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With medical visits picking up again among patients vaccinated against COVID-19, health providers are starting to see the consequences of a year of pandemic-delayed preventive and emergency care as they find more advanced cancer and rotting and damaged teeth, among other ailments. Dr. Brian Rah, chair of the cardiology department at Montana’s Billings Clinic, was […]
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Did you know that World Health Day was on the 7th of April? Most people don’t even know that such a day exists! The pandemic has definitely changed our outlook on different matters. Being locked up at home for the last couple of months has allowed us to reflect on our lives and value the […]
Thousands of different bacterial species live within the human gut. Most are beneficial, while others can be harmful. A new study from an MIT-led team has revealed that these bacterial populations can remake themselves within the lifetime of their host, by passing genes back and forth. The researchers also showed that this kind of gene […]
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While the future of the pandemic remains uncertain, we’ll probably have to live with COVID-19 for some time. We face a range of possible scenarios. At the most optimistic end of the spectrum, new vaccines will protect against all current and future variants of concern. At the other extreme, we’ll see the frequent emergence and […]
Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. And research shows that people who have body piercings have an increased risk of the infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the best way to prevent hepatitis B is to get vaccinated, which is recommended for people […]
When Khadijah Ameen and her fellow health activists gather in community groups in Martin Luther King Jr.’s hometown of Atlanta, everyone is in a circle. It connects to their central message: Achieving a society in which all Black lives matter means Black health must matter, too. Racial health disparities can lead to preventable suffering and […]
More men than women are dying from COVID-19. Many studies suggest that hormones may give women the upper hand. But not all women seem equally protected. Why? Two fourth-year medical students at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine—Chitra Gotluru and Allison Roach—analyzed worldwide data looking for answers. Their findings are published in the March issue […]
A new study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center helps identify which patients with prostate cancer will benefit most from the use of prostate-specific membrane antigen PET imaging, PSMA PET, a novel imaging technique that recently was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. By studying different variables and risk […]