A paper presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases — The Liver Meeting1 in November 2023, suggests a link between exposure to environmental toxins, including low levels of lead, and liver scarring that can lead to liver disease and cancer. As Andrea Branch, a professor of medicine at Mount Sinai’s School… Read More »
More than two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries find their insurance confusing and difficult to understand, according to a recent survey by MedicareAdvantage.com, which also revealed that many don’t grasp basic insurance terminology. The study sample included 1,000 respondents enrolled in Medicare and took place over August 17 to 19. Participants were quizzed about topics ranging from… Read More »
The doctor could also request for a biopsy to be done to see whether the tumor could be a cancer. Some seizures may cause a person to sit still and stare into space, not seeing his surroundings. They are not debilitating, but they can cause enough discomfort that will slow people down. The symptoms of… Read More »
A PrEP programme targeting 5% of gay and bisexual men in the Netherlands would not only cause big reductions in HIV incidence, but would lead to even greater reductions in gonorrhoea. In the ’base case’ of the model, gonorrhoea would almost be almost eliminated, with 2027 only having 3% of the infections seen in 2018, the… Read More »