Author: Hippocratic Post

Brain metastases are a common and dangerous complication in cancer patients. Under the leadership of experts from MedUni Vienna, two of the largest international oncology societies have published new clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of brain metastases from solid tumours. The recommendations have recently been published in the leading journal “Annals of Oncology” […]

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Shockwave therapy – used as a last resort to treat wounds that do not heal with conventional treatments – could have other, previously unknown benefits, University of Aberdeen researchers have found. High intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been used to disintegrate urinary stones for over 30 years. More recent studies also revealed that […]

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New research published in The Journal of Physiology found that otherwise healthy young people diagnosed with COVID-19, regardless of their symptom severity, have problems with their nervous system when compared with healthy control subjects. Specifically, the system which oversees the fight-or-flight response, the sympathetic nervous system, seems to be abnormal (overactive in some instances and […]

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Wearable technology can help in at-home assessment of myoclonic jerks: A new study by the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows that wearable sensor technology can be used to reliably assess the occurrence of myoclonic jerks in patients with epilepsy also in the home environment. The method used in the study was […]

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Contact events in rugby union linked to reduced blood flow to the brain, impacting brain function: Repetitive contact events incurred over a single season resulted in professional rugby union players having a reduced ability to regulate blood flow to the brain, which is essential for normal function. The health consequence of this is crucial, as […]

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