Dual-drug therapy shows promise for treating alcohol use disorder
UCSF researchers have leveraged two new molecules, one of which is currently in clinical oncology trials, to devise a dual-drug therapy for alcohol use disorder (AUD), without the side effects or complications associated with current treatment regimens. The approach had…
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When Is MRI Useful in Managing of Congenital Melanocytic Nevi?
When used for appropriate patients, MRI imaging is helpful in congenital melanocytic nevus (CMN) management and may help predict neurologic outcomes or drive neurosurgical intervention, results from a small multi-institutional study showed. “The majority of congenital nevi are considered low…
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Is Drinking Cold Water Disrupting Your Digestive System?
The term “digestive fire” describes the atmosphere needed in your gut to properly transport food through your system. According to Ayurvedic principles, what we do during the day, coupled with what we eat, either fuels or dampens this fire. So,…
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How to persuade the unvaccinated
In a recent posting on her Facebook page, Brytney Cobia, a physician in Birmingham, Alabama, described the pain of telling COVID patients who are about to be intubated that their pleas for vaccination have come too late. “A few days…
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Lung cancer: Early menopause or low oestrogen levels could be increasing your risk
Gaby Roslin features in NHS lung cancer awareness campaign We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our…
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What August's Virgo Horoscope Predictions Mean for You
Read what your sign's 2021 horoscope predictions have in store for you or check out the Virgo personality profile. Welcome to August, Virgo! Your season approaches. At the end of July, when horny Mars entered your sign, your sex life got hot enough…
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Diabetes drug’s new weight loss formula fuels cost-benefit debate
The long list of side effects that follow ads for the newer expensive drugs to treat Type 2 diabetes sometimes include an unusual warning: They might cause weight loss. That side effect is one that many people — especially those…
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Broward Health First U.S. Hospital System Using Innovative VirtaMed Laparoscopic Simulator
Broward Health Medical Center, home to the Broward Health Graduate Medical Education Simulation Lab in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has become the first United States medical institution to receive the VirtaMed LaparoS™ surgical training simulator. This mixed reality laparoscopic simulator provides…
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Mixing Russia's Sputnik V, AstraZeneca shots proves safe in small trial -RDIF
FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist holds a vial of Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2021 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File PhotoMOSCOW (Reuters) – Trials mixing a first dose of the Russian-made Sputnik V…
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Study explains how SARS-CoV-2 variants differ in binding to ACE2 receptor
Since the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019, several new variants have also been identified. As of July 29, 2021, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is the…
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