate the body’s immune system against tumors. Although this cancer treatment has shown remarkable success, the patient’s chance of responding to the treatment remains unpredictable. Scientists at the University Medical Center Groningen have performed whole-body PET scans using a radioactively labeled antibody tracer against immune cells, namely CD8+ T-cells, before and thirty […]
UK faces penicillin shortages until end of December amid Strep A outbreak as parents scramble to find drugs to fight off bug that has killed SEVEN children so far A 12-year-old boy attending a school in London was the seventh victim of Strep A Camila Rose Burns, four, is on a ventilator in Liverpool, fighting for […]
