Day October 7, 2016

Fliers handed out at the Royal College of GPs urge doctors to sign up to a private firm The company behind the fliers, Babylon, has paid £12,000 to be allowed to hand them out It comes as the head of…

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT  Unnamed woman was rushed to hospital with a vomiting and swelling Was unable to eat and vomited every time she took a sip of water Doctors discovered six by four inch hairball in her stomach and intestine Diagnosed…

One particular protein is the final executioner of events that result in the death of brain cells during stroke, researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center and their collaborators report. This finding could ultimately lead to new ways to protect against…

A new survey of children’s and teenagers’ eating habits at fast-food restaurants suggests that consumption levels of sugary drinks are closely tied to their automatic inclusion in “combo meal” packages. According to the NYU Langone Medical Center researchers who led…

A popular antibiotic called rifampicin, used to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, and Legionnaire’s disease, is becoming less effective as the bacteria that cause the diseases develop more resistance. One of the mechanisms leading to rifampicin’s resistance is the action of the…

African-American and Hispanic men in the United States are less likely to receive therapy for prostate cancer compared to Caucasian men — even when they have more aggressive disease, according to new research from Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Vanderbilt…

Nearly 1,000 boys in the New York Tri-State area have been diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and, until now, had to travel out of the state for comprehensive care. Stony Brook Children’s Hospital stepped into the void and is…

New research from the University of Minnesota reveals endoglin as a critical factor in determining the fate of early undifferentiated cells during development. Endoglin, a receptor involved in cell signaling, has previously been known mostly for its function in blood…

In a laboratory study, Upstate Medical University researcher Golam Mohi, Ph.D., his graduate student Yue Yang, and colleagues, have found that the loss of gene EZH2 promotes the development of Myelofibrosis (MF) in mice. The findings create a new pathway…

Affecting 33.5 million patients worldwide, atrial fibrillation is the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia. As if having an irregular heart beat wasn’t troubling enough, patients with atrial fibrillation are also much more likely to have a stroke. “Atrial fibrillation…

Diagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain. Taking a pill that prevents the accumulation of toxic molecules in the brain might someday help prevent or delay Alzheimer’s disease, according to scientists at Baylor College…

Marie Stopes International has resumed pregnancy terminations seven weeks after they were suspended because of “serious concerns” about patient safety. In August, the Care Quality Commission, found poor management and unsatisfactory training before surgery. Inspectors also questioned arrangements for getting…

If you’re watching your weight, you need to pay just as much attention to everything you drink as well as what you eat.  Alcoholic drinks can be surprisingly laden with calories, and now an infographic from Sleepy People has revealed…

Michelle Doig-Collins left a routine obgyn exam in excruciating pain She went back 3 times, was told she had an infection and got antibiotics Finally, after 11 weeks, she felt a metal probe sticking out of her X-ray in ER…

Karinya Chen sang with Florence The Machine in a Texas hospice in May The private performance came after Karinya missed the band’s concert because she was too sick; she has battled bone cancer for five years The two sang the…

 Cancer sufferers have hit back at the ‘saccharine’ use of the colour pink  Many say they are tired of the pink ribbon making breast cancer the ‘pretty’ cancer Many have shared images of their mastectomy scars to highlight the brutality of the…

Tramadol is currently classified as a Class C drug – among the least harmful But a leading pathologist believes they should be upgraded to a Class A They are taken by thousands of people each day to rid them of…

Most of the population can be categorized within four basic personality types, according to a new study. Researchers in Spain analyzed the responses of hundreds of volunteers to various social dilemmas, and developed an algorithm to classify their behaviour. The…

It might be tempting to squeeze a pesky spot on your face. But according to a Salford dermatologist it’s a bad habit that can do more than just scar you.  In rare cases, it could actually kill you, says Dr Vishal…

A World Health Organization cancer agency is under scrutiny for allegedly causing too many public health scares. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) publishes research that shapes global lifestyle trends. Their reports have branded coffee, mobile phones, processed…

The former head of troubled Southern Health NHS trust, who was controversially moved to a new post, has quit following months of pressure. Katrina Percy first stepped down in August, but was given a new advisory role specifically created for…

A family is trying to raise £100,000 for a 12-year-old boy who needs pioneering treatment for a brain tumour. Ollie Gardiner, from Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, was diagnosed in May 2015 and doctors have said the tumour is “incurable”. His family…

Investigation looked at eating habits of 1,500 women in the UK Most women try to eat 1,800 calories each day but actually eat 2,200 Calories equivalent to 487 cheeseburgers or 1,825 glasses of prosecco Three-quarters of women said they worried…

NHS Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group is proposing it as part of plans to save £8.4 million Smokers and patients with BMI of 30+ will be offered health programmes Royal College of Surgeons said targeting patient groups is…

Teeth whitening is one of the fastest growing cosmetic procedures in the UK. Almost two million people in Britain – 3 per cent of the population – have transformed their smiles in this way, copying celebrities like Simon Cowell and…

A study judged the personalities of people and how often they took selfies They found those who take snaps of themselves are likelier to be lonely Experts believe this is because they selfies for approval from other people By Stephen Matthews For…

Emelie Eriksson has a bond with her son that hardly seems possible – both she and her son were born from the same womb. She was the first woman to have a baby after receiving a uterus from her mother,…

A student is left looking like she has been ‘attacked by a gorilla’ as a result of a rare condition which causes her skin to shed.  Lucy Beall Lott, 17, from Santa Fe, was diagnosed with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa…

Previous research focused on how oats affect levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol Study looked at effects of diet enriched by beta-glucan on 4,000 people Found eating oat bran can lower three markers linked to heart attack risk  By Kate Pickles For…

‘Tick-induced mammalian meat allergy’ can take up to 10 hours to kick in Some people become sensitive to red meat and develop anaphylaxis The allergy can be deadly and takes over the entire body in just minutes Cases are booming…

The caution was triggered by the case of a four-year-old boy with autism  He was admitted to hospital in London after he became seriously ill  Parents revealed they had been giving their only child 12 supplements  A naturopath made the recommendation despite…

People smile for many reasons other than happiness, such as smugness Find out below what your smile might indicate about you Top facial reader Jean Haner analyses different kind of smiles  By Alice Johnston For Mailonline Published: 01:47 EST, 7…

Despite their different triggers, the same molecular chain of events appears to be responsible for brain cell death from strokes, injuries and even such neurodegenerative diseases as Alzheimer’s. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have pinpointed the protein at…

Selexipag (trade name: Uptravi) is approved for long-term treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in adults with moderate to severe symptoms. The drug can be used either as combination therapy with other blood-pressure lowering drugs or as monotherapy in patients…

Over 5000 patients with metastatic melanoma in Europe are denied access to new, life saving drugs every year, according to a survey presented at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen. Metastatic melanoma is an aggressive and deadly skin cancer. With…

A new analysis of the Phase II Alzheimer’s drug pipeline, conducted by ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer’s (RA2), revealed 57 new Alzheimer’s drugs. According to the analysis, nearly twice as many mechanisms of action are being tested in Phase II than in Phase III…

Pancreatic cancer is an exceptionally aggressive type of cancer. Frequently, metastases already start to grow in other organs, particularly often in the liver, before the original tumor was even detected. Scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now…

Though first documented 70 years ago, the Zika virus was poorly understood when it burst onto the scene in the Americas in 2015. In one of the first and largest studies of its kind, a research team lead by virologists…

Renal cell carcinoma is the most common type of kidney cancer, and African-Americans and males appear most at risk for this disease that can be asymptomatic until it has spread and become highly lethal, said Dr. Vinata B. Lokeshwar, cancer…

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