admin [ad_1] Ciceron Ayala-Orozco is a research scientist in the Tour lab at Rice University, and lead author on the study. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TND) — From chemotherapy and radiation to stem cell transplants and immunotherapy, treatments for cancer across the board have made advancements over the years thanks to billions … Read more
[ad_1] PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee who became a global star competing at his sport’s highest level while running on carbon-fiber blades, was released from prison on Friday after serving nearly nine years for killing his girlfriend, the model Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, 37, quietly left the Atteridgeville Correctional Center … Read more
[ad_1] Ethics statement Participants in FinnGen provided informed consent for biobank research, based on the Finnish Biobank Act. Alternatively, separate research cohorts, collected before the Finnish Biobank Act came into effect (in September 2013) and the start of FinnGen (August 2017), were collected based on study-specific consents and later transferred to the Finnish biobanks after … Read more
[ad_1] Aditya Nambiar knew he wanted to work for Britain’s National Health Service even before he began his medical studies in 2012. But the junior doctor, who now works in the southern city of Brighton, has seen many things in the past few years that have saddened him: long lines for emergency care, short-staffed hospitals … Read more
[ad_1] Dr. Irene Stafford does an ultrasound of a pregnant patient who was diagnosed with syphilis at UT Physicians OBGYN clinic on Monday, April 24, 2023 in Houston. A growing number of babies nationwide are being born with syphilis, a devastating illness that resulted in 220 stillbirths and infant deaths in 2021 alone, according to data … Read more
[ad_1] While most Germans were celebrating the new year, farmer Dirk Reinecke was frantically getting his three tractors ready to go and bring in 150 tons of potatoes before they rotted in the floods. That would have meant the loss of his entire winter harvest. Reinicke and other farmers in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany, have … Read more
[ad_1] “I’m sorry, but I’m unable to take on new patients at this time.” I’ve said that line hundreds of times in the 15 years since I started my solo private practice in psychiatry. I feel terrible each time I say it. Someone on the other end of the phone is suffering and has taken … Read more
[ad_1] Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is returning to the Middle East this week with the goals of getting Israel to curtail attacks that are killing thousands of Palestinian civilians and preventing the war from spreading across the region. But previously unreported details of a clash between Mr. Blinken and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … Read more
[ad_1] Can microdosing on magic mushrooms improve mental health? Psychedelics have become more prevalent in recent years, with claims that they can improve your mental health when taken in small doses. unbranded – Lifestyle If you or someone you know needs mental health resources and support, please call or text 988, the 988 Suicide & Crisis … Read more
[ad_1] Wang Ya-june didn’t think much of the town where she washed up in the autumn of 1949. When she stepped off a Chinese Nationalist warship laden with refugees and injured and dead soldiers in Keelung on that rainy day, the port on the northern tip of Taiwan was just another Chinese city to her, … Read more