HIV life expectancy ‘near normal’ thanks to new drugs
Source: BBC By Philippa RoxbyHealth reporter, BBC News Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet […]
Source: BBC By Philippa RoxbyHealth reporter, BBC News Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet […]
Source: Time By Beth Kowitt The next big breakthrough in medicine may not be what’s in our drugs but instead how they’re delivered to our bodies—advancements that have the potential to […]
Source: Tonic By Shayla Love Neuroscientists have long been curious about the neural basis of faith. Between 1967 and 1970, neurologist and Korean War veteran William Caveness started an unusual collection. […]
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. With the advent of CRISPR, a new way to edit DNA, the field of genomic technology has never been […]
Source: CNN By Erin Connelly, The Conversation For a long time, medieval medicine has been dismissed as irrelevant. This time period is popularly referred to as the “Dark Ages,” which […]
Source: BBC Hundreds of lives could be saved if patients with hip fractures were operated on in under 24 hours, a new study reveals. Researchers in Bristol found 8% more […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThere is no drug that slows the pace of dementia Scientists hope they have found […]
Source: Associated Press By MARK SCOLFORO BERNVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ruled there was insufficient evidence to charge the leader of a church that rejects modern medicine, […]
Source: Time BY Alice Park Apr 14, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Antibiotics are prescribed to treat infections from head to toe—from bronchitis to urinary tract infections (UTIs). […]
Source: CNBC By Christina Farr | @chrissyfarr Vinod Khosla once proclaimed that machines will replace 80 percent of doctors, which prompted waves of backlash from the medical community. Never one to […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES A drug that can reverse aspects of ageing has been successfully trialled in animals, say […]
Source: CNN By Chuck Johnston and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN)Jurors in the trial of pharmacist Barry Cadden delivered a mixed verdict Wednesday in connection with a deadly 2012 nationwide fungal […]
Source: Time BY Alice Park When doctors give their patients a difficult diagnosis, whether it’s for a condition like cancer or a rarer disease for which there is no standard treatment, […]
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL RUBINKAM READING, Pa. (AP) — A pastor in a fundamentalist Christian sect that rejects doctors and drugs has been charged in the death of a […]
Source: BBC By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image captionThe Milky Way can be analysed by algorithms The study of the stars and the fight against cancer may […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Jaime Maldonado-Aviles, a former neuroscientist at Yale, decided to become a priest at Catholic University’s Theological College in Washington. (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post) […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightSPL The UK based winners cracked the brain’s “reward centre” It influences your happiness, pleasure or motivation to do something But the system can go wrong turning people into addicts Three UK-based scientists have won a prestigious […]
Source: BBC By Tim Harford BBC World Service, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy Image copyrightISTOCK On a ramshackle pig farm near Wuxi, in Jiangsu province, China, a foreigner […]
Source: BBC By James GallagherHealth and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightSPL Image captionHealthy red blood cells are round, but the genetic defect makes them sickle shaped A French […]
Source: CNN By Meera Senthilingam, CNN (CNN)Twelve types of bacteria were deemed “priorities” in urgent need of new antibiotics, according to a list released by the World Health Organization on […]