According to research, Cannabis which is used to treat chronic pain is connected with an increased risk of heart rhythm abnormalities.The findings of the study were published in the European society of Cardiology. Medical Cannabis is a relatively new drug for…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana on Monday became the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to confirm a case of the Monkeypox virus with health officials saying that the patient is hospitalised in a stable condition. Health Minister...

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Study participants noted that the pill they took was difficult to ingest and tasted like "rancid butter," so researchers are exploring a new delivery system.

An innovative combination of drugs stopped the advance of cancer in more than a third of patients involved in the early phase one trial, scientists say

Researchers led by Osaka University shed light on a metabolic network integrated by an oral microbe Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum). Analysis of co-cultures of F. nucleatum with other commensal oral bacteria revealed that metabolic cross-feeding enable…

The average for all variants was 6.6 days, but it ranged from 5.0 days for Alpha to 3.4 days for Omicron.

A validated genome-wide polygenic risk score predicted clinically meaningful absolute risk for sudden arrhythmic death in a cohort of patients with CAD without severe left ventricular dysfunction, researchers reported.The data, from participants of the ongoin…

A test to detect and quantify TDP-43 deposits in the retina provides this capability for the first time and can be performed using commercially available and widely utilized diagnostic cameras.

Where you live, what you eat and how much you drink may tell health care professionals more about your risk of developing kidney stones than you think.

LONDON: Britain is following the United States and Europe in making the most of limited supply of the monkeypox vaccine by administering smaller doses of the shot, health officials said on Monday (Aug 22). Three National Health Service sites are set to begin …

Peel Public Health says West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes have been identified from four traps collected in Peel Region during the week of Aug. 14.

Arterial screening and monitoring in adults with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is common in Europe, although clear guidelines are lacking.

Sexually active men who have sex with men are most at risk for infection with the virus, which can cause excruciatingly painful lesions and even scarring.

Entering the words nutrition and cancer into Google returns as many as 718 million hits. With an overabundance of opinions, it can be challenging to separate fact from fiction.

A new study finds that kids born near fracking sites in Pennsylvania were two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia between ages 2 and 7.

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) research team announced on July 7 that it has succeeded in the world's first clinical transplantation of a "mini organ" (also called an organoid) into a patient with ulcerative colitis (UC). UC causes inflammation an…

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Eating pheasant killed by lead shot is likely to expose consumers to raised levels of lead in their diet, even if the meat is carefully prepared to remove the shotgun pellets and the most damaged tissue. New research has found that pheasants killed by lead sh…

Monkeypox is mostly spreading among men who have sex with men in the current outbreak, and the risk of catching it in other ways is low.

One of the deadliest forms of cancer is the brain tumor glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). It is a rare disease, with approximately 28,000 cases diagnosed every year in the EU and the US, for which median survival does not exceed one year, despite treatment. Less…

For older adults at risk of dementia, regular exercise from light stretching to rigorous aerobics can help slow memory and thinking decline, a new study shows.

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have identified a group of latent stem cells that respond to injury in the central nervous system of mice. If a similar type of cell exists in humans, they could offer a new therapeutic approach to treat brain and spi…

Sexual enjoyment in the years following childbirth is unaffected by the way in which the baby is delivered, according to new research. The study, published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, was led by researchers at the University…