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Hypnosis can improve the quality of life of people suffering from chronic pain, according to a new research led by UdeM associate medical professor David Ogez.

What you need to know about JN.1, the latest COVID variant Vaccines, tests, and antivirals are still effective tools against the most recent COVID surge, a Johns Hopkins virologist says In early Nove

Researchers at Imperial's Centre for Psychedelic Research are using brain imaging to understand addictions and devise new approaches to treating them. Addiction is like having your brain hijacked. The activities that used to make you feel happy and satisfied leave you cold, and only the object of the addiction triggers the brain's reward mechanisms.

Are in-demand drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy safe and effective? Gastroenterologist Sameer Khan of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine explains Nearly 42% of American adults were obese from 2017 to 2020, up from roughly 30% in 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Long COVID has become recognised as one of the many complications of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Andrew Baillie and Philip Britton write in The Conversation about what we know of the condition, and how we can avoid it. EG.5 or the Eris COVID variant is dominant in parts of  Australia. Eris, along with other circulating strains, are descendants of Omicron.

People diagnosed with a life-threatening cardiac condition have been given new hope, thanks to a ground-breaking new drug that protects the heart developed by researchers from UCL and the Royal Free Hospital. The trial results, published in The New England Journal of Medicine , show that patients with transthryretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) benefitted significantly when they took the drug Acoramidis.

An agricultural fungicide approved in the US and currently under consideration by authorities worldwide could have a devastating effect on a new drug for one of world's deadliest infectious diseases, show University of Manchester scientists. Their Wellcome Trust funded study, published in Nature Microbiology could spell disaster for patients with aspergillosis - a dangerous fungal disease responsible for the deaths of millions of people worldwide.

A man from Cambridge is the first to join the surveillance part of a clinical trial that could see routine screening for oesophageal cancer introduced into the NHS, potentially halving deaths from this cancer every year.

In collaboration with 12 partners from 6 countries, Jena University Hospital is establishing the Antivirus Pandemic Preparedness EuropeAn pLatform (APPEAL), a European research initiative aimed at enhancing preparedness for future pandemics.

Phase 2 trial found adding Bevacizumab to different chemotherapy drugs led to more patients' tumours shrinking, which has helped to change routine UK treatment. Case study: "It was our last hope. We were desperate because he'd had two lots of chemotherapy that hadn't shrunk his tumour at all." Parents of 10-year-old Abdullah say they owe his life to BEACON trial Children who develop neuroblastomas, a rare form of cancer which develops in nerve cells, may benefit from receiving certain anti-tumour drugs as well as chemotherapy, a new trial has found.

On the road to recovery, patients come into contact with clinicians from a whole range of disciplines.

A new diagnostic device could help those who experience sleep apnoea get a quicker diagnosis and an improved quality of life.

With the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy at UCLA as an anchor tenant at the UCLA Research Park on the site of the former Westside Pavilion shopping mall, UCLA is poised to enter a new era of biomedical breakthroughs.

Non-medication-based treatments for opioid use disorder may be more harmful than no treatment at all, a new Yale study finds.

Around 2.3 million people are diagnosed with breast cancer globally each year. Dysregulation of an enzyme called 'KAT6A' has been observed in some ER-positive breast cancers, leading to adverse patient outcomes. However the discovery of drugs to target KAT6A for therapeutic benefit has remained a challenge.

A re-usable vest that can map the electrical activity of the heart in fine detail could potentially be used to better identify people at high risk of sudden cardiac death, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers. Electrical signals trigger our hearts to contract, regulating our heartbeat. Problems with these signals result in heart rhythm disorders, experienced by two million people in the UK, and can cause sudden death.

An AI-enhanced chest X-ray reporting solution has begun trials in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde with the aim of improving early detection of lung cancer An AI-enhanced chest X-ray reporting solution h

The Australian National Total Body PET Facility will drive advancements in cancer studies, neurological disorders, cardiovascular disease and drug development, and reduce scanning time and radiation doses to transform patient care.

More sickle cell patients could benefit from bone marrow transplant 'Half-matched' bone marrow transplants can cure sickle cell disease in 88% of patients, according to research co-led by Johns Hopki

Human volunteers will soon begin receiving an HIV vaccine that contains an adjuvant developed in Irvine's lab, which helps to boost B cell responses to the vaccine.

Last Updated: 07 Dec 2023 13:49:03 New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), which investigated alpaca husbandry practices in the UK, has uncovered a variation in the management of alpacas. It demonstrates the need to establish 'gold standard' practices across the industry to support alpaca welfare.

On the road to recovery, patients come into contact with clinicians from a whole range of disciplines.

Aspirin is an inexpensive and readily available medication that could benefit cancer treatments, preventing metastatic cancer spread and reducing vascular complications, finds new meta-analysis study. The Welsh Aspirin Group in Cardiff University has published a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the impacts of the use of aspirin as a treatment for cancer.

Reducing oxygen levels in critically ill children on mechanical ventilators in intensive care could save tens of young lives each year, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Idea generates local and national collaborations, a philanthropic gift toward a new research centre and an entrepreneurial opportunity Dr. Franz Zemp, PhD, gets chills talking about how his idea to target a specific cancer cell has evolved. "I never thought I'd be that close to a patient. I never thought anything that I would build, or design would be in a clinical trial," says Zemp, an adjunct assistant professor at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM).

A simple-to-apply, needle-free vaccine patch is being developed to protect people from the potentially deadly mosquito-borne Zika virus.

UW research finds that mailing HPV test kits directly to patients increases cervical cancer screening rates Three years ago, the federal government set a series of targets to improve Americans' overall health. Among the dozens of goals laid out in the plan, called Healthy People 2030 , was a significant increase in the proportion of Americans who kept up to date with cervical cancer screening.

A study by University of Calgary researchers and the Canadian Immunization Research Network may prompt a change to vaccination guidelines for infants.