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Geriatrics

Older Adults Safely Discharged From Nursing Homes

The researches find that the your Older Adults who fell and broke her hip and is in a nursing home receiving therapy to get her balance and strength back. Or it could be your father who became ill; but was well enough to be discharged from the hospital; but not well enough to go back home. Because …

Immune System Functions With BRCA1 To Repair Damaged DNA

Immune System Functions With BRCA1 To Repair Damaged DNA

This study aims to prove the important association between this complex and the immune system; originally came about because my lab focuses on how BRCA1/2 function in DNA damage responses; and we realized that immune signalling entailed similar events; that are governed by some of the same players involved in BRCA function. In the systemic…

Emergency

Young Women Diagnosed With STIs In Emergency Departments

Young women of 60% were diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in emergency department will fill prescriptions for antimicrobial therapy to treat these conditions, according to a research letter publish online May 28, 2019, by JAMA Pediatrics. Some STDs can spread through the use of unsterilized drug needles, from mother to infant during childbirth or…

Dysphagia

Texture Modified Foods For People With Dysphagia

Dysphagia, Study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is calling for an effort to bring various thickeners into line with standard guidelines, which would offer increase clinical safeguards. Eight percent of the population suffer dysphagia or difficulty in swallowing food, and this could rise to 80 percent among the elderly or in cases of neuro degenerative diseases.…

Lip Cancer

Guard Against Lip Cancer Caused By Sun’s Rays

Lip Cancer for all of those men who view a mustache as a largely ornamental addition to their masculine appearance,a new study reveals it can also guard against lip cancer. Mustaches seem to protect the lip the same way that hair protects the scalp,” explain study author Dr. Daniel Aires. He is director of dermatology with the…

The healing power of cod fish skin

The Healing Power of Cod Fish Skin for Burn Injury

Cod Fish Skin; Veterinarians used a creative approach to treat the burns of Stella, a 1-year-old Rottweiler puppy, who escaped a house fire. Smoke inhalation prohibited Stella from being sedated for skin grafts, so the team used cod fish skins to help heal Stella’s burns. This successful treatment could help other animals. When Stella first…

Lung Cancer

Link Between Lung Cancer And Toxoplasma Gondii

Lung Cancer, Toxoplasma gondii, a microscopic parasite that gets inside our cells, is present in about 10% of the population in the UK. But in tests on lung cancer patients, all were find to be infect with the parasite. It’s a remarkable result which we don’t fully understand yet. It is possible that the presence of the…

Lower Mortality

Among Older Women, Steps Needed For Lower Mortality

In the world of step goals and activity trackers, the lower mortality number can sound like a magic one. Many wearable devices that track the number of steps a person takes each day come pre program with a daily goal of 10,000 steps. But while a large body of evidence shows that physical activity is good…