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Shorter courses of prostate cancer radiotherapy are safe and effective

23.04.2018 Health Problems

Radiotherapy given in high doses over a shorter period of time is safe and effective for prostate cancer patients, according to research presented at the ESTRO 37 conference today. The treatment, called ultrahypofractionated radiotherapy, involves hospital treatment every other day for two and half weeks, compared to every week day for eight weeks for standard radiotherapy. Researchers say this method […]

Can a brain injury change who you are?

20.04.2018 Health Problems

Who we are, and what makes us “us” has been the topic of much debate throughout history. At the individual level, the ingredients for the unique essence of a person consist mostly of personality concepts. Things like kindness, warmth, hostility and selfishness. Deeper than this, however, is how we react to the world around us, respond socially, our moral reasoning, […]

Many European countries are not ready to stop viral hepatitis

18.04.2018 Health Problems

Many European countries lack a comprehensive policy to eliminate viral hepatitis as a major public health threat, according to a patient group-based survey implemented in 25 countries. The Hep-CORE study was coordinated by ISGlobal – an institution supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation – and led by the European Liver Patient’s Association. In 2016, viral hepatitis caused more deaths than […]

Pathways in the young brain are associated with susceptibility for mental disorders

18.04.2018 Health Problems

Adolescence is a period for individual growth and opportunities, but it also coincides with the emergence of many mental disorders. In a study that was recently published in JAMA Psychiatry, Norwegian researchers revealed that the pathways between brain regions are associated with early signs of mental illness in youth. The researchers analyzed a wide range of clinical, cognitive, and genetic […]

Scientists disconfirm belief that humans’ physiological reaction to emotions are uniform

18.04.2018 Health Problems

How do you feel when you’re angry? Tense? Jittery? Exhausted? Is it the same every time? Is it identical to how your best friend, co-worker, or barista feel when they experience anger? In all likelihood the answer is no, that how you experience anger varies between situations, and that how you experience it varies from others. According to new research […]

Are you at risk for macular degeneration?

13.04.2018 Health Problems

Many people accept deteriorating eyesight as an inevitable part of getting older, but blurry or distorted vision – such as when straight lines appear wavy – could be signs of age-related macular degeneration. The condition is the most common cause of severe vision loss in people age 50 and older in developed countries. It occurs when waste products build up […]

A third of bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis across the world are multi-drug resistant

12.04.2018 Health Problems

A worldwide study initiated to investigate the epidemiology and outcomes of bacterial infections in hospitalized patients with liver cirrhosis has reported a prevalence of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacteria of 34% and significant regional differences in the risk of developing a multi-drug-resistant infection. Research teams from 46 centres across the world collaborated in this international study, which was promoted by the International […]

Thyroid tumors in Alaska natives are larger and more advanced at diagnosis

11.04.2018 Health Problems

A new study spanning 45 years has shown that while Alaska Natives have a similar incidence of thyroid cancer as the U.S. white population, their tumors at the time of diagnosis tend to be larger and to have spread beyond a localized area. The data, culled from the National Cancer Institute’s Alaska Native Tumor Registry, are described in an article […]

Primary care doctors may be unsure when kids’ bad moods are serious or not

05.04.2018 Health Problems

All children have moments of moodiness, but family medicine doctors and pediatricians may doubt their abilities to tell the difference between normal irritability and possibly bigger issues, according to Penn State researchers. When the researchers interviewed a group of health care providers, they found that the primary care providers and pediatricians were less confident than the child and adolescent psychiatrists […]

Study shows how moms’ brains are hard-wired to gather young

05.04.2018 Health Problems

A mother’s “basic instinct” to grab her wandering offspring and return them to the nest depends on a specific set of brain cell signals, a new study in mice finds. Reporting in the journal Neuron online April 4, NYU School of Medicine scientists traced the roots of this behavior to brain cells that make the signaling chemical dopamine, release of […]

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