Endometriosis, a condition in which uterine cells form lesions outside of the uterus, has been termed the ‘missed disease’ owing to its unknown cause, delays in diagnosis and disparities in treatment.Credit: Zephyr/Science Photo Library A new treatment for endometriosis — a painful, chronic condition that around 190 million people live with — might be on
JACKSON, Miss. — Investigators believe Tasia Fortune was already dead before the Black woman’s body was hanged from a tree behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer, a detective testified Friday. The hanging of Tasia Fortune’s body, which was found on Aug. 3, was “staged,” Jackson police Det. Samuel Dukes testified, citing
A UN report has concluded that recent US airstrikes on vessels allegedly trafficking drugs breached international law and could constitute crimes against humanity. The report by Special Rapporteur Ben Saul said since September last year there had been at least 68 US strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, outside US territorial waters, which killed more
After examining the results of thousands of clinical trials, a swarm of AI agents suggested that a protein that dampens immune responses could be the target for a promising treatment for lung cancer.Credit: Eoneren/Getty It’s a pharmaceutical-company executive’s dream: tens of thousands of employees working day and night, uninterrupted by meals, sleep or distraction, to
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla joined President Trump at the White House last year on Sept. 30 to announce a voluntary agrreement to reduce some prescription drug prices. One element aimed to lower prices in the taxpayer-funded Medicaid program, but the program is still being built, and details about which drugs will be discounted remain under
Investigators have alleged that Loaiza had recruited and brought a fellow Mexican to work at another suspected methamphetamine laboratory hidden in a forest in Oyo state, which was raided in June. Four Nigerians were also arrested after the raid. A month earlier, NDLEA officers arrested three Mexican nationals and seven Nigerians at what the agency
