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The new “Clinical Practice Guideline for the Appropriate Use of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine-assisted psychotherapy (MDMA-AP) for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)” has been approved by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The Guideline is the world’s first related to MDMA-AP to…
The Food and Drug Administration has refused to review an application from the biotech company Moderna to approve its mRNA-based flu vaccine.
Your pancreas has important jobs to do. A large gland behind the lower part of the stomach, it produces hormones that regulate blood sugar and enzymes that help digest food. What if it develops cancer?
As dementia cases continue to rise in the United States, new research from the University of Michigan School of Public Health reveals that older Americans with cumulative lead exposure face a substantially higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Two major medical groups will begin reviewing vaccine safety and effectiveness after major changes at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have raised alarms among experts.
Hundreds of people with advanced bladder cancer across the UK can now receive three rather than six chemotherapy cycles following research by Queen Mary University of London which has led to a change to NHS treatment guidelines. For people with…
A new Northwestern Medicine study has personalized overnight fasting by aligning it with individuals’ circadian sleep-wake rhythm—an important regulator of cardiovascular and metabolic function—without changing their caloric intake.
A new study has confirmed that male and female lungs are “wired differently” at the molecular level, providing further evidence supporting sex-inclusive respiratory disease research and treatment. The work is published in The FASEB Journal.
Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common chronic cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice, is very challenging to treat once it becomes persistent, after which spontaneous return to normal rhythm becomes highly unlikely. A multidisciplinary study led by the Centro Nacional de…
In rural regions of Africa, high blood pressure often goes untreated because health centers are far away and there is a shortage of health professionals. A study in Lesotho shows that, with the help of a tablet app, villagers who…