Monkeypox: Rare disease explained 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 The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed four new cases of […]
Half of new nurses and midwives were trained abroad: Record 23,000 medics employed in last year came from overseas with majority from India and the Philippines… after 27,000 quit Some 48 per cent of new nurses and midwives came from abroad in the last year Overwhelming majority of these, 66 per cent, came from India […]
Valve replacement heart surgery should be performed earlier than conventionally thought for people with aortic stenosis, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). The condition is one of the most common and serious valve disease problems, caused by a narrowing of the aortic valve opening. Once patients develop symptoms such as […]
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of nerve cells in a part of the brain called substantia nigra. This anomaly affects the level of dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter produced in the brain. In addition to serving as a reward center, it also controls many body functions, such as memory, […]
Only 25% of sunscreens provide proper skin protection against aging and melanoma without using dangerous chemicals that can harm the environment, report finds Only a fraction of sunscreens available in the U.S. actually meet skin protection and environmental standards set by the EWG Carla Burns, an expert at the EWG, said that the products were created […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Americans can order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government again. During this round, the U.S. Postal Service will deliver eight rapid antigen tests to any household in the U.S. for free. That means a total of 16 tests have […]
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased prevalence of multimorbidity, according to a study recently published in RMD Open. Cynthia S. Crowson, Ph.D., from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and colleagues examined the comorbidity burden in patients with RA in a population-based study. The prevalence of 44 previously defined morbidities and 78 nonoverlapping […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Transgender minors in Alabama for now can use medicine to transition, a federal judge said late on Friday in an order that blocked part of a state ban on gender-affirming treatments. The ruling, a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Liles Burke, was issued less than a week after the law […]
A new episode of our podcast, “Show Me the Science,” has been posted. In addition to reporting on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, these episodes feature stories of other groundbreaking research, as well as lifesaving and just plain cool work of faculty, staff and students at the School of Medicine. In this episode, we […]
The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that it had unsealed a federal complaint against a Venezuela-based cardiologist regarding allegations around his use and sale of ransomware. According to the agency, Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez allegedly designed ransomware tools and then sold or rented them to hackers. “We allege Zagala not only […]
