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Anchor lead: Does what happens in your gut affect your brain? Elizabeth Tracey reports The population of bacteria in your gut, known as the microbiome, has much to do with health and disease, burgeoning research clearly demonstrates. Now a new …
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Anchor lead: What do proteins that are the wrong shape have to do with Parkinson’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Proteins are the body’s currency, used as building blocks, messengers, and a host of other functions, but they must be properly …
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Anchor lead: Can a new marker identify Parkinson’s disease early? Elizabeth Tracey reports Alpha-synuclein likely isn’t a name that most people hear very often, but it’s involved with Parkinson’s disease, or PD. Now a new study shows that the misfolded …
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Anchor lead: Violence against nurses on the job has increased, Elizabeth Tracey reports The last decade has seen an over 100% increase in violence against nurses on the job, US Labor Department statistics reveal. Ron Langlotz, director of nursing for …
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Anchor lead: When frailty is factored in, surgery outcomes are better, Elizabeth Tracey reports Frailty in an older person who needs surgery can be assessed and planned for by a multidisciplinary team, with a dramatic reduction in mortality, a recent …
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Anchor lead: While psilocybin can be helpful to people with cancer, caution is needed, Elizabeth Tracey reports Psilocybin helped people with cancer relieve depression and anxiety, a study conducted jointly at Johns Hopkins and NYU has shown. Roland Griffiths, a …
