How much water should you drink every day?
Dehydration: Dr Phillipa outlines the main symptoms 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 understanding. You…
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FDA Approves Tacrolimus for Lung Transplants
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the transplant drug tacrolimus (Progaf) for the prevention of organ rejection in adult and pediatric patients receiving lung transplants. This is the only immunosuppressant drug approved for this…
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Researchers discover how cancer cells that spread to lymph nodes avoid immune destruction
Lymph nodes are critical to the body’s immune response against tumors but paradoxically, cancer cells that spread, or metastasize, to lymph nodes can often avoid being eliminated by immune cells. Recent experiments by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and…
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Changing demographics of physician-scientists doing kidney research in the United States
U.S. physician-scientists make enormous contributions to biomedical research. New research published in CJASN demonstrates increasing representation of women and international graduates within the physician-scientist workforce doing kidney research; however, this workforce is declining in relative number, is getting older, and…
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Heres Your 12-Week Ultimate Upper Body Training Guide PDF
Oh hey there, Men’s Health MVP member. We hear you want to transform your upper body—and as always, we’ve got your back. (See what we did there?) Because you subscribe to our kickass membership program, you get exclusive access to…
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High screen-time may exacerbate cognitive, behavioral problems in children born extremely preterm
Among 6- and 7-year-olds who were born extremely preterm–before the 28th week of pregnancy–those who had more than two hours of screen time a day were more likely to have deficits in overall IQ, executive functioning (problem solving skills), impulse…
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One in five people less likely to attend cancer screenings post-pandemic
A collaborative research study, involving researchers from King’s, Cardiff University and University of Surrey, investigates the opinions people have of cancer screenings as we navigate society during a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption to cancer screening services, with…
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$340 million settlement proposed in EpiPen lawsuits
(HealthDay)—Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay $345 million in a proposed settlement to resolve lawsuits over steep EpiPen price increases. EpiPens are auto-injectable devices that deliver the drug epinephrine for emergency treatment of a life-threatening allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. In…
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Diabetes type 2 symptoms: Three skin conditions indicative of high blood sugar
Type 2 diabetes can be a 'devastating diagnosis' says expert 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…
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The ABCs of an overdose: What to do when drugs go wrong
When it comes to drugs, the safest approach is not taking them at all. But if you are going to get high, whether that’s on ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, or whatever else you can get your hands on, it’s vital you…
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