Q: What’s the top cause of death in men, and what can guys do to reduce their risk? A: Cardiovascular disease (CVD)—which includes heart disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, atrial fabulation (A-Fib) high blood pressure, and other conditions that affect…
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New treatment for HPV-associated oropharynx cancer leads to excellent disease control, less side effects
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that a new, shorter treatment for patients with HPV-associated oropharynx cancer leads to excellent disease control and fewer side effects, compared to standard treatment. The new treatment employs minimally invasive surgery and half the standard…
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Antidepressants cut the risk of suffering from depression again
Depressed people who come off their meds are nearly a fifth more likely to relapse compared to those who stay on the drugs, study finds 39% of people taking long-term antidepressants will have depression relapse Meanwhile, 56% of those who…
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WHO says Africa will get 30% of COVID vaccines it needs by February
(HealthDay)—In Africa, only 4% of people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Leaders had once hoped to have 60% of people living on the continent vaccinated this year. That now appears unlikely. The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners…
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Carmelo Anthony’s Fine-Tuned Offseason Workout
Carmelo Anthony doesn’t need to shoot his way out of this. He just needs to think about it. He’s halfway through a mid-July workout session when he catches the ball near the free-throw line, his back to the basket, dribbles…
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French firm makes first sale of artificial heart
French prosthetics maker Carmat said Monday it had sold one of its artificial hearts for the first time since its 2008 founding, for implantation into an Italian patient awaiting a transplant. The operation “was performed by the team headed by…
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Scientists say COVID-19 test offers solution for population-wide testing
In an article appearing in Nature Biomedical Engineering, a team of scientists from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA School of Engineering report real-world results on SwabSeq, a high-throughput testing platform that uses sequencing to test thousands…
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US drug firms face jury over opioid addiction epidemic
US pharmaceutical firms accused of stoking a two-decade epidemic of opioid addiction that has seen 500,000 die from overdoses stood trial before a jury for the first time Tuesday. The suit launched by two counties in New York state charges…
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Cell and colony motion index of oral keratinocytes predicts epithelial regenerative capacity
A comprehensive investigation on cells and colony motion offers new insight into the proliferative and epithelial regenerative capacities of human primary oral keratinocyte cultures with implications for quality control of engineered cells used in regenerative medicine. Dr. Kenji Izumi and…
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Moderna providing 500M doses of COVID-19 vaccine to COVAX following WHO approval
Moderna to create vaccine to fight both COVID-19, flu Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat says Moderna developments are ‘incredible’ and argues the dual vaccine will very likely ‘save lives.’ Moderna will provide up to 500 million doses of…
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