A team at the universities of Nottingham and Birmingham has used 3.1m of Ministry of Defence funding to develop a vehicle-based lab that can be taken to field hospitals, firing ranges and rehabilitation centres. It will allow the study of how blast and other trauma affects brain function within minutes of the event, far faster than relying on static equipment, scientists said.
Last April, neuroscientist Sue Grigson received an e-mail from a man detailing his years-long struggle to kick addiction - first to opioids, and then to the very medication meant to help him quit. The man had stumbled on research by Grigson, suggesting that certain anti-obesity medications could help to reduce rats' addiction to drugs such as heroin and fentanyl. He decided to try quitting again, this time while taking semaglutide, the blockbuster GLP-1 drug better known as Ozempic.
The 17-year-old, who worked as a pharmacy assistant, believed she was simply under the weather, until she woke up on October 29 with a swollen, bulging left eye. Sophie's mum, Carol Wright, believed her daughter had been rubbing her eye so much due to the persistent headaches that it had caused an infection. But after taking antibiotics, Sophie's eye worsened, leaving her in excruciating pain and unable to see.
In September 2024, I lost my job as a software developer. After nearly two years with the company, I was let go due to "reduction of workforce." My husband still worked full time, but losing half of our household income hit hard, especially with eight kids ranging from 4 to 19 years old. I told myself we'd be OK. I thought it would be easy to find another job. We'd tighten our belts. Then I got sick.
If you're a modern neurologist, you'll recognize this as a type of aphasia, a common symptom of stroke. You'll also know that aphasia is a language problem, not an intelligence problem; the patient may be able to think quite clearly but just can't translate those thoughts into coherent words and sentences. But it took many decades and a great deal of scientific effort to arrive at this modern understanding.
The spending increase will stay in place for at least the next three years. The United States has announced a new trade deal with the United Kingdom that includes zero tariffs on pharmaceutical and medical products in exchange for the UK spending more on medicines, the first significant spending increase in more than 20 years, and overhauling how it values drugs.
“The unimaginable has happened,” “My beautiful husband has been taken from us. The light of my life. I was the luckiest to be loved and adored by you Jamie. I love you endlessly, not just now, but eternally.”
A whole slew of next-generation obesity drugs are on the horizon, some already advanced enough in clinical trials to be looking as good as-if not better than-those already on the market. The novel medications continue to push the upward limits of weight loss, now to almost 25 percent of body weight on average, but they also differ in their modes of action. They target different cells and different parts of cells in the brain and body.
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19804 Published online 7 September 2016 In the version of the article initially published, in the Day 11 row of Extended Data Fig. 3c, the Chloroquine image was a duplicate of the BRD7929, 25 image from the same row. The correct Chloroquine image has now been added to Extended Data Fig. 3c, as seen in Fig. 1, below.
Breast cancer patients suffered unnecessary mastectomies, delayed diagnoses and a lack of compassionate care at an NHS Trust in north-east England, the BBC has learned. More than 200 cases are now being investigated at County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust (CDDFT) - 43 of these are reported to involve significant harm. One death is also being examined. Women have told us they were left feeling "butchered" by surgery,
Caffeinated beverages cause an acceleration of heart rate, they cause acceleration of blood pressure. That's why if you're having your blood pressure checked, don't drink caffeinated beverages. As there is an association with heart rhythm disorders and caffeinated beverages.
In the early hours of 28 May 2005, Isabelle Dinoire woke up in a pool of blood. After fighting with her family the night before, she turned to alcohol and sleeping tablets to forget, she later said. Reaching for a cigarette out of habit, she realized she couldn't hold it between her lips. She understood something was wrong. Isabelle crawled to the bedroom mirror. In shock, she stared at her reflection:
Dr Ariel N. Rad is a leading Board certified plastic surgeon known for his precise, evidence-based approach to facelift and aesthetic medicine. He built his career on disciplined training, scientific rigor, and a belief that natural results come from deep understanding rather than trends. After completing his residency at Johns Hopkins, he co-founded SHERBER+RAD in Washington, D.C. with his wife, dermatologist Dr Noëlle Sherber. Together, they created one of the first fully integrated practices combining dermatology, facial aesthetic surgery, and curated skincare under one roof.
Researchers at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, figured out how to precisely control a knot's geometry and friction so that they could 'program' it to open when tugged on with a given force. This allows a surgeon - or a robot - stitching up a wound to pull a suture closed with just the right amount of force, simply by tugging the free end of the knotted thread and stopping when the knot unfurls.
Essesi Design Studio designs Nimble, a concept have lost. It uses a modular 3D printed prosthetic fin that can help athletic amputees swim again. An attachable technology, the assistive object replaces the foot and lower leg that userscarbon fiber for the shell, and inside this main body sits a lattice structure made of rubber material. This part bends during movement, so in this case, when the swimmer kicks, the lattice structure flexes, creating thrust that moves them forward through water.
Person A said she was subjected to xenophobic behaviour from colleagues, including Miss Njoku, while working in a respiratory ward at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington in 2021. Person A said the senior nurse called her a Polish cow, Polish idiot, swine nose, stupid old cow and an old woman and complained to managers but no investigation took place. Person A said the encounter left them feeling very nervous whenever Miss Njoku was on duty
Researchers report that people who have more muscle and a lower visceral fat to muscle ratio tend to show signs of a younger biological brain age. This conclusion comes from a study that will be presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Visceral fat refers to the fat stored deep in the abdomen around key internal organs.
Sir Terence English had to fight for the right to carry out the surgery at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge in 1979, after resistance from the public and the government. The operation that paved the way to future transplants took place in August that year on 52-year-old Keith Castle, who lived for more than five years afterwards. Sir Terence's family said he died on Sunday at his home in Iffley in Oxford, six days after having a stroke.
The easiest way to describe fascia is to think about the structure of a tangerine, says Natasha Kilian, a specialist in musculoskeletal physiotherapy at Pure Sports Medicine. You've got the outer skin, and beneath that, the white pith that separates the segments and holds them together. Fascia works in a similar way: it's a continuous, all-encompassing network that wraps around and connects everything in the body, from muscles and nerves to blood vessels and organs.
However, the 2024 Cass review of NHS gender identity services for children and young people found there was insufficient/inconsistent evidence about the effects of puberty suppression on psychological or psychosocial wellbeing, cognitive development, cardio-metabolic risk or fertility. NHS England subsequently announced children with gender dysphoria would no longer receive puberty blockers as routine practice, with their use confined to research settings.
In fact, as nations around the world decriminalize and legalize cannabis, doctors are also discovering (and rediscovering) many potential uses and health benefits. Many people use cannabis for sleep management, pain management, to reduce inflammation, and as a muscle relaxant. In addition, clinical studies have shown that cannabis often serves as an effective treatment for chronic pain in adults, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and multiple sclerosis-related spasticity.
Every weekday afternoon, Harvard neurologist Jasmeer Chhatwal gets up from his desk, heads out of the office, and walks about three-quarters of a mile to get a cup of coffee from a neighborhood cafe. There's a perfectly good coffee maker in the office, but the afternoon ritual isn't (just) about caffeine. The 20-minute stroll is helping to stave off symptoms of brain aging like memory loss, according to Chhatwal's research.
