Transplanted Pig Kidney Is Removed From Patient
by The organ, from a genetically modified animal, failed because of a lack of blood flow, surgeons said, but did not appear to have been rejected …
Colon cancer crisis in young people could be fueled by booming drinks brands adored by teens
They are used by millions of workers to power through afternoon slumps. But highly caffeinated energy drinks could be partly fueling the explosion of colorectal …
‘This could have catastrophic consequences’: Patient safety experts slam Green Party maternity policies that pledge to make childbirth a ‘non-medical event’ and brand life-saving caesareans ‘risky’
Under the Green Party’s election policy, they would ‘work to reduce the number of interventions in childbirth’ which includes C-sections. But medics say lack of …
Five reasons the Covid pandemic almost certainly started via Wuhan lab leak, according to Harvard researcher
Dr Alina Chan, molecular biologist at Harvard and MIT and co-author of Viral: The search for the Origin of Covid-19 outlined five reasons why the pandemic …
FDA panel to evaluate psychedelic MDMA for treatment of PTSD for first time
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a meeting to discuss a therapy based on the psychedelic drug MDMA for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder …
FDA Panel Weights MDMA Therapy for PTSD
An independent group of experts is meeting Tuesday to consider whether to allow use of this illegal drug, also known as Ecstasy, to treat PTSD.An …
STIs surge with 22 per cent spike in syphilis and gonorrhoea reaching record levels, official figures reveal
The latest UKHSA data shows an overall rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), with 401,800 new diagnoses made in England last year.The latest UKHSA data …
‘King Kong’ weight loss jab set to be free on the NHS: spending watchdog gives green light to powerful new drug Mounjaro, a year after refusing to approve it
Draft guidance by the UK’s drugs watchdog, NICE has now urged mounjaro’s usage to be expanded for weight loss in those severely obese.Draft guidance by …
Have doctors cracked mystery of rising cancer cases in young people? Low fibre diets and too much sugar to blame for surging rates, say experts
The new research was presented this weekend at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago.The new research was presented this weekend at the …
We can’t help but wonder how many more steps our daughter, 6, will take, says mother of six-year-old girl with muscle wasting disease that is slowly destroying her mobility
Sophie and Mike Howes from Wiltshire, are joining calls to have spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) added to the newborn blood tests so that children like …