Decorating cookies, visiting a tree farm, singing carols — making your own Christmas traditions with your kids is one of the best parts of the holiday season! Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are seasoned parents of three, so they know a thing or two about making the holidays count. That’s why they are already getting Baby #4 involved in one […]

Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear and Northeastern University have discovered a previously unidentified immune response inside the nose that fights off viruses responsible for upper respiratory infections. Further testing has revealed this protective response becomes inhibited in colder temperatures, making an infection more likely to occur. The new study, published December 6 in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical […]

Dr Hilary lists 'red flag symptoms' of Strep A We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info In a letter to GPs, the UK Health Security Agency urged […]

We all know lifting weights is good for us, but how heavy should we go – and how do we know? Anna Bartter asks the experts Last Christmas, one of the best presents I gifted myself was a set of adjustable dumbbells. In the past year, I’ve gone from squatting with 5kgs to using 10kgs in my snatches, but something […]

CRISPR, the Nobel Prize-winning gene editing technology, is poised to have a profound impact on the fields of microbiology and medicine yet again. A team led by CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna and her longtime collaborator Jill Banfield has developed a clever tool to edit the genomes of bacteria-infecting viruses called bacteriophages using a rare form of CRISPR. The ability to […]

Radioisotopes essential for modern diagnostics, such as molybdenum-99, are produced in only a few nuclear research reactors in the world. Flat, thin uranium targets play a key role in the molybdenum production process. The European patent, which has just been granted to scientists from the National Centre for Nuclear Research in Świerk, can optimize this production thanks to targets made […]

Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD, a William H. Danforth Washington University Physician-Scientist Scholar, has received the 2022 Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research from the American Association for Cancer Research. The award is supported by the Breast Cancer Foundation and honors physicians and scientists whose research has had or may have a far-reaching impact on the etiology, detection, diagnosis, […]

Sleeping with a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, or CPAP, machine is the most effective treatment for sleep apnea, yet getting patients to use the devices consistently remains a major challenge. Now, a development by University of Chicago Medicine and Northwestern University scientists gives both patients and physicians a new tool for monitoring adherence to therapy. For the study, researchers designed […]

Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects some 8 million people worldwide. More than a third develop severe heart or digestive problems with a heightened risk of death. The process that leads to this clinical condition is not completely understood. An article published in the journal Biomedicines describes a study led by Brazilian researchers showing that mutations […]

Dr Ellie on why people should be taking Vitamin D supplements We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Furthermore, Nebraska Health says a vitamin D deficiency can […]