US doctors forced to ration as cancer drug shortages hit nationwide
By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Toni Dezomits, a 55-year-old retired law enforcement officer, is fighting a recurrence of her stage 4 ovarian cancer. She had already undergone several rounds of chemotherapy when her doctor told her she had some more bad news. Just a day before her third round of treatment last month, […]
Agutaya archipelago doctor who cared for 13,000 people on her own
Dr Alena Yap is the only doctor available to Eleuthera Abus on an archipelago of 13,000 people By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Agutaya and Manila When 99-year-old Eleuthera Abus lifts her right arm, she winces as the broken bones move. It’s been six months since her fall. “All I can do is manage her pain,” says […]
Albert Szent-Györgyi’s Discovery of Vitamin C
International Historic Chemical Landmark Dedicated May 11, 2002, at the University of Szeged Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical Faculty in Szeged, Hungary. Humankind has long suffered from a lack of understanding of basic nutrition. Scurvy was among many diseases suffered due to malnutrition. It wasn’t until the 1930’s that Albert Szent-Györgyi discovered the chemical ascorbic acid—also known […]
A catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry
New research suggests that a subset of patients with psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia may actually have autoimmune disease that attacks the brain Left: April Burrell at 19 as a bridesmaid in a family wedding in 1992. Right: April in 2022 during a family visit after treatment. (Illustration by Chelsea Conrad/The Washington Post; Family Photo; […]
12 Healthy Diets That May Work for You
No matter your reason for starting a diet — whether it’s to lose weight, establish better eating habits or part of a healthier lifestyle — we know you’re probably thinking, Which diet is right for me? New trendy diets pop up on our radars all the time — we’re looking at you fruitarian diet, 100 diet, grapefruit diet, carnivore diet and raw […]
B.C. launching new payment model for family doctors in 2023
Doctors say new model is a ‘seismic shift,’ with physicians able to leave fee-for-service system in February. The government of British Columbia is ushering in a new payment model for family doctors in February. Provincial health officials announced the news Monday morning, saying physicians will be able to opt out of the current fee-for-service system […]
What Are Nitazenes? Synthetic Opioids Linked to Rise in Deadly Overdoses
Nitazenes—a new group of “powerful illicit synthetic opioids”—have been linked to a jump in overdose deaths in Tennessee, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned last week. The data, shared by the Tennessee Department of Health and published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), revealed that the number of nitazene-involved deaths have […]
What Is Deep Brain Stimulation? How the Treatment May Help Severe OCD
Fast Facts Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may be a helpful treatment option for people with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A new review found that DBS can cut symptoms of severe OCD in half. The treatment is not without risks, and is costly and commitment-heavy—but it may still help those for whom other OCD treatments have […]
Should You Test for COVID Before Your Omicron Booster?
Black Death 700 years ago affects your health now
The devastation of the plague pandemic left such an incredible genetic mark on humanity that it’s still affecting our health nearly 700 years later. Up to half of people died when the Black Death swept through Europe in the mid-1300s. A pioneering study analysing the DNA of centuries-old skeletons found mutations that helped people survive […]
