The largest genetic sequencing study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ever conducted has found 102 genes associated with autism, a major step towards an eventual cure,...
January 22nd, 2020
Talking about cancer is hard. Talking about the chances of surviving cancer is even harder. Now, Stat News reports, one of the entrepreneurs behind the...
January 8th, 2020
A large Google Health Artificial Intelligence (AI) data trial produced a 5.7% reduction of breast cancer false positives in the US, and a 1.2% reduction in the UK, as...
November 13th, 2019
Spending an hour in talk therapy with a trained counsellor costs much more, and takes more time, than swallowing an inexpensive antidepressant pill. But for people with...
July 24th, 2019When new rules capped training hours for US medical residents at 80 hours per week in 2003, critics worried that the change would leave physicians-in-training unprepared...
June 26th, 2019Eating two or more weekly servings of yoghurt is associated with lower risk of developing the adenomas which precede the development of bowel cancer – at least in men...
May 22nd, 2019Physical activity, including walking and muscle-strengthening activities, were associated with significantly reduced risk of cirrhosis-related death, according to...
Thoracoscopic lobectomy – video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) – combined with pulmonary artery sealing using an ultrasonic energy device reduced the risk of...
May 15th, 2019More doctors are being attacked online for recommending parents vaccinate their children as part of a coordinated effort by anti-vaccine groups. Fictitious patient...
April 24th, 2019There is now evidence that around 5% of people may wake up on the operating table, according to a report on Wellcome's Mosaic site. Although, due to the amnesiac...
