Day February 28, 2023

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A new piece of technology has been created for the benefit of thousands of children in the UK living with muscular dystrophy. Eli Crossley, 15, from London, was diagnosed with the disease at the age of three. The progressive life-limiting…

She said she had stepped in with the board “when I don’t think they’ve done the job that I needed them to do, which was partly to hold the executive to account, to take the next step, which they’d identified,…

Una Lane, director of registration and revalidation at the GMC, said: “We are very sorry that Zholia Alemi was able to join our medical register in the 1990s, based on fraudulent documentation, and for any risk arising to patients as…

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Broadcaster Jeremy Paxman has revealed he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, but what are the causes and symptoms, and how is it treated?    What is Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects parts of the brain.…

A mother-of-five had to have her leg amputated below the knee after developing a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Angie Fowler, now 41, from Fort Worth, Texas, broke her right leg and ankle in 2011 when she fell in the snow while…

Scientists share simple sleep hack that can make you more alert the next day Blocking out light from your phone and the street could make you more alert Sleep scientists found  wearing an eye mask to bed  can even improve memory…

A GP sparked fury today by controversially claiming healthcare professionals are ‘financially invested in killing people’. Dr Asher Larmie, a trans, ‘weight-inclusive’ doctor based around Hertfordshire, posted the comment on Twitter. His social media tirade implies that medics have some kind…

CDC says it’s in a ‘posture of readiness’ amid fears H5N1 bird flu is poised to jump to humans — and reveals there are several vaccines and drugs in the works National testing capacity is also being built-up in case…

Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report OAKLAND, Calif. — For three years, Bertha Embriz of San Francisco has gone without health insurance, skipping annual wellness exams and recently tolerating a broken molar by trying not to chew with it. As an…

A new study by Prof. Boaz Ben-David and Rony Lemel of Reichman University’s Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology has found that Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) causes a delay in speech perception and difficulty in understanding the meaning of spoken sentences.…

Pegcetacoplan (SYFOVRE) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first and only treatment for geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration. Pegcetacoplan is an injection approved for GA patients with or without…

When depression hits, everyday activities like working, socializing, sleeping and even eating can become a daunting challenge. George Mason University clinical psychologist James Maddux treats patients with clinical depression in his practice. He said, “The problems with both depression and…

Black children with atopic dermatitis are more likely to have asthma than non-Hispanic White children, but they are less likely to be evaluated by an allergist, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of…

Did you ever imagine that a person who lost his ability to speak and cannot clearly utter words would be able to communicate what he wants to say? This has come true with the incredible advancements in Artificial intelligence and…

Big language models show negative social prejudices, which can occasionally grow worse with larger models. Scaling model size can improve model performance on a variety of tasks at the same time. Here, they combine these two findings to suggest a…

Murf Murf produces voiceovers of the highest caliber using expert AI technology. Murf’s strongest feature is the ability to transcribe and modify speech recordings. So, there is no need to worry if you recorded anything incorrectly due to mispronunciation or…

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I’m a gastroenterologist – this is why you shouldn’t swallow chewing gum Gastroenterologist Dr Sara Mesilhy says swallowed chewing can form a mass It can block your digestive tract and cause nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain  By Hannah Mcdonald For…

Knowing where to store your food at home can be a minefield.  Scientists recently backtracked on advice not to keep potatoes in the fridge, over cancer-causing fears.  Now, many are confused where to keep their fresh food.   Should eggs go…

Low-calorie artificial sweetener found in Halo Top ice cream, Monster Energy and Quest protein bars may raise the risk of heart attacks and strokes, study warns A research team from Ohio analysed the blood of more than 1,000 people  Those…

Warning to women who have children in their early 20s – you might be more at risk of a heart attack or stroke, study claims Giving birth young, among other factors, can raise stroke and heart attack risk Scientists at…

An Indiana vape addict was hospitalized after smoking more than a cartridge a day of e-juice caused him to cough up more than three pints of blood. Dustin Fitzgerald, of Clinton, Vermillion County, lost so much blood doctors considered giving him a…

Dementia isn’t a specific disease. Instead, it describes a collection of symptoms that affect a person’s thinking and social abilities enough to interfere with daily life. There are more than 55 million people worldwide living with dementia. Of these, 50%…

Forgetting small things such as dates, and events and difficulty in recalling old information can be a normal part of aging. But at what point does it go too far? Do you have to worry every time your memory seems…

Amidst the worsening teen mental health crisis and new legislation proposing to ban children under 16 from using social media, a new study finds that greater screen time among children 9-11 is associated with a higher risk of developing suicidal…