Imagine this: a man in Brazil received his third Pfizer COVID-19 shot and soon after, his intestinal lymph nodes started to inflame. This isn't the typical reaction to the vaccine. Usually, lymph nodes near the injection site swell up a bit. But in this case, it was the mesenteric lymph nodes, locat
You might not know this, but coughing all the time can be really tough. For people with lung cancer, this is a daily struggle. Medications that can help are in short supply. That's where a drug called pregabalin comes in. Scientists wanted to see if this drug could help suppress coughs. They designe
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global challenge, with over 550 million infections and 6 million deaths by July 2022. Vaccines were quickly created to fight severe illness, hospitalizations, and deaths. In a recent study, four COVID-19 vaccines were compared: BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech), mRNA-1273 (
Picture a hospital where machines can mimic human learning. That’s what’s possible with natural language processing (NLP) tools for healthcare providers. Imagine walking into a hospital with machine learning models right behind the scenes, churning through data, learning from real-world scenarios, a
In the fight against breast cancer, doctors are constantly searching for better ways to treat the disease. One recent study, known as the PROMETEO II trial, looked into combining two drugs - palbociclib and letrozole - to help patients with a specific type of breast cancer. This type of cancer is ho
Imagine having a voice that doesn't feel like your own. This is the reality for many gender diverse individuals. Their voices can make them uncomfortable, and this discomfort can seriously impact their mental wellbeing. A major goal of gender affirming healthcare is to help with this. Speech patholo
Did you know that certain types of physical games can make a big difference in how kids' brains develop? Researchers found out that games which engage the mind while the body moves, called “cognitively engaging physical activities” or CEPA, are better at boosting kids' thinking skills than regular e
Exercise can slow down disability progression for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS). But what workouts do these individuals enjoy? And what tools do they need to make exercise a regular habit? This study dives into these questions by focusing on the personal preferences of Australians with
Imagine you're waiting for a new liver or kidney, and you have HIV. Soon, your wait might get a bit shorter thanks to a new rule from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. This rule, announced recently, means that people living with HIV can receive organs from HIV-positive donors. This
Let's take a look at how two different treatments for epilepsy have been used across the United States. We're talking about Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) and Vagus Nerve stimulation (VNS). Both are used to help people with epilepsy that doesn't respond to medicine. First, it's important
