Woman with ‘agonising’ condition to ‘give back’
The Worcester woman says she wants endometriosis patients to be “met with a little extra comfort”.
Category: Health
Vaccines Work. Here’s Why We Care About Your Unvaccinated Child.
While normal people don’t want any child to suffer or die because their parents were tricked by disinformation, the leaders of the anti-vaccine movement, who
Study links gut microbiome imbalance to worsening kidney disease
Researchers at UC Davis School of Medicine have uncovered how an imbalanced gut microbiome escalates the production of metabolic byproducts by certain gut bacteria.
Brain age from sleep patterns may signal future dementia risk
A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia, according to a study led by
New wound dressing targets infections while reducing antibiotic overuse
Biomedical engineers from Brown University have developed a new wound dressing material that releases antibiotic drugs only when harmful bacteria are present in a wound.
Liquid biopsy enables rapid diagnosis of Burkitt lymphoma in Africa
In a study published today in Nature Medicine, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in
Brain lesions in Down syndrome show unexpected reversible changes
What has long been interpreted as permanent and irreversible vascular damage may not be exclusively so.
Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration
A federal judge has ruled that the government overreached when it declared certain types of gender-affirming care unsafe for young people
How long you can use vintage Tupperware
Since Tupperware, the iconic kitchen brand that’s been a household name for decades, signaled recently that it might be going out of business, you might
Fuzzy first photo of a black hole gets a sharp makeover
The first photo ever taken of a black hole looks a little sharper now.
Sleep, exercise, hydrate – do we really need to stick to recommended daily doses?
As a study casts doubt on the daily steps maxim, we take a look at some other health benchmarks we’re often told to strive for.
China’s Hubei province arrests 7, shuts websites in fentanyl crackdown
A Chinese province has intensified a crackdown on fentanyl precursor trafficking, an issue that strained U.S.-China relations and prompted tariffs on imports from China
Patients harmed as Covid pandemic brought NHS close to collapse, inquiry finds
Third report into the pandemic says patients and staff were failed as health service only just coped.
Genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease may be modified by higher meat intake
Older people with a genetic risk of Alzheimer’s disease did not experience the expected increase in cognitive decline and dementia risk if they consumed relatively