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A team of researchers working at McGill University has found that activation of microglia in the spinal cord following a nerve injury can lead to an increased sensitivity to pain. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group…

When University of Pennsylvania doctoral student Helena Addison worked as a nurse at an inpatient psychiatric hospital, she encountered many people who had previously been incarcerated. The interactions made her want to better understand the mental health fallout from such…

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust expands Hyland Healthcare suite The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has selected Hyland’s PACSgear image capture solution to integrate with its existing OnBase content services platform and new Epic electronic patient record (EPR) system. The new digital…

Beau Hampton’s long wait for psychiatric treatment began last year, after he was accused of attacking his foster father and charged with a misdemeanor. The 18-year-old Hampton, who has a long history of mental illness, sat in jail east of…

Living in a hard-water city can be difficult: your kettle gets limescale, your shampoo never bubbles and often there are traces of pharmaceutical compounds floating around. But is unfiltered tap water actually bad for you? Strong Women editor Miranda Larbi…

Psychological distress is acute for older people with multiple health difficulties in rural and remote areas of Australia, leading to higher health services use – but Flinders University researchers suggest that increased psychological screening in a clinical setting can help…

Bindi Irwin took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a snapshot of herself lovingly holding her one-year-old daughter Grace Warrior. The two stood on the beach with Grace buried in Irwin’s arms, a sunset up ahead. “My love,” she captioned…

The St. Louis Business Journal has recognized Anthony T. Dao, MD, an instructor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, with a Business of Pride Award. The honor celebrates “LGBTQIA+ leaders and…

COPENHAGEN – Discontinuing maintenance immunosuppressive therapy (IST) in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis in remission proved less effective than continuing it in terms of the rates of renal relapse and severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) flare, results from the WIN-Lupus…

Boy, 7, slowly returns to normal life after suffering two heart birth-defects and a stroke that caused him to partially lose use of the right side of his body Max Weigel, 7, suffered from two congenital birth defects, including ASD,…