Mila’s miracle womb surgery: How 30 NHS staff performed a pioneering operation on baby to save her from spina bifida… before she was even born Helena Purcell, 41, of Hornchurch, Essex, was just 23 weeks pregnant, at the time Op…
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Dr MAI THI NGUYEN-KIM on the hidden chemistry that rules our lives
Hidden chemistry that rules our lives and loves: Dr MAI THI NGUYEN-KIM says you can transform your health once you’ve discovered its secrets As a chemist, sometimes I feel like the mother of an ugly child whose beauty only I…
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Sorting folklore from fact on the health benefits of garlic
Garlic is a food of legends, supposedly capable of providing protection against everything from common colds to heart disease—not to mention vampires and werewolves. But does it really ward off as many health ills as its reputation suggests? “That might…
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Blocking middle seats on planes reduces risk of COVID-19 spread: CDC
CDC: Fully vaccinated people can travel in US John Hopkins University professor of health policy Dr. Marty Makary weighs in on CDC’s new air travel guidance on ‘FOX News Live’ Blocking middle seats on planes reduces the risk of exposure…
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Study reveals crucial details on skin-related side effects of cancer immune therapies
Immune checkpoint inhibitors, which boost the immune system’s response against tumor cells, have transformed treatment for many advanced cancers, but short-term clinical trials and small observational studies have linked the medications with various side effects, most commonly involving the skin….
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Mutations in overlooked DNA could have profound impact on survival for bowel cancer patients
Mutations in the DNA of the cell’s energy ‘factories’ increases the chances of survival for people with bowel cancer, according to a study published today in Nature Metabolism. Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK have found that patients with colorectal…
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Brain cells decide on their own when to release pleasure hormone
In addition to smoothing out wrinkles, researchers have found that the drug Botox can reveal the inner workings of the brain. A new study used it to show that feedback from individual nerve cells controls the release of dopamine, a…
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New research on Alzheimer’s disease shows ‘lifestyle origin at least in some degree’
For years, research to pin down the underlying cause of Alzheimer’s disease has been focused on plaque found to be building up in the brain in AD patients. But treatments targeted at breaking down that buildup have been ineffective in…
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New mechanism by which senescent cells turn on genes encoding for tumor-regulating factors
Scientists at The Wistar Institute identified a new mechanism of transcriptional control of cellular senescence that drives the release of inflammatory molecules that influence tumor development through altering the surrounding microenvironment. The study, published in Nature Cell Biology, reports that…
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Here’s Proof a Week on the Ketogenic Diet Isn’t As Terrible As You Think
The resurgence of the ketogenic diet—one that consists of 60 to 80 percent fat and very few carbohydrates (like, less than 10 percent of your diet, few)—is just that, a resurgence. “It’s not new at all,” says Chris Mohr, Ph.D.,…
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