Many people are tired of grappling with long COVID—here are some evidence-based ways to counter it
A patient of mine, once a marathon runner, now gets tired just walking around the block. She developed COVID-19 during the 2020 Christmas holiday and saw me during the summer of 2021. Previously, her primary care doctor had recommended a…
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Southwest Rural Health Research Center addresses unique needs of rural populations across America
The Southwest Rural Health Research Center at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health has published a peer-reviewed paper detailing Healthy People 2030 priorities that will be most critical for rural America in the upcoming decade. These priorities were…
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Ultra-long protein fibrils are a signature of severe Alzheimer’s disease, study shows
During the course of Alzheimer's disease, protein fibrils appear in the spinal fluid of affected individuals. Empa researchers, together with the Department of Neurology at the Cantonal Hospital in St. Gallen, have now visualized the wide spectrum of protein aggregates…
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Effects of repetitive head trauma on symptoms of sports-related concussion
In an effort to understand the effects of multiple sport-related head injuries, researchers from the Department of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City evaluated a large multicenter database of more than 25,000…
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Study finds some motor neuron disease and dementia patients share genetic defects
New research has discovered that some patients with motor neuron disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) carry the same rare genetic defects that cause other neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers from the Macquarie University MND Research Center and The Walter and Eliza…
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Experts urge increased attention to the threat of climate change and pollution on children's health
A new paper published in the Global Pediatrics Journal explores the impact of climate change and environmental chemicals that disrupt endocrine function on children's health. Study: The effects of climate change and exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals on children's health: a…
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Find out your heart age in less than 10 minutes with online test
Help Prevent Heart Attack- Express Health Everybody over the age of 30 is invited by the NHS to calculate their heart age. The NHS explains: “Your heart age gives you an idea of how healthy your heart is.” By asking…
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Eye-opening AI: ChatGPT takes on ophthalmology exam with promising results
The range of applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) has increased significantly since 2015, especially in ophthalmology. DL uses ophthalmic data, such as optical coherence tomography and fundus photographs, for image recognition. The key features of DL…
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Anemia Drug Fails to Meet Main Goal in Late-Stage Trial
(Reuters) -FibroGen Inc said on Friday its anemia drug had failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage trial, sending its shares tumbling nearly 12% before the bell. The miss is the latest setback for the company whose application…
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New immunotherapy targeting tumor macrophages to tackle lung cancer
Researchers from the Innate Immunity group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) have developed a new immunotherapy based on a monoclonal antibody directed against tumor macrophages. The results obtained lay the foundations for a new treatment for…
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