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Dad’s Army for the NHS: Retired consultants will be drafted in to help hospitals clear record backlogs, health chiefs announce The health service is issuing a call to newly retired doctors to ‘keep caring’ READ MORE: 200k appointments could be cancelled by junior doctors’ strike Health bosses hope to lure recently retired hospital consultants back

Jonathan Scott and Zooey Deschanel may be blended family goals now, but it wasn’t always that way. In fact, the Property Brothers star recently opened up about the unique thing Deschanel’s kids Elsie, 7, and Charlie, 6, call him, and how much of a “struggle” it was to get used to. Related story Emmy Rossum

Dr Amir gives tips on how to stay safe during UK heatwave David Bentley penned: “When we have a heatwave… a good night’s sleep can become a real challenge.” While David tried one method to cool him down, a cold shower before bed, he found that the “effect doesn’t last that long”. In an opinion

How survival rates for deadliest cancers have DOUBLED since the 1970s – as doctors say diseases are no longer always a ‘death sentence’ New treatments mean survival rates for the disease have doubles since the 70s Read more:  Death rates for breast cancer just a THIRD of levels 20 years ago Huge medical breakthroughs mean that cancer

More than 500 adolescent mothers, caregivers and community members have benefited from a coordinated “collective impact” model to provide support aimed at addressing the litany of strains faced by teen parents, according to a case study published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics. Known as the District of Columbia Network for Parenting and Expectant Teens (DC

A proposed bill in Minnesota related to increasing nurse staffing was amended in order to pass the state legislature, after an exemption was granted to the Mayo Clinic, according to a statement from the Minnesota Nurses Association. The proposed bill as originally described in the Minnesota Senate (SF1384) was also known as the Keeping Nurses

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with changes in gut microbiota composition and intestinal inflammation. Melatonin is a hormone synthesized in the brain that regulates the circadian rhythm and is used as a supplement to promote sleep. Melatonin is also produced in the intestine, where it can modulate the gut immune system, suggesting this hormone

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a process in immune cells that links vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in offspring. The researchers also found that these immune cells and their embedded genes can be used to transfer type 2 diabetes into

In children born at less than 29 weeks gestation, high-dose omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation has improved IQ and augmented the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). It is unclear whether the heightened risk of BPD is associated with decreased benefits to IQ because BPD is associated with poorer cognitive outcomes. Addressing this gap in the

Research led by the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, New Hampshire, has looked into mortality estimates due to various causes when accounting for smoking status. In the paper “Updating the Know Your Chances Website to Include Smoking Status as a Risk Factor for Mortality Estimates,” published in JAMA Network Open, the researchers assessed the

Dr Amir lists diabetes symptoms Diabetes is a life-altering condition that causes your blood sugar levels to become too high. There are two types of diabetes, with type 2 being far more common than type 1. Affecting around 90 percent of all diabetes patients, type 2 diabetes occurs when the body does not produce enough

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a process in immune cells that links vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in offspring. The researchers also found that these immune cells and their embedded genes can be used to transfer Type 2 diabetes into

In a recent article published in the journal Nature, researchers used unstructured clinical notes from the electronic health record (EHRs) to train NYUTron, a large language model for medical language and subsequently evaluated its ability to perform five clinical and operational predictive tasks. Study: Health system-scale language models are all-purpose prediction engines. Image Credit: Elnur / Shutterstock Background

A new study led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital offers an explanation for why light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may be associated with lower risk of heart disease. For the first time, researchers found that alcohol, in light to moderate quantities, was associated with long-term reductions in stress signaling in the brain. This impact on the

New prostate check to spot cancers current tests miss Called Stockholm3, test involves a single blood test that looks for five proteins  A new test is twice as effective at detecting prostate cancer as the existing blood test that checks for the disease, according to a new study. Called Stockholm3, it involves a single blood

A new AI algorithm developed at EPFL and University Hospital Geneva (HUG) will power an intelligent stethoscope called Pneumoscope with the potential to improve the management of respiratory disease in low-resource and remote settings. As air passes through the labyrinth of small passageways in our lungs, it makes a distinctive whooshing sound. When these passageways

The prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Canada will exceed 1 in 100 patients by 2035, which represents an increase of 37%, according to a new report. In a detailed literature review by the patient advocacy group Crohn’s Colitis Canada, researchers estimate that more than 320,000 Canadians have IBD, which represents 0.8% of the population. The

An often-overlooked communication strategy for neurons might be more prevalent than previously believed. New research from biology professor Adam Miller’s lab in the UO’s College of Arts and Sciences illuminates the importance of neuron-to-neuron communication via direct electrical signaling, instead of the usual chemical messengers sent between cells. The team also identified proteins that might

For more than 20 years, the National Eating Disorders Association has operated a phone line and online platform for people seeking help for anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders. Last year, nearly 70,000 individuals used the help line. NEDA shuttered that service in May, saying that, in its place, a chatbot called Tessa, designed by