Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New study shows promising evidence for sickle cell gene therapy

New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that stem cell gene therapy may offer a promising, curative treatment for the painful, inherited blood disorder sickle cell disease (SCD).

Neuroscience

New research shows wildfire smoke impacts on the brain

Smoke from the massive wildfires still burning in northern Canada has cast a pall over much of North America this summer, leading to health concerns for older people and those with chronic respiratory conditions.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Endometriosis is more than just 'painful periods'

Even though endometriosis affects an estimated 10% of reproductive-age women in the United States and can cause increasing, debilitating pain each menstrual cycle, as well as infertility, it is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Zika study reveals how infection can cause microcephaly

Prenatal exposure to viruses capable of infecting the fetal brain, particularly in the first trimester, can cause a range of developmental defects in the baby. The Zika epidemic in Brazil during 2015–16 posed an extreme ...

Surgery

Model can predict postoperative RT delay in head & neck cancer

A model incorporating individual-level factors with health literacy and community-level factors predicts postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) delay for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), according ...

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