End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the adult population. Additionally, the burden on patients and the healthcare system is vast. Patients suffering from ESRD are dependent on dialysis in order to filter out toxic metabolites in their blood. This treatment is both cumbersome and time-consuming. Given these conditions, […]
Read More →Alzheimer’s disease is a notoriously difficult condition to diagnose, often only being confirmed at autopsy. The disease affects millions of people, but current tests such as PET scans and CSF samples are expensive, time-consuming, and invasive. A paradigm-shifting test for Alzheimer’s has been developed by a joint Japanese-Australian team which screens for specific biomarkers in […]
Read More →An insightful new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) presents evidence that two well-known surgical procedures intended to help obese patients lose weight produce nearly identical results in terms of changes to body mass index (BMI) 5 years following the procedures. The research, conducted by the Swiss Multicenter Bypass or […]
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