A blood test already available to GPs in the UK is more predictive of ovarian cancer than previously thought and could also help pick up other forms of cancer, according to new research published in PLOS...
Female surgeons at a large academic medical center perform less complex surgical procedures than their male counterparts, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)....
Glutamate is the messenger substance the brain uses to pass on excitatory signals. Receptors for this neurotransmitter are a promising target for drug development, as they are involved in many pathological...
About a third of all dementia cases are preventable
Millions of people worldwide suffer from dementia. For the majority of dementias, there are, according to experts, currently there is no therapy that...
While the world awaits the development and approval of a vaccine that will help in the global fight against COVID-19, medical experts are worried about how the impending flu season could exacerbate already...
Around 550 million people have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to two University of Manchester medical students. The figure more than doubles the previous estimate of 251 million...
WHO warns of surge in coronavirus cases in Europe
EEurope is seeing more weekly coronavirus cases than it did in March’s peak; Amy Kellogg reports.
Editors of a highly respected medical journal discussed...
Severe mental illness diagnoses are missed by clinicians in more than one quarter of cases when people are hospitalised for other conditions, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
People from ethnic...
(HealthDay)—Parents who choose to forgo or delay their children’s vaccinations may quickly find themselves without a pediatrician.
Just over half (51%) of pediatric offices in the United States...
Colorectal cancer is more prevalent among Black people, a group that has the highest rates of death for an illness that is curable if caught early.
“The unfortunate reality is that minorities, especially...
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