Covid-19
Keto diet stops a young girl’s epileptic seizures
Alana “Lani” Silverberg was a real firecracker with a big personality at age 3—until she started having seizures.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
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Covid-19
Ethiopia confirms 3 Marburg virus deaths in new outbreak
Ethiopia on Monday confirmed three deaths from the Marburg hemorrhagic virus that has been detected in an area neighboring South Sudan.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Psychology
Not all PTSD therapies keep veterans in treatment, study warns
About a quarter of U.S. service members and veterans who start psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder quit before they finish treatment. But not all therapies are equal in their appeal, with some effective approaches reporting […]
Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia
What polymers can teach us about curing Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have applied ideas from polymer physics to illuminate the mechanism behind a key pathology in Alzheimer’s disease, the formation of fibrils of tau proteins. They showed that fibril formation is […]
Sports Medicine
Early morning practices linked to less and lower-quality sleep in college athletes
A study using more than 27,000 sleep records of collegiate athletes provides the best evidence to date that early morning team practices take a toll on healthy sleep.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Cancer
What are the big unanswered questions about cancer? Experts discuss
Over the 40-year history of the University of Colorado Cancer Center, its investigators have answered many questions about cancer—what causes it, how to prevent it, and how to treat it. Those discoveries have helped many […]
Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia
Study shows over 90% of older adults with dementia undergo burdensome interventions in their final year
A new study by researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School has revealed that almost all community-dwelling older adults with advanced dementia in Singapore experience at least one potentially burdensome intervention in their last year of life. […]
Cancer
Why palliative care goes hand in hand with treatment for people with cancer: Q&A
For many people with cancer and other serious diseases, palliative care is an important element of their journey.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Cancer
A new playbook for assessing older patients with cancer in places where resources are scarce
A University of Colorado Cancer Center leader co-chaired an international expert panel that drafted new global guidelines for conducting geriatric assessments of older people with cancer in parts of the world where robust medical resources […]
Health
Extreme heat linked to higher work disability risk for older, marginalized workers
With an increasing intensity and severity of heat waves in the U.S., Rutgers Health researchers, in collaboration with the City University of New York (CUNY), found that older workers, particularly Black, Latino and low-income individuals, […]