Category: Health

Lucy Woodham answers your questions on the outbreak of hantavirus on board a cruise ship

Some passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus have already taken flights to numerous countries.

Despite a cruise ship outbreak of a rare rodent-borne illness, global health officials say the risk to the general public remains low because hantavirus germs

The origin of the outbreak is still unknown, with the World Health Organisation saying investigations are “still under way”.

There may be undisclosed ingredients in your hyaluronic acid supplement. The post Hyaluronic Acid Adulteration first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

Two survivors who caught the hantavirus years earlier told the BBC they both felt lucky to be alive.

When should we worry that our snoring might be the sign of a larger problem?

Anaemia and the new dementia link

Oceanwide Expeditions reveals that 29 passengers disembarked from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak on April 24

Researchers investigate how birth weight determines kidney function changes following prolonged physical activity in different environmental conditions.

The human gut harbors a complex ecosystem of trillions of microorganisms (the microbiome), which influences digestion, the immune system and metabolism.

Involving a collaboration with 118 investigators contributing from 89 institutions, scientists from Queen Mary University of London’s Precision Healthcare University Research Institute and Berlin Institute

A new study from the University of Virginia reveals that a widely used class of weight-loss drugs does more than suppress appetite-it directly alters brain

Non-concussive head impacts-hits to the head that don’t cause clinically detectable symptoms-are correlated with subsequent changes to the gut microbiome in a small sample of