Doing more for patients with hearing loss
Durno and Abioye raise important and poignant points in their articles about communicating with deaf…
Category: Science and Health
Peru: 47 year old woman with polymyositis becomes country’s first person to die with medical assistance
On 21 April a woman with a rare and incurable disease became the first person…
Former GP is suspended for five months over protests to end fossil fuel extraction
A former GP and climate activist who spent 32 days in prison for breaching an…
Medicine is designed for righthanded people
The surgeon glared at me. When I asked what I’d done wrong they replied that…
The ever looming shadow of caregiving
Our household doesn’t rely on alarm clocks. Instead, it’s the consistent thumping of my 18…
UK’s Rwanda bill is widely condemned for putting vulnerable people’s health at risk
The medical community, human rights groups, and agencies including the UN and the Council of…
Integrative Medicine for MS Management – National MS Society
Integrative Medicine for MS Management National MS Society Read Original Article: Integrative Medicine for MS Management…
What Does It Mean to Receive a Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment?
Some changes in memory and thinking skills are frustrating, though normal, aspects of getting older….
Good Sleep Eluding You? More Exercise May Help
When it comes to getting a good night’s sleep, you may tend to focus on…
Study Suggests Some Alzheimer’s Supplements Are Often Mislabeled
Dietary supplements, whether they are marketed for immune system support, weight loss, better memory, or…
Research Suggests More Schooling Associated with Slower Aging
Numerous studies have suggested that people who achieve a higher level of education tend to…
MGH Study: Cannabis Use Linked to Increase in Stroke and Heart Attack Risk
As the recreational use of cannabis is increasing, new research suggests that the public needs…
THOUGHT DISORDERS
Q: I recently heard the term “thought disorder” for the first time. Is that a…
CLUTTER-INDUCED ANXIETY
Q: My wife is a mildly anxious person, but when we visit my daughter’s home, which…
MENTAL SHARPNESS IN RETIREMENT
Q: I was starting to have memory lapses and trouble concentrating before retirement. But since…
Are Those Changes in Memory and Thinking Skills Signs of Dementia or Depression?
On their own, dementia and depression may seem to be very different conditions. Dementia is…
Need to De-Stress in a Hurry? Try These Strategies to Help Relax in the Moment
Stress can sneak up on you anywhere at any time. You might be having a…
World’s chocolate supply threatened by devastating virus
A rapidly spreading virus threatens the health of the cacao tree and the dried seeds…
This tiny chip can safeguard user data while enabling efficient computing on a smartphone
A new chip can efficiently accelerate machine-learning workloads on edge devices like smartphones while protecting…
Livestock abortion surveillance could protect livelihoods and detect emerging global pathogens
A study suggests timely reporting and investigating of livestock abortions is feasible in rural areas…
Warming climate is putting more metals into Colorado’s mountain streams
Warming temperatures are causing a steady rise in copper, zinc and sulfate in the waters…
Don’t be a stranger — study finds rekindling old friendships as scary as making new ones
Psychologists have found that people are as hesitant to reach out to an old friend…
Infected: Understanding the spread of behavior
A team of researchers found that long-tie connections accelerate the speed of social contagion. Read…
Researchers create artificial cells that act like living cells
Researchers describe the steps they took to manipulate DNA and proteins — essential building blocks…
Standardising antenatal analgesia information
Kmietowicz reports that women from poorer backgrounds are less likely to have an epidural during…
Losing NHS doctors early is costing {pound}2.4bn a year, BMA estimates
Urgent action is needed to stem the exodus of doctors from the NHS, which is…
BMA ȷudicial review over cost of government’s pension mistakes is dismissed
The BMA has expressed disappointment at the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of a judicial review…
AI triage in general practice will remove the crucial human touch
Mathew discusses the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to help triage in general practice.1 Our…
NHS weight loss programme produces moderate benefit, analysis shows
An evaluation of the NHS digital weight management programme shows that people who completed it…
Europe is seeing “devastating” rise in health harms from extreme weather events, experts warn
The number of adverse impacts on health related to extreme weather and climate events is…
Helen Salisbury: Sick notes and a national illness service
A common complaint about the NHS is that it’s not so much a health service…
Assessment of diplopia in adults
What you need to knowFor a patient with double vision, differentiating between monocular and binocular…
Argentina’s healthcare is crumbling under its worst ever dengue epidemic and Milei’s presidency
The worst dengue outbreak in the history of the country; a zombie health ministry; hundreds…
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A new approach to oral health can lead to healthier societies
More than 3.5 billion people globally suffer from the main oral diseases. These conditions combined…
Ethnic minorities receive markedly worse healthcare in every US state, finds Commonwealth Fund
Black, Hispanic, and Native Americans receive less effective and timely healthcare than white Americans in…
Bella moths use poison to attract mates: Scientists are closer to finding out how
Researchers sequence the bella moth genome, which they used to pinpoint specific genes that may…
AI tool creates ‘synthetic’ images of cells for enhanced microscopy analysis
Researchers have developed a method to use an image generation AI model to create realistic…
World’s oases threatened by desertification, even as humans expand them
Oases are important habitats and water sources for dryland regions, sustaining 10% of the world’s…
Eye-opener: Pupils enlarge when people focus on tasks
Normally, a person’s pupils naturally widen (or dilate) in low-light environments to allow more light…
Psychological Approaches Calm Functional Digestive Disorders – Medscape
Psychological Approaches Calm Functional Digestive Disorders Medscape Read Original Article: Psychological Approaches Calm Functional Digestive Disorders…
1 in 3 Older Adults Reported Using an Alternate Health Care Site – MD Magazine
1 in 3 Older Adults Reported Using an Alternate Health Care Site MD Magazine Read Original…
Liquid droplets shape how cells respond to change
New research has shown that cells regulate cAMP/PKA signaling by forming liquid droplets that segregate…
Life goals and their changes drive success
Though life goals change over time, a study of teen goals indicates that goals of…
This alloy is kinky
Researchers have uncovered a remarkable metal alloy that won t crack at extreme temperatures due…
To find life in the universe, look to deadly Venus
Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric…
Everest mountaineer’s letters digitized
Letters written by the famous mountaineer George Mallory have been made available to a global…
Giant galactic explosion exposes galaxy pollution in action
Astronomers have produced the first high-resolution map of a massive explosion in a nearby galaxy,…
2D materials rotate light polarization
Physicists have shown that ultra-thin two-dimensional materials such as tungsten diselenide can rotate the polarization…
Simulated microgravity affects sleep and physiological rhythms
Simulated effects of microgravity significantly affect rhythmicity and sleep in humans, a new study finds….
Genetically engineering a treatment for incurable brain tumors
Scientists are developing and validating a patent-pending novel immunotherapy to be used against glioblastoma brain…