Sharon Barbour Health Correspondent, North East and Cumbria BBC Samantha Denison is at least the fourth generation of her family to have neuroferritinopathy, but her daughter has escaped it A woman who is at least the fourth generation of her family to suffer a “cruel” brain disorder, which leaves people trapped in their own bodies, … Read more
Kirthana Balachandran Kirthana Balachandran was diagnosed when she was three months old and is now studying to be a doctor The first therapy that uses gene-editing is to be offered on the NHS in a “revolutionary breakthrough” for patients. It will be used as a potential cure for the blood disorder beta thalassaemia. Stem cells … Read more
The local council says it is aware of concerns over “experimental procedures” on autistic children. Source link
Doctors at the Royal Stoke Hospital helped a 13-year-old girl with her rare liver condition. Source link
Over the past decade, their team’s research on immunotherapy, which uses the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells, has dramatically improved outcomes for advanced melanoma patients around the world. Half are now essentially cured, up from less than 10%. Source link
They studied women at the Rosie Maternity Hospital in Cambridge and found those with a genetic variant putting them at a greater risk of HG had lower levels of the hormone, while women with the blood disorder beta thalassemia, which causes very high levels of GDF15 prior to pregnancy, experienced very little nausea or vomiting. … Read more
Long Covid symptoms include extreme fatigue and breathlessness, palpitations, or brain fog. Source link
File photo: Women wearing face masks as a precaution against H3N2 virus cases on the rise in Hyderabad on Thursday, March 09, 2023 | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL The story so far: At least two people have succumbed to the H3N2 subtype of seasonal influenza in India, the Health Ministry confirmed last week. A countrywide … Read more
British Columbia [Canada] : New study on neurotechnological techniques to treating adolescent depression yields encouraging results. The study was headed by Faranak Farzan, a professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU), and was published in the Journal of Affective Disorders Reports. The clinical and neurophysiological effects of brain stimulation followed by cognitive exercise in 26 adolescents … Read more
Jaipur: During a conference on bone cancer in the city, cancer and orthopaedic experts advocated that before opting to replace the cancerous bone with an implant, doctors should make an effort to cure the cancer of the bone by using the latest technique. Experts said that the cancerous bone can be recycled by using a … Read more