TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan has detected its first case of the monkeypox virus in Tokyo, the capital’s governor said on Monday. The infected person is a man in his 30s who returned from Europe and is currently in a hospital, Yuriko Koike told reporters. “He has a rash, fever, headache and fatigue. But at the moment, […]
Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that in the initial days and weeks after experiencing trauma, individuals facing potentially threatening situations who had less activity in their hippocampus—a brain structure critical for forming memories of situations that are dangerous and that are safe—developed more severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. This […]
Sphingolipids—molecules ubiquitous throughout the human body, named after the Egyptian Sphinx for their complexity when scientists discovered them nearly 150 years ago—are not necessarily household conversation topics. Despite their enigma, sphingolipids are involved in almost all aspects of human biology. They are found in all mammals but produced by select species of bacteria—and some happen […]
Another observational study has questioned whether Impella ventricular assist pumps (Abiomed) should be used in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) complicated by cardiogenic shock (CS), at least compared with an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), the most common alternative. Management with an Impella device, compared with IABP support, was associated with excess risks of bleeding […]
Patient and structural factors contribute to significant geographic differences in mortality from gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, according to a study published in the August issue of Gastroenterology. Christopher Ma, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, and colleagues used data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for […]
PARIS (Reuters) – About 1700 people had been infected with monkeypox in France, Health Minister Francois Braun said on Monday. Braun said the government so far had opened about 100 vaccination centres for monkeypox and that more than 6,000 people have received a preventive vaccination. Braun called on patients who have lesions or other symptoms […]
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand on Monday urged travellers returning from Indonesia to take extra precautions and in some cases to stay away from farms for at least a week to prevent a local foot and mouth outbreak that could devastate the crucial livestock industry. “New Zealand has never had an outbreak, and we want […]
Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) today announced the publication of a study in Nature Communications describing and examining the performance of Genome-to-Treatment (GTRx), an automated, virtual disease management system that integrates a rapid Whole Genome Sequencing (rWGS) diagnosis completed in 13.5 hours with a custom lab information management system and analysis pipeline. Currently, […]
Sania Khan’s death has brought about discussions of abuse within marriage on social media. Trigger warning: this article involves discussion of domestic violence. “A divorced daughter is better than a dead one.” That’s the caption on an emotive TikTok produced by Annesa Tabassum, a Bangladeshi domestic violence survivor who’s shared her experiences on the app. […]
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