A small study presented at this year's European Obesity Summit in Gothenburg (1-4 June) shows that obese patients with type 2 diabetes who have obesity surgery could save the UK National Health Service around £95,000 per ...
Jun 2, 2016
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Having a rare genetic disease is actually pretty common. Rare diseases affect approximately 1 in 10 individuals, and more than 30 million people in the U.S. have a rare disease diagnosis. What makes them rare is that these ...
Despite the fact that people in sub-Saharan Africa are now living longer than they did two decades ago, their average life expectancy remains below that of the rest of the world population. A new study looked into the importance ...
Aug 23, 2019
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To coincide with World AIDS Day on December 1, a major national survey of Australians living with HIV has revealed more than 70% of people living with HIV report their health-related quality of life to be good.
Dec 2, 2022
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A new therapeutic approach tested by a team from Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital (CIUSSS-EST, Montreal) and the University of Montreal gives promising results for the treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow ...
Feb 5, 2016
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Weight gain and Type 2 diabetes are potential side effects in people taking a common medication to treat mental illness.
Mar 21, 2018
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People who have undergone obesity (bariatric) surgery live three years longer, on average, than those given conventional treatment for their obesity, a University of Gothenburg study shows. Compared with the general population, ...
Oct 15, 2020
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DGIST's research team has identified a mechanism that can recover the aging of patients with Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS). DGIST announced that the Chair Professor Park SangChul of New Biology (Head of Well-Aging ...
Apr 4, 2017
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(HealthDay)—The scourge of opioid addiction and related deaths cut through American society again in 2018, capturing headlines and making it the year's top health story.
Dec 27, 2018
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In a paper published in the Journal on Active Aging, University of Illinois Chicago longevity researcher S. Jay Olshansky and his colleagues conclude that both 2020 presidential candidates—former Vice President Joe Biden, ...
Sep 25, 2020
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