Credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya from Pexels According to “Insights & Implications in Gerontology: The Chronic Disease of Obesity”—a new publication from the Gerontological Society of America (GSA)—overweight and obesity are now…
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New trial of ‘pill-on-a-thread’ brings screening for esophageal cancer closer
Credit: Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald/University of Cambridge A man from Cambridge is the first to join the surveillance part of a clinical trial that could see routine screening for esophageal cancer…
Higher viral load during HIV infection can shape viral evolution
HIV infecting a human cell. Credit: NIH A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that HIV populations in people with higher viral loads also have higher rates of…
Just 1 in 12 people survive and leave hospital
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A national research database has revealed stark figures for cardiac arrests in England for 2022. Survival rates remain low, with around 8% patients surviving to 30…
GSK buys asthma drug developer for up to $1.4 bn
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday agreed to buy Aiolos Bio for up to $1.4 billion, with focus on an asthma medication still at the testing stage.…
Team develops app to help train the brain to overcome tinnitus
The MindEar app includes training and education on tinnitus, helping patients better manage symptoms. Credit: MindEar An international research team has shown that the debilitating impact of tinnitus can be…
Update on mechanisms and management of atrial fibrillation
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major global health concern impacting millions and causing symptoms like palpitations, dyspnea, fatigue, dizziness, and chest discomfort. Furthermore, these symptoms reduce…
Roy Calne, a surgeon who led Europe’s first liver transplant, has died aged 93
Sir Roy Calne, of Cambridge University, delivers an acceptance speech after receiving the 2012 Lasker DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for developing liver transplantation, an intervention that has restored normal…
Survey finds most Americans think bariatric surgery is a shortcut and should only be a last resort
After years of living with constant pain and fatigue, bariatric surgery helped Maritza Cruz Rivera lose weight and implement healthy habits to help her maintain her health long term. Credit:…
A novel method for lung image registration
Respiratory motion modeling. (The cover picture of Volume 28 Issue 4, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Science). This article was the cover article of that issue.). Credit: Peizhi Chen, Yifan Guo,…
