Bone marrow stem cell transplantation is an extremely expensive procedure. But in some oncological diseases, it can save the lives of patients, including children. Since there is already a lot of experience with bone marrow transplants worldwide, experts have gathered enough data about which transplant procedures are actually needed and which can be safely saved…
What is Fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues. Researchers believe that fibromyalgia amplifies painful sensations by affecting the way your brain and spinal cord process painful and non painful signals. Symptoms often begin after an event, such as physical trauma, surgery, infection or…
Have you ever noticed that your body is being moody? Like one day you wake up with a gorgeous summer body, and the next day your pregnant-like belly pops up out of nowhere? Ladies, rest assured that you are far from alone especially since bloating among women is more common than you think. But who…
Doctors found spiraling tapeworm larvae inside a patient who came to visit the hospital complaining cough, in Brazil. He was shocked to learn that he was hosting numerous tapeworms inside his lungs, reported UK-based Metro. An X-ray on Twitter was shared by Dr. Vitor Borin P. de Souza, a practitioner at the Hospital das Clínicas…
The first baby in the UK conceived using DNA from three individuals has been born following a groundbreaking IVF procedure aimed at preventing the inheritance of incurable diseases. The innovative technique, called mitochondrial donation treatment (MDT), involves utilizing healthy tissue from female egg donors to generate IVF embryos that are devoid of harmful mutations carried…
Secondary bacterial infection of the lung (pneumonia) was extremely common in patients with COVID-19, affecting almost half the patients who required support from mechanical ventilation. By applying machine learning to medical record data, scientists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have found that secondary bacterial pneumonia that does not resolve was a key driver…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Arexvy, the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine approved for use in the United States. Arexvy is approved for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV in individuals 60 years of age and older. “Older adults, in particular those with underlying health conditions, such as…
For a team of Canadian and French researchers, dark clouds on the horizon are potentially ominous not because they signal an approaching storm – but because they were found in a recent study to carry drug-resistant bacteria over long distances. “These bacteria usually live on the surface of vegetation like leaves, or in soil,” lead…
An artificial intelligence (AI) model has been created by scientists, doctors and researchers that can identify cancer accurately, Guardian reported. Researchers say it can speed up the diagnosis of the disease and also fast-track treatment given to the patients. The AI tool, which ”performs more efficiently and effectively than current methods” has been designed by…
A new study on breast cancer deaths raises questions around whether Black women should screen at earlier ages. An international team of researchers wrote in the study, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network Open, that clinical trials may be warranted to investigate whether screening guidelines should recommend Black women start screening at younger ages,…
