Current screening guidelines for hepatitis C may miss up to 25% of cases. Researchers at Johns Hopkins reviewed the blood samples of nearly 5,000 patients and found 14% tested positive for the communicable disease but one-third of them did not know they were infected.
A surgeon’s skill level may not impact the long-term outcomes of patients who undergo weight loss operations. A new study in JAMA Surgery found one year after gastric bypass surgery, there was no difference in terms of weight loss or high blood pressure among the patients of highly-rated doctors compared to lower-rated doctors.
A new study suggests healthy gut bacteria may be able to slow or stop the development of some types of cancer. The human body typically contains about 10 trillion bacterial cells, some beneficial and some harmful. UCLA researchers isolated one common gut bacteria and found it reduced gene damage and significantly reduced inflammation in mice. Inflammation plays a key role in several diseases, including cancer.
Sources
1- Clinical Infectious Diseases
2- JAMA Surgery
3- PLOS ONE
