‘Game-changing’ urine tests could detect breast cancer, endometriosis and PCOS
New tests are being developed to spot early signs of breast cancer and endometriosis in urine.
Category: Health
Study identifies the hidden challenges of women with gestational diabetes
A study from University of Limerick in Ireland has identified the hidden challenges of women living with and managing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM).
New microscope captures 3D blood flow and oxygenation at single-cell resolution
The brain relies on real-time delivery of oxygen and nutrients through its microvasculature, which threads through neural tissue like electrical wires.
Understanding wellness among Indigenous population
The study is among the first to examine strengths-based indicators of well-being in a large, population-level Indigenous sample.
‘Moment of reckoning’ needed in social care, says Louise Casey
The chair of the independent commission on social care recommends introducing a full-time dementia tsar, and new fast-track passport system for people diagnosed with motor
Covid inquiry chair defends £200m cost and four-year process on final day
Baroness Heather Hallett said completing the hearings in under four years was an achievement but critics have questioned its cost.
Copper metabolism identified as a new therapeutic target for inflammatory osteolysis
Inflammatory osteolysis is a condition involving progressive bone tissue destruction and is observed in many well-known skeletal disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, and chronic apical
No evidence probiotic skincare can improve mood
Current findings reveal no support for emotional benefits from probiotic cosmetics, highlighting the need for further investigation into neurocosmetics.
Berries, apples, and citrus linked to greater happiness and optimism
A study links flavonoid-rich diets to sustained happiness and optimism, highlighting the bidirectional relationship between diet and psychological well-being.
Nearly 70 weeks after infection, long COVID patients show no detectable inflammation in blood tests
A controlled Norwegian case-control study examined circulating biomarkers of inflammation and neuronal injury in people with long COVID about 69 weeks after infection. The researchers
MAHA Government Doctors Feel Entitled to Falsely Smear Private Citizens in the Press While Demanding That They Not Be Falsely Smeared in the Press
Our so-called public servants have one set of standards for themselves and another for private citizens who dare to the challenge their government. The post
A breast cancer survivor knits prostheses in Kenya as silicone ones are costly
A Kenyan woman who survived breast cancer is knitting prostheses and training others to make them in a country where silicone ones are expensive
Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis
“People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it… [but] you don’t,” she says.
Trying to get social care can be ‘horrendous’, Baroness Casey tells BBC
The chair of the independent commission on adult social care also says the care system relies on the exploitation of its workforce.