HAMBURG, Germany — The human microbiome comprises 39 to 44 billion microbes. That is ten times more than the number of cells in our body. Hendrik Poeck, MD, managing senior physician of internal medicine at the University Hospital Regensburg, illustrated this point at the annual meeting of the German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology 2023. If the gut microbiome […]

EXCLUSIVE ‘Dad was an utterly different person after the anaesthetic’: Families and doctors warn we could be facing a flood of cognitive decline linked to surgery – yet there ARE simple things hospitals could do to help As he was wheeled into theatre for surgery to fix a broken right hip, grandfather-of-seven George Leeson was joking with the surgeon that […]

Reviewed In a recent study, scientists led by Professor Stefan Müller from Goethe University's Institute of Biochemistry II investigated a specific form of blood cancer known as acute myeloid leukemia, or AML. The disease mainly occurs in adulthood and often ends up being fatal for older patients. In about a third of AML patients, the cancer cells' genetic material has […]

Ketamine—an anesthetic also known for its illicit use as a recreational drug—has undergone a thorough reputational rehabilitation in recent years as the medical establishment has begun to recognize its wide-ranging therapeutic effects. The drug is increasingly used for a range of medical purposes, including as a painkiller alternative to opioids, and as a therapy for treatment-resistant depression. In a new […]

China: Families at Beijing hospital amidst pneumonia outbreak As Covid cases and the threat of infection diminished in the UK so did the requirement for certain protective measures, such as using masks and self-isolating. These steps were not only recommended to prevent you catching the disease but also spreading it to others. Although they are no longer mandatory in the […]

Vitamin B12 is a vital vitamin, responsible for keeping your body’s blood and nerve cells healthy. Alongside this it supports your spinal column and your brain. Dr Eric Berg, a chiropractor who specialises in weight loss through nutritional and natural methods, with 11.2 million subscribers on YouTube, listed potential side effects of vitamin B12 deficiency. In a video which has […]

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Two novel monoclonal antibody therapies delivered subcutaneously appear to have a significant impact on disease severity in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD), without raising safety concerns, suggest two early stage trials. The research was presented at the annual meeting of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. In one of the studies, TREK-AD, a phase 2b study, […]

Reviewed The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published the latest evaluation report into the government's progress towards reducing HIV transmission. The report shows that there has been a continued decline in HIV transmission but progress has slowed particularly among women and ethnic minorities. The number of new HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men fell by 42% from 1,239 […]

Reviewed A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 22, entitled, "Chronological aging impacts abundance, function and microRNA content of extracellular vesicles produced by human epidermal keratinocytes." The disturbance of intercellular communication is one of the hallmarks of aging. In their […]