Oncological emergencies are common in patients with advanced cancer and can confer significant physical and psychological burdens. Swift recognition of…
Care in the last hours and days of life
Care in the last hours and days of life is a vital part of medical practice. Ensuring a dignified death…
Constipation and malignant bowel obstruction in palliative care
Constipation affects about half of patients with advanced illness and nearly all terminally ill patients receiving opioids. Constipation can be…
Medical News Today: Facial warts and how to remove them
Warts are harmless growths that develop in response to a viral infection. Sometimes, warts may appear on the face. Read…
Medical News Today: How to treat hair loss from medication
A variety of medications can cause hair loss as an unintended side effect. Learn about whether the hair will regrow…
Genetic discovery holds implications for better immunity, longer life
Wrinkles on the skin of a microscopic worm might provide the key to a longer, healthier life for humans. Working…
How the brain detects the rhythms of speech
Neuroscientists have discovered how the listening brain scans speech to break it down into syllables. The findings provide for the…
Predicting treatment outcome for leishmaniasis
The current first-line treatment for leishmaniasis, a skin disease that can cause disfiguring ulcers, is grueling and frequently fails. A…
Probing the role of an inflammation resolution sensor in obesity and heart failure
After heart attack injury, ALX/FPR2 is activated by resolvin D1 in immune cells in the spleen and in immune cells…
Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers
Researchers have devised a new, promising plan of attack against deadly childhood brain cancers called diffuse midline gliomas (DMG). Scientists…