New vaccines, targeting the most deadly forms of cancer in the United States, are undergoing trials across the country and being heralded as promising breakthroughs in the growing field of immunotherapy — immune-based treatments that many in the medical research community believe is one of the most promising ways to treat, cure and prevent cancer.
Losing your hair at any age can be distressing, but even more so when it’s premature or severe. For many people it can be a blow to their self-esteem, and cause them to throw money at just about anything to try and save their hair. The truth is, everyone will develop some degree of hair
Use of the antidepressant mirtazapine (Remeron) was associated with reduced rates of mortality, cirrhosis, and liver transplantation in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) patients, a registry study indicated. “This protective association of mirtazapine was independent of the role of depression, prescription of other antidepressants, or the use of ursodeoxycholic acid, wrote a group led by Mark
Constantly battling with embarrassing, uncomfortable, unsightly athlete’s foot? The good news is that the fungus that causes nasty skin and toenail infections is headed for extinction. The bad news is it could take millions of years. Scientists analysed samples of Trichophyton rubrum fungus and concluded it may have lost its ability to sexually reproduce as
The Food and Drug Administration has launched a criminal investigation into research by a Southern Illinois University professor who injected people with his unauthorized herpes vaccine, Kaiser Health News has learned. SIU professor William Halford, who died in June, injected participants with his experimental herpes vaccine in St. Kitts and Nevis in 2016 and in
A new study found that night owls—people who like to stay up late—are more likely to die early compared to morning larks, who rise earlier. The new report, published in the journal Chronobiology International, analyzed a study of about half a million people from ages 30 to 73 and followed what happened to them over
What do you think of when you read or hear the term ‘fat cells’? Do you think of globs of slippery gooey, yellow and oily deposits? Do you think of the excess weight of your body? Do you think of high BMI (body mass index) or the many warnings you get from your doctor and
Diabetes can affect anyone at any age, however, it seems to be more prevalent in adults as we age. Why? Because we tend to put on more weight, eat poorly and exercise less. The end result in the greater likelihood of developing diabetes as we reach 40, 50, 60 and older. Most adults with the
The more antibiotics we use and the more antibiotics are given to the livestock we eat and the more antibiotics get into the water and soil used to grow the foods we eat, the more antibiotic resistant bacteria and germs seem to show up. I recently shared with you about a new strain of gonorrhea
Alzheimer’s disease is something we’ve all heard of and something we all dread. Many of us followed the tragic deterioration of former President Ronald Reagan as this form of dementia took his mind and body. Many of us know someone who has or is fighting Alzheimer’s disease. It not only takes a toll on the
