The decades-old question of whether steroids should be used in infants undergoing heart surgery to reduce inflammation from cardiopulmonary bypass remains unanswered, despite the heft of the largest pediatric heart surgery trial to date. Results from the STRESS trial, which included 1200 babies yet to reach their first birthday, show perioperative methylprednisolone did not reduce […]

Few if any Americans relish the coming of April 15. Many people in the United States are unshakably convinced that the federal and state tax systems are unfair at their core, that they pay too much, and that the filing process is baffling and cumbersome. Physicians, it seems, are no different. In Medscape’s Physicians and […]

The Phase II results of the NRG Oncology HN004 trial indicate that radiotherapy (RT) with the PD-L1 inhibitor durvalumab did not improve progression-free survival (PFS) and led to significantly higher rates of locoregional failure (LRF) when compared to RT + cetuximab in patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) that have […]

In a recent study published in Nutrients, researchers assessed the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) with the intake of flavonoids. Study: Flavonoid Intake in Relation to Colorectal Cancer Risk and Blood Bacterial DNA. Image Credit: aslysun/Shutterstock Flavonoids, found in plant-based foods, are a group of polyphenols divided into six sub-classes – isoflavones, flavanols, flavones, anthocyanidins, […]

Shocking image which lays bare dire state of NHS: 22-year-old footballer with a ‘serious’ back injury was forced to wait FIVE HOURS for an ambulance while laying on floor under a blanket in torrential rain Ben Symons, from Cefn Cribwr, injured his back playing football on Saturday   He was left waiting for an ambulance from […]

Fatigue, dry mouth, stomach pains and sweating – hangovers are no joke. Yet for most their suffering isn’t enough to put them off drinking it up and enjoying their night out. But if you didn’t need to worry about the morning after, you could let loose and live your best life. READ MORE: You could […]

More people are surviving cancer than ever before in the United States, according to a new report from the American Association for Cancer Research. “The U.S. cancer death rate is steadily declining, and more people than ever before are living longer and fuller lives after a cancer diagnosis,” the report says. Researchers also noted that […]

New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, demonstrated that withholding mycophenolate mofetil for at least 10 days significantly increased antibody response after two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, without a significant increase in flares. Mycophenolate mofetil is a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) used to treat rheumatic diseases […]

In life, motivation can be the difference between success and failure, goal-setting and aimlessness, well-being and unhappiness. And yet, becoming and staying motivated is often the hardest step, a problem which has prompted much research. A very small part of that research has looked into the question of metabolism. “Do differences in metabolites in the […]

Various conditions such as postpartum depression or postpartum psychosis can lead to an alteration in maternal behavior and disrupt the mother-child bonding process. A research team has conducted a study in which they were able to identify the neuronal circuits in the brain that are activated during the learning of maternal behavior. The findings, published […]