Tag Archives: Treating

Cardiologist: 9 American foods you ‘couldn’t pay me to eat’—after 20 years of treating heart attacks  MSN Source link

Removing lymph nodes during cancer surgery has saved countless lives in many tumour types. Yet recent research is challenging parts of this long-standing practice. Imagine your body’s immune defences as a city, and lymph nodes as the hubs where police and firefighters gather fresh intel to launch their attack on criminals. What happens if you remove too many of these …

A natural compound called morin, found in fruits, teas, and nuts, is showing promise as a new tool in the fight against gum disease. Researchers in Brazil encapsulated this substance in a controlled-release powder that mimics powdered milk, with the aim of creating oral care products that work without the side effects often seen in traditional treatments. Credit: Stock Morin-based …

Illustration of spherical nucleic acid SNA nanoparticle carrying CRISPR cargo – Image by the Mirkin Research Group University scientists in Chicago have developed a new nanostructure that triples CRISPR’s ability to enter cells, potentially unlocking even more power to treat genetic diseases. With the power to rewrite the genetic code that underlies countless diseases, CRISPR holds immense promise to revolutionize …

March 16, 2020. That day is in my diary as the day I started to hear buzzing in my ears. And that buzzing has never gone away. Having spent the previous nine years as an audiologist treating people with this problem, I knew instantly what it was – tinnitus, the perception of sounds such as ringing, buzzing or hissing in …

A new report published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology suggests repeat COVID-19 vaccination may be necessary to mitigate the cardiovascular risk associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.  The authors represent experts from across Europe, and said they authored the report to make concrete recommendations for prevention, rehabilitation, and long-term care for cardiovascular patients because both acute COVID-19 infection and long …

Michigan nurse dies of tuberculosis 8 years after treating infected patient  MLive.com Source link

A new kind of targeted therapy to treat head and neck cancer in cats could hold the key to developing similar treatments in humans, according to a new study. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a notoriously deadly and difficult-to-treat cancer in cats and humans. Now, a small trial including 20 cats with this cancer suggests companion animals …

An aging population, still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, is seeking more treatment for dizziness and imbalance in Minnesota. Clinics specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of dizziness have opened or expanded across the Twin Cities, and their appointments are filling up. Associated Hearing Care hired a specialist and installed a rotating diagnostic chair last year at its St. Paul …

Microsoft AI’s CEO Mustafa Suleyman is clear: AI is not human and does not possess a truly human consciousness. But the warp-speed advancement of generative AI is making that harder and harder to recognize. The consequences are potentially disastrous, he wrote Tuesday in an essay on his personal blog.  Suleyman’s 4,600-word treatise is a timely reaction to a growing phenomenon of …