A “functional cure” to HIV may have been discovered by a team of researchers at Hong Kong University’s AIDS Institute.
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Israel’s Sheba Medical Center Turns 70
The Sheba Medical Center in Israel is celebrating its 70th anniversary and it takes pride in being an oasis of peace in a region filled with violence and turbulence.
New 3D Bioprinting Device For Muscle Tissue Created
A 3D bioprinting device has been created by Zurich University of Applied Sciences’ researchers, this is a new screening device that can produce images of muscle and tendon-like tissues.
Sexual Harassment Commonplace in Medical Settings
Medscape conducted a survey for 2018 that focused on sexual harassment that included 3,700 physicians and 440 residents to analyze how does it affect them.
Sanofi Makes Comeback In Cancer Drug Market
Sanofi, the French pharmaceutical giant is confident that its reinstated itself in the global cancer drug market with the development of its immunotherapy drugs. It is also looking to get involved in the new area of molecular oncology.
Ebola War Continues
The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Tuesday that victory should not be declared too early against the Ebola epidemic which is currently affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Diabetics And Smokers Can Get Calcium Deposits In Their Brains
Smokers and diabetics are probably more likely to have calcification in the part of their brain that is vital for memory, a Dutch study has found. Interestingly, the deposits were not connected with lower cognitive function.
WHO Declares Paraguay Free From Malaria
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared that malaria has been eradicated in Paraguay. The last country in the Americas to receive this status was Cuba back in 1973. The agency back in 2016 included Paraguay on its list of 21 countries with the potential to eliminate malaria by 2020.
Together, these 21 countries represent what is called the “E-2020” initiative. Other South and Central American countries included on the list are Costa Rica, Mexico and Ecuador.
Pediatric Tonsillectomy Health Effects Being Probed
The removal of a child’s tonsils and adenoids may lead to serious long-term risks in respiratory, allergic and infectious diseases according to a new study.
Danish researchers studied the medical records of almost 1,190,000 children in Denmark between 1979 and 1999 for up to the first 30 years of life.
Diabetes Now Classified Into Five Clusters
Diabetes is a chronic condition in which blood sugar, levels are too high. The two types of diabetes are referred to as type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes is a condition where the body cannot produce insulin while with type 2 diabetes, the body does not use insulin properly. Based on study, Diabetes has five clusters as it appears that type 2 diabetes has 4 specific subtypes.