Health

Blinatumomab improves survival in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Shawdesh Desk: Two phase 3 studies evaluating blinatumomab (Blincyto, Amgen) in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) showed positive results for treatment benefit, Amgen reported. According to the press release, the

South Korea confirms 4th swine fever case in a week

Shawdesh Desk: South Korea’s African swine fever crisis intensified Tuesday with lab tests confirming the country’s fourth case in a week from a farm near its border with North Korea,

Normal birth and Caesarean: Differences in babies’ bacteria

Shawdesh Desk: Babies born by Caesarean section have dramatically different gut bacteria to those born vaginally, according to the largest study in the field. The UK scientists say these early

Post-pregnancy tips to get your glow back

Shawedesh Desk: Being a new mother requires you to always be on your toes and this might leave you sleep-deprived. It can be difficult to even have a few minutes

Bangladesh made strides in cutting child, maternal mortality: WHO

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh is among countries that showed “substantial progress” in reducing child or maternal mortality, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). More women and their children are surviving

Lab-Grown Human Mini Livers Allow Candidate Drugs Screening for Liver Diseases

Rafiq Islam, (Kansas City): Since culturing of human hepatocytes is tricky and cells derived from different donors have a very different genetic make-up, scientists at the University of Pittsburg School

Your smartphone might give you cervical spondylosis

Shawdesh Desk: Wherever you go I’ll follow you! No, we are not referring to the famous TV ad, rather your our extended body part–our mobile phone! Is this the way

Life-saving surgery but not by a doctor

It takes 10 years to train as a surgeon in Ethiopia, but Seida Guadu learned how to carry out emergency operations in just three. Here she performs a Caesarean section