A common variation in a human gene that affects the brain’s reward processing circuit increases vulnerability to the rewarding effects of the main psychoactive ingredient of cannabis in adolescent females, but not males, according to preclinical research by Weill Cornell…
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DR MAX: MEN on the wrong side of the 'gender gap' in health
DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: When it comes to health, it’s MEN who are on the wrong side of the ‘gender gap’ A founding principle of the NHS was equality: the idea that everyone was entitled to healthcare that was…
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One in 10 GPs working full-time with 40% switching to locum work
Just one in 10 GPs are working full-time in a surgery with 40% switching to locum work that earns them up to £200,000 per year GPs who operate as locums avoid admin and financial burden of a surgery Experts warned…
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More than a knee injury: ACL tears cause harmful changes in our brain structure
It’s known that some joint function is often permanently lost after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, and re-injury is common even with intensive physical therapy, but it’s unclear why. New research from the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology shows structural…
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Malnutrition is on the rise in older adults
While the obesity crisis is still considered the foremost public health epidemic in the west, one often overlooked condition is quickly becoming a growing concern. Malnutrition, sometimes referred to as under-nutrition, affects an estimated 3 million people in the UK…
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‘Chromosome shattering’: Understanding chromothripsis in human cancer
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and EMBL-EBI have carried out the largest analysis across cancer types of the newly discovered mutational phenomenon chromothripsis. This study is the largest of its kind to date, containing whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data from over…
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China’s coronavirus has not mutated in the US, says CDC
Credit: CC0 Public Domain US health authorities said Monday they have sequenced the genome of the first two cases of the Chinese coronavirus reported in the country and confirmed the virus has not mutated since leaving China. Nancy Messonnier, head…
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Do elevated mercury levels in the blood increase skin cancer risk?
Higher levels of mercury in the blood were linked with a higher prevalence of non-melanoma skin cancer, the most common human malignancy, in a study published in the British Journal of Dermatology. For the study, researchers analyzed 2003-2016 data on…
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Army will rescue 200 Brits from China tomorrow in Wuhan airlift
Operation coronavirus airlift: China evacuation flight will leave Wuhan at 5am tomorrow and take 200 trapped Brits to RAF Brize Norton then to ‘secluded NHS unit in North West’ by bus – as it emerges ‘only healthy’ people will be…
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NIAID officials discuss novel Coronavirus that recently emerged in China
The new cluster of viral pneumonia cases originating in Wuhan, China, marks the third time in 20 years that a member of the large family of coronaviruses (CoVs) has jumped from animals to humans and sparked an outbreak. In a…
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