Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones
Exposure to hormones in utero could affect human brain growthPeter Dazeley/Getty Images The human brain is one of the most ...
Leeds maternity services now ‘inadequate’ after inspectors act on parents’ concerns
Getty ImagesDivya Talwar & Sarah BellBBC NewsMaternity services at two Leeds hospitals have been downgraded from "good" to "inadequate" by ...
Early, Aggressive BP Lowering Tied to Better ICH Outcomes
Initiating intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering within a few hours of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) was associated with better neurologic outcomes, ...
CAR T-cell therapy could be made in the body of someone with cancer
Illustration of CAR T-cell therapy targeting multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancerNemes Laszlo/Alamy CAR T-cell therapy has the potential ...
Your brain tracks your sleep debt – and now we may know how
How does the brain encourage us to make up for sleep loss?Connect Images/Getty Images Researchers have discovered neurons in mice ...
Warning for Hepatitis C Care; MASLD Deaths to Double; EHR Frustration for IBD Docs
(MedPage Today) -- Researchers warned of worsening health outcomes and financial strain for the 2 million Americans with hepatitis C ...
Being a Black Man in Medical School Takes a Toll
(MedPage Today) -- Being a Black medical student is a journey defined by ambition, adversity, and perseverance. While navigating the ...
Offsetting global fossil fuel stores by planting trees is impossible
A tree-planting project in British Columbia, CanadaJames MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Images It would be nearly impossible to plant enough trees ...
Ukrainian Trauma Surgeon: ‘Our Country Is Profoundly Exhausted’
(MedPage Today) -- Dmytro Androshchuk, MD, is a frontline trauma surgeon with the medical service of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. ...
Drug-Free Remission Remains Out of Reach for Most Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Most patients with early, active axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) who quickly received a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor ...
How to keep your yourself and your home cool in hot weather
Esme StallardClimate and science reporterVisual Journalism TeamBBC NewsGetty ImagesWhen temperatures soar, here are six simple things you can do to ...
Genetics or Microenvironment: What Drives CLL Progression?
MILAN — Is chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) progression primarily driven by genetic mutations or by external cues from the tumor ...
Older Adults in the U.S. Are Increasingly Dying From Unintentional Falls
(MedPage Today) -- Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, according to a new federal report published Wednesday, ...
Women Survive Longer Than Men After Coronary Bypass
TOPLINE:A meta-analysis of more than 140,000 patients found men and women have similar survival rates during the first decade after ...
Shaping the Microbiome to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy
WASHINGTON — For years, oncologist Jonathan Peled, MD, PhD, and his colleagues at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in ...
Brain Surgery and D.C. Strategy: A Q&A With AMA President Bobby Mukkamala
(MedPage Today) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) inaugurated Bobby Mukkamala, MD, an otolaryngologist from Flint, Michigan, as its 180th ...
Early Talk Therapy After Stroke Tied to Better Psych Outcome
TOPLINE:Psychological therapy was associated with significantly reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety among patients with a history of stroke, with ...
Intensive Bevacizumab Boosts Vision in Macular Degeneration
TOPLINE:Dutch patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) who initiated bevacizumab achieved greater long-term improvements in visual acuity than patients ...
Vaccination Tied to Better Survival in COVID-Linked AKI
TOPLINE: Among patients hospitalized with COVID and acute kidney injury (AKI), unvaccinated individuals had longer hospital stays, more frequent need for ...
Is It Worth Adding Chemo to ICI for NSCLC in Older Adults?
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are a cornerstone of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment, but it’s not clear whether adding ...
