Diseases & Conditions

1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (1334+ words) Cancer care in Southside Virginia: Alan Veeck’s prostate cancer journey By Shea Wright and Bill Potter When Alan Veeck began having trouble urinating at night, he knew it was something he needed to talk about with his primary care physician....

8+ hour, 52+ min ago   (323+ words) ALSO READ: Doc Talk | Young Men Losing Hair? Here’s What May Be Behind Early Balding Extended fasting can cause sharp dips in blood sugar, particularly for those on diabetes medication or insulin. Dehydration during a fast can also cause blood…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (194+ words) This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health & Wellbeing. This Collection will explore the development and clinical translation of genetic medicines, spanning the journey from genomic discovery to therapeutic development and patient care. We welcome original research…...

14+ hour, 34+ min ago   (466+ words) It's Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Join our annual Walk of Hope A mum is supporting our call for increased funding for research after her young daughter had surgery to remove a brain tumour. Phoebe Carpenter was just four when started…...

12+ hour, 46+ min ago   (491+ words) Personalised nutrition may play a vital role in helping critically ill patients recover more quickly and with fewer complications after major surgery, trauma, burns and other life-threatening conditions. A systematic appraisal of current nutrition guidelines published in the journal Clinical…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (876+ words) September 18, 2026: Porsha Williams is opening up about a major health scare that led to an emergency partial hysterectomy earlier this year. The Real Housewives of Atlanta star revealed that doctors discovered 21 uterine fibroids, including one she described as being about…...

3+ day, 29+ min ago   (338+ words) GLOBAL: Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown gene causing resistance to a leading blood cancer drug and several genes that accelerate lymphoma growth by using a powerful new CRISPR activation library. Traditional CRISPR is a genetic engineering tool that allows…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (45+ words) Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a previously unknown role for B cells, which are adaptive immune cells, in triggering and sustaining colitis occurring as a side effect of immune checkpoint inhibitors, a widely…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (21+ words) The leading peer-reviewed journal refines its evaluation criteria for submissions, emphasizing translational impact, external validation, and actionable implementation in healthcare environments....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (192+ words) The paper was published in Immunity. “Immunotherapy cannot attack what the immune system cannot see,” said Ellis L. Reinherz, MD, chief of the Laboratory of Immunotherapy at Dana-Farber and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, a co-supervising author of…...