Essentially all human tissues and organs have the capacity to heal, to renew cells which are damaged or killed. In this context, the human brain behaves fundamentally differently. The vast majority of nerve cells are created before birth and the…

A World Health Organization (WHO) consultation workshop on global disparities in Parkinson’s disease (PD) has suggested six avenues for action to address the needs of these patients. Since 2000, PD has increased 81% and related deaths have increased 100% globally….

The COVID-19 restrictions preventing dentists in England from providing face-to-face treatment required some to unnecessarily prescribe antibiotics for dental pain, a study by University of Manchester researchers has shown. The results of the study were based on an analysis of…

Adults with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are at increased risk for Barrett’s esophagus (BE) — the precursor to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) — but most don’t undergo recommended screening, new research shows. Jennifer Kolb, MD, with UCLA David Geffen School…

Black Medicare patients have lower odds of receiving a surgical consultation after being admitted from the emergency department with an emergency general surgery condition versus similar White Medicare patients, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in JAMA Surgery….

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee on vaccines on Thursday approved adding COVID-19 vaccines to the agency’s recommended immunization schedules for both children and adults. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)…

Kourtney Kardashian may live a lavish life, but it isn’t free of mom guilt. The 43-year-old mother of three (plus three stepkids) shared a glimpse of her and husband Travis Barker‘s busy schedules in a recent episode of The Kardashians,…

A longstanding question in neuroscience is how mammalian brains (including ours) adapt to external environments, information, and experiences. In a paradigm-shifting study published in Nature, researchers at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s…

In a trial matching new treatments to cancer patients based on the genetic makeup of their tumors, the tumors shrank in 22% of the patients treated with the AKT inhibitor drug ipatasertib. This included patients with breast cancer and endometrial…

The initial phase of a new research program at Mayo Clinic is seeing the Minnesota health system working with Memora Health to explore new ways to extend care to postpartum patients at home.  WHY IT MATTERS Memora Health, which specializes…