MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Comedian Richard Lewis is the latest celebrity to reveal that he has been diagnosed with the central nervous system disorder Parkinson’s disease. Lewis, 75, said in a video shared on Twitter Sunday that he’d...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Storing donor lungs at cool — but not near freezing — temperatures can markedly increase the length of time the organs can live outside the human body, a new study suggests. Lungs stored at 50 degrees...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- People are often reminded that they are their own unique person — and a new study says that’s particularly true of the digestive tract. Dissections of a few dozen deceased individuals revealed striking...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Omisirge (omidubicel-onlv), a substantially modified allogeneic cord blood-based cell therapy, to cut the risk of infection in patients with blood cancer following a...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Treating depression with talk therapy may provide protection against heart disease, new research suggests. As depression lifts, people may begin to engage more in healthy eating and exercise, investigators believe. In a...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Jen Lentini was a 13-year-old competitive baton twirler and lacrosse player in the Long Island town of Hicksville, New York, when the problems began. The pain started in her stomach. It...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Reading is fundamental, but it's also a complex skill. Now, a new study sheds more light on how the brain makes sense of the written word. Researchers found that two key brain "networks" work in tandem to help people read...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- A two-drug combination therapy can enhance survival odds for people with early-stage liver cancer through targeted attacks on tumor cells, a new clinical trial shows. The combo -- atezolizumab (Tecentriq) and bevacizumab...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Sciatica can send searing, unrelenting pain down your legs, and surgery is often recommended if other less invasive measures fail to bring relief. Unfortunately, a new study review suggests that such operations likely only...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Getting a single CT scan during childhood doesn’t appear to increase a child's risk of a future brain tumor, leukemia or lymphoma, new research finds, but getting four or more scans more than doubles the chances. CT scans...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- When exercise studies are led by men, female participants are often in short supply. While this underrepresentation of female research subjects has been documented in everything from clinical trials to cell cultures, a new...
Combo therapy may prevent cancer's return after liver surgery. Atezolizumab and bevacizumab are already used together to treat advanced liver cancer, now a new study finds it does the same for early-stage disease. Read more This is your brain on...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- About 1 in 4 people worldwide experience bad breath, according to the Cleveland Clinic -- but that doesn’t mean you're stuck with it. Discover the most common causes of bad breath (halitosis) and some tried and true ways...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- If you’ve ever experienced a toothache, you know how distracting the pain can be. Focusing at work or school, and getting a good night’s sleep, can become next to impossible. But if the toothache is caused by a tooth...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- If you have experienced a toothache, you know it's no joke. That searing pain in your mouth can keep you from concentrating, getting adequate sleep and so much more. Plus, not treating the root cause of a toothache can lead...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Need to get your shut-eye on time? What you eat could make a difference, according to a new study. Researchers found that college athletes who ate more carbohydrates and vitamins B12 and C tended to go to sleep and wake up...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Researchers studying how tiny plastic particles can breach the protective blood-brain barrier report they have found that answer, thanks to mice and computer modeling. "With the help of computer models, we discovered that a...
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Most people have heard of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. But for some, psoriatic arthritis is the new kid on the block. Here’s what you need to know about psoriatic arthritis, including symptoms, types and...