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Complex births due to obesity or women waiting longer to get pregnant could have led to an increase in emergency Caesarean sections, medics say. Data published by NHS England showed the number of births in the country is at the lowest level in two decades. Of the 547,244 births recorded in 2022/2023, some 17.4% were delivered by

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers reported on stromal class I histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition to curb pancreatic cancer progression. Study: Inhibiting stromal Class I HDACs curbs pancreatic cancer progression. Image Credit: Tattoboo/Shutterstock.com Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a disease that causes a desmoplastic and treatment-resistant tumor microenvironment (TME), with a predicted

EXCLUSIVE England’s fattest towns REVEALED… so is YOURS one of them? Use our interactive map to find out Four in 10 people in Kingston upon Hull have a body mass index (BMI) above 40 It means the city in East Yorkshire has the highest obesity rate in the country England’s fattest boroughs are today named

What is dementia? Fran Murt shared the first sign of young-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Young-onset dementia occurs when a person develops the mind-robbing condition before the age of 65. The now 67-year-old was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 63. Before her diagnosis, she worked as a nurse. One day, she started to notice

Celebrities are our benchmark of beauty and health. Their highly publicized lives are our daily source of a break from life, but their lifestyle puts a certain pressure on us normal folks as well. There are many celebrities who look way younger than their age and that is because of the religious health routines they

DR ELLIE CANNON: Mum had a stroke in her 80s… will statins help me avoid one? My doctor has suggested that I go on statins, but he was fairly noncommittal and said it’s up to me. I’m 69, not overweight, eat a varied diet and drink about a bottle of wine a week. My father

With the holiday season upon us, many homes will be aglow with twinkling Christmas lights. But certain Christmas lights could be negatively impacting your sleep. Dr Katherine Hall, the resident sleep psychologist at Happy Beds, put together a guide in which she exposed the best and worst choices for a rejuvenating slumber. She said: “Being

Hard pill to swallow… A grateful world was only introduced to Viagra because one Welsh ex-miner – and the nurse he confided in – overcame their embarrassment to reveal a startling side effect! A female nurse clinician overseeing a drug trial in the early 1990s posed a question that she noticed the male volunteers were

Reviewed An international team of researchers from LMU and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research has visualized the structure of the so-called ASC speck. A central component of the human immune system, the NLRP3 inflammasome plays an important role in fighting off infections. However, its chronic activation is also implicated in a variety of common

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights said Thursday it has settled with Lafourche Medical Group closing an investigation over a phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information of approximately 34,862 individuals.  WHY IT MATTERS A hacker gained access to an email account that contained ePHI owned by

Azenta Life Sciences has selected Oxford, UK, a key European life sciences hub, as the location for its next GENEWIZ Multiomics and Synthesis Solutions site. The site will feature a new state-of-the-art genomics lab scheduled to open in early 2024. The GENEWIZ Oxford Genomics Lab. Image Caption: Azenta Life Sciences Drawing upon the experienced team from the former Oxford Genomics

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adolescent suicides have tragically been rising for over a decade and the COVID-19 pandemic’s toll on activities, social connections, and deaths have made these trends increasingly visible. A new Social Policy Report (SPR) from the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at New York

Men with hormone-resistant prostate cancer and specific genetic mutations who were treated with the PARP inhibitor drug olaparib survived longer than men treated with traditional hormone therapy, according to an analysis published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Maha Hussain, MD, the Genevieve E. Teuton Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology

A recent Npj Parkinson's Disease study identified avoidable risk factors for Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Study: Population fraction of Parkinson’s disease attributable to preventable risk factors. Image Credit: meeboonstudio/Shutterstock.com Background Based on the current scenario, the most effective way to reduce the global incidence of PD is by eliminating risk factors. Although many studies have estimated the relative risk or

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Researchers have discovered that misreading of therapeutic mRNAs by the cell’s decoding machinery can cause an unintended immune response in the body. They have identified the sequence within the mRNA that causes this to occur and found a way to prevent ‘off-target’ immune responses to enable the safer design of future mRNA therapeutics. mRNA—or ‘messenger

Oncode Investigator Mario van der Stelt and his lab discovered a potential new drug that suppresses chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain. The results are published in Nature Communications. Neuropathic pain is a common side effect of chemotherapy and one of the major reasons for discontinuation of the treatment. LEI-515 is a substance that stops the breakdown of

China: Families at Beijing hospital amidst pneumonia outbreak In recent weeks countries across the globe have reported new cases of a type of pneumonia that is disproportionately affecting children. Known as mycoplasma pneumonia, the illness first caused concern in China where it is thought there are now thousands of cases. Since then the infection has

A recent Scientific Reports study investigates whether the association between proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and the use of histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RA) affects the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Study: Proton pump inhibitors and chronic kidney disease risk: A comparative study with histamine-2 receptor antagonists. Image Credit: Iryna Imago / Shutterstock.com Background PPIs are one