3D heart to let surgeons practise baby’s vital heart operation
A 3D model of a baby’s heart will help doctors prepare for open heart surgery.
Category: Health
Resident doctors ‘want pay we think we’re worth’
A West Midlands union committee co-chair says a narrative doctors are really well paid is not true.
Cancer patient furious as strike delays appointment
Stuart Sims says he feels let down after a cardiology appointment was cancelled due to the action.
Study finds unisex armor can trap more blast energy on female torsos
Researchers used free-field C4 blasts and anatomically representative male and female manikins to test how unisex SAPI body armor changes shock exposure under different blast
Study explores role of AI automation in psychotherapy practice
Psychotherapy has always been a deeply human endeavor: a patient talking, a therapist listening and responding, and healing happening through words. But with the rapid
New blood biomarker improves cancer risk detection in people with Lynch Syndrome
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a new blood-based biomarker that can help identify and characterize asymptomatic people with
New technique can simultaneously treat lung cancer and muscle-wasting condition
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a technique for simultaneously treating lung cancer and a serious muscle-wasting condition that often accompanies it.
New compounds reduce inflammation without weakening immune defense
Scripps Research scientists have developed a new class of drug compounds that reduce harmful inflammation while leaving the body’s ability to fight infections intact-a long-sought
Bangladesh conducts emergency measles vaccinations
Bangladesh is conducting emergency measles-rubella vaccinations while trying to contain an ongoing outbreak that has killed more than 100 children
Disruption expected as six-day doctors’ strike begins
The NHS is advising patients in England to only use emergency services when necessary but attend any confirmed appointments.
Flu vaccination may cut heart attack and stroke risk after infection
In Danish adults aged 40 years or older, laboratory-confirmed influenza was linked to a sharp short-term rise in first-time heart attack and stroke risk, especially
Evolocumab trial could reshape how doctors treat high-risk cholesterol patients
A new ACC/AHA dyslipidemia guideline and editorial argue that guideline development is rigorous but can lag behind fast-moving science, using the VESALIUS-CV trial as a
Remote monitoring technology helps Brooklyn resident manage high blood pressure
When 57-year-old Brooklyn resident Timothy Rhonda visited Park Ridge Family Health Center at NYU Langone with dangerously high blood pressure, he worried he might once
New method identifies key proteins that trigger harmful immune responses
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new method to identify which proteins are most likely to trigger an immune response – a discovery that could