It permeates everyday life. Yet the understanding of advances in biomedical science is limited at best. Few people make the connection that biomedical science is medicine and that biomedical scientists are working today for the medicine of tomorrow. Our weekly five-hundred word newspaper column and two-minute radio show provide insights into a broad range of biomedical science topics. Medical Discovery News is dedicated to explaining discoveries in biomedical research and their promise for the future of medicine.
Each release is designed to stimulate listeners to think, question and appreciate how science affects their health as well as that of the rest of the world. We also delve into significant biomedical discoveries and portray how science (or the lack of it) has impacted health throughout history.
Arthritis is something at our age, we’ll start to deal with but there’s a form of arthritis that hits children called Juvenile idiopathic arthritis or JIA. They have chronic joint pain, swelling, stiffness, and in some cases fever, swollen lymph nodes and rash on the trunk of the body. These symptoms can last for months or for the rest of their lives. And, it can interfere with their bone development and damage joints... More »
Perhaps it’s fitting that a new lifesaving antibiotic was discovered inside a churchyard. For centuries, maybe longer, people believed the soil at the Sacred Heart Church in Boho, Northern Ireland cured infections. People wrapped small amounts of the soil in cloth and placed it next to an infection such as the skin or even under a pillow for nine days. The soil had to be returned and people still come from all over to use it... More »
You know the children’s song Dem’s bones: “the shin bone is connected to the knee bone; the knee bone is connected to the thigh bone” How about an update, Norbert. I can do this: “The gum bacteria are connected to the brain tissue”. See? Okay, so what’s the connection? A new study now links a bacterium in gum disease to Alzheimer’s dementia.... More »
