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Use of strategies that require multiple visits to collect blood for hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing should be discontinued and replaced by single-visit sample collection, according to research published in the July 14 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease…

A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo…

Over the past two decades, conditional cash transfer programs have led to a 24% reduction in child mortality in Brazil, Mexico and Ecuador, equivalent to more than 700,000 child deaths averted, according to an impact evaluation study led by the…

Lisa Marie Presley died from a bowel obstruction caused by previous weight-loss surgery, it has been revealed. Reports state that the only daughter of Elvis Presley died aged 54 as a result of adhesions caused by bowel surgery undergone several…

Last month, nearly 12,000 people gathered in Denver to talk about magic mushrooms (psilocybin), ecstasy (MDMA), ibogaine and ayahuasca, and to discuss the latest scientific research into these and other plant-based or synthetic substances, all known as psychedelics. Organizers hailed…

We all know someone who vapes. You see the little e-cigarettes everywhere from clubs to people puffing on them on their morning commute. While the smell of watermelon flavoured chemicals may be more pleasant than smoke for those of us…

Reviewers’ Notes Two pathologies drive the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Early on, amyloid beta plaques lead the way, but around the time cognitive symptoms arise, tau tangles take over as the driving force and cognition steadily declines. Tracking the course…

Many hospitals use the adsorber to purify the blood of seriously ill patients in order to trap inflammatory substances and prevent the life-threatening cytokine storm. MHH researchers have now found in a meta-study that the treatment does not reduce mortality…

Former beauty queen Kirstie Haysman first started experiencing pain in her joints and fatigue back in 2015. When the now-34-year-old visited a rheumatologist, she says she was told she had a connective tissue disorder and was prescribed a high dose of…

Vaccination protects against severe COVID-19 but not against infection. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Danderyd Hospital now show that protection against infection with the new omicron variants is linked to mucosal IgA antibodies, which are not induced by vaccination. These…