It may be one of the biggest medical advances since the scalpel: Doctors have discovered a way to treat non-cancerous tumors with sound waves instead of surgery. CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes reports that the procedure may one day be used to battle cancer and other diseases. This full report […]
After it was revealed this week that Jack Osbourne has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurological condition that damages the nerves and affects the transfer of messages around the body, many mentioned to Pam Macfarlane, of the MS Trust, how young he was. “Actually, he’s probably about the average […]
We are hearing a lot about “locked-in” syndrome in the news at the moment and due to a pivitol legal case I imagine that we will be hearing a lot more about it. So we at Mediterranean Quality Care Services thought it would be important to give an overview about […]
A great article was recently published by James Gallagher who is a health and science reporter for BBC News. He stated that the gap between male and female life expectancy is closing and men could catch up by 2030. Information that he had rescourced from an adviser for the Office for […]
New research has shown that a small dose of the painkiller every day can reduce the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and blood clots. So if aspirin is a miracle drug, shouldn’t we all be taking it? A study, published on Tuesday, reported that taking a low dose of aspirin daily for […]
We are waking up this morning to quite shocking news. It seems a study has found that sleeping pills used by thousands of people in the UK appear to be linked with a higher death risk, doctors warn. The American study in BMJ Open compared more than 10,000 patients on […]
By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today The European pharmaceutical industry has voiced its support for a European Union-backed plan to combat antibiotic resistance and promote the development of new antibiotics as reports of drug-resistant “super bugs” increase throughout the region. A new action plan issued by the European […]
ScienceDaily (Feb. 21, 2012) — When first exposed to cocaine, the adolescent brain launches a strong defensive reaction designed to minimize the drug’s effects, Yale and other scientists have found. Now two new studies by a Yale team identify key genes that regulate this response and show that interfering with […]
By Fergus Walsh BBC medical correspondent, in Delhi One by one the young children open their mouths to receive the two drops of polio vaccine. Then they hold out their hand to get their “purple pinky” – one finger painted with indelible purple ink to show they’ve been immunised. Some […]
Doctors want to improve the prognosis of this aggressive cancer and scientists say they may have found a new weapon against pancreatic cancer after promising early trial results of an experimental drug combination. Giving the chemotherapy agent gemcitabine with an experimental drug called MRK003 sets off a chain of events […]
