Former President Joe Biden has finished his current course of radiation therapy, a spokesperson told ABC News, while noting it’s unclear if more will be needed. A short video on Ashely Biden’s Instagram showed him ringing a bell to mark the milestone and thanking staff at Penn Medicine. Biden had...
Former President Joe Biden has completed several weeks of radiation therapy for an aggressive prostate cancer at Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia, his spokeswoman confirmed Monday, calling it an encouraging step but not the end of care. "He rang the bell today," Kelly Scully said, as daughter Ashley shared...
Dr. Jane Goodall, the pioneering primatologist and chimpanzee advocate, died at 91 while on a speaking tour in California, The Jane Goodall Institute announced Oct. 1. TMZ, citing a Los Angeles County death certificate, reported cardiac arrest; the institute said natural causes. Born in London in 1934, Goodall launched more...
About 90% of U.S. adults haven’t heard of cardiovascular‑kidney‑metabolic (CKM) syndrome, even as nearly 9 in 10 are at risk, an American Heart Association survey found. Defined by the AHA in October 2023, CKM links heart, kidney, diabetes and obesity; risk factors include high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol, high blood...
An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair enabled 84% of 38 elderly patients with dry age‑related macular degeneration to read letters, numbers and words again in a trial. The 2mm Prima chip, fitted under the retina in under two hours and paired with augmented‑reality glasses and...
Early introduction of peanut products is translating into fewer allergies in young children, new research shows. An analysis of electronic health records from dozens of pediatric practices found peanut allergy diagnoses in ages 0 to 3 fell more than 27% after 2015 guidance and over 40% after recommendations expanded in...
The last Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was discharged from a Kasai treatment centre, the WHO said, marking the 19th recovery among 64 cases since September 4. No new infections have been reported since September 25. WHO Africa director Mohamed Janabi called the milestone a remarkable...
As pickleball surges to nearly 20 million U.S. players, eye injuries are climbing, a JAMA Ophthalmology study finds, estimating 405 additional cases each year from 2021 to 2024. Using emergency department data, researchers say 70% of cases involved adults 50 and older and urge standardized eye protection, shown to reduce...
Scientists reported at the ESMO meeting in Berlin that cancer patients who received an mRNA Covid vaccine within 100 days before starting immunotherapy lived longer in retrospective analyses. Among more than 1,000 people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, median survival was about three years for the vaccinated versus just...
Millions of microbes colonize toothbrushes, fed by saliva, food traces and bathroom aerosols — even toilet plumes that can spray up to 1.5m. Most are harmless mouth dwellers, but studies have found pathogens including E. coli, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas and Candida, some carrying antibiotic resistance. While experts say the overall risk...
