FDA-approved drug may finally help immunotherapy defeat rare liver cancer

A rare and aggressive form of liver cancer has long resisted immunotherapy, a treatment that helps the body’s own immune system attack cancer cells. Now, researchers have identified a potential…

This common vitamin deficiency can mimic normal aging

Two micrograms is an almost unimaginably small amount. It weighs less than a tiny fragment of a grain of table salt. Yet adults need only around this amount of vitamin…

What in the World – PMDD: How it’s affecting women around the world

Available for over a year For some women, the two-week luteal phase of their menstrual cycle can be extremely disruptive and life altering. PMDD or Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is mental…

How Aussies taught kids to stay safe in the sun

In 1981, Australia launched a fight against skin cancer with help from a yellow cartoon seagull and a catchy jingle. Source link

655 million people still living without electricity underscore urgent need to deliver on universal energy access target

At a time when energy security and affordability have risen to the top of the development agenda, 655 million people globally still lack access to electricity, and two billion use…

Obesity cases rising fastest in young adults

Lead researcher Robert Fletcher said while the study did not investigate the causes behind the rise, he felt there were three key factors. He said adults in their 20s and…

NI health: Consultants and specialist doctors begin strike action

Dr David Farren, chair of BMA’s Northern Ireland consultants committee, said: “No doctor wants to take strike action. “However, there is a palpable sense of anger among all secondary care…

Why women are more affected by hot weather than men

Why are women’s bodies impacted by heat differently to men’s? Source link

How can we keep children safe during the heatwave?

A doctor from Bristol Royal Hospital for Children gives his tips for keeping children protected. Source link

Baroness Mone sued to recover PPE Medpro millions

Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman are among individuals being sued in an attempt to recover some of the millions owed to the government by his collapsed company,…