Covid: Tim Spector shares the ‘latest’ Omicron BA.5 symptoms – they ‘seem to have changed’

Omicron sub-variant discussed by infectious disease expert 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 Omicron is the variant that completely redefined the traditional Covid symptoms. While the […]

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What to do and not do when your child has a viral fever

When kids get sick, most of the time, viruses or bacteria cause their infections. While viral and bacterial infections can have similar symptoms, such as coughing, sore throat and fever, one big difference between the two is how they are treated. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic’s Children’s Center, explains […]

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Five years after water crisis, 1 in 5 Flint, Michigan residents has PTSD: Very high rates of depression and PTSD linked to water contamination

Data from the largest mental health survey of the Flint, Michigan community indicate that one in five adults, or roughly 13,600 people, were estimated to have clinical depression, and one in four, or 15,000 people, were estimated to have PTSD five years after the water crisis began. “The mental health burden of America’s largest public-works environmental disaster clearly continues for […]

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Study explores olfactory dysfunction in long COVID patients

A recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open described the sociodemographic features and comorbidities of patients with long COVID and olfactory dysfunction. Study: Sociodemographic Characteristics and Comorbidities of Patients With Long COVID and Persistent Olfactory Dysfunction. Image Credit: Nenad Cavoski/Shutterstock Long COVID could be described as signs and symptoms persisting for two weeks or […]

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Researchers join forces to 'map' specific variations in more than 25 key cardiac disease genes

One in 100 people have genetic variations that can cause potentially life-threatening heart conditions, including high cholesterol (lipid disorders), heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathies), and abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias). Yet the functional impact of most of these cardiovascular genetic variants -; whether they disrupt normal function or are harmless -; is unknown. That is about to change. Researchers from Vanderbilt University […]

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Direct line between hospital cyberattacks and patient mortality, report shows

A new cybersecurity report this week had some sobering statistics illustrating just how commonplace network attacks have become across healthcare.   The survey, which polled more than 640 IT and security leaders, found that 89% of the surveyed organizations experienced an average of 43 attacks over the past year – averaging almost an attack each week. WHY IT MATTERS Worse, […]

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Scientists redefine obesity with discovery of two major subtypes

A team led by Van Andel Institute scientists has identified two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that may have lifelong consequences for health, disease and response to medication. The findings, published today in the journal Nature Metabolism, offer a more nuanced understanding of obesity than current definitions and may one day inform more precise ways to […]

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Rebound weight gain in children with obesity linked to disconnect between brain and gut

Children with obesity, who have recently lost weight, are more likely to show hunger-related activity in their brains after a meal, according to research presented today at the 60th Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Meeting. This brain activity, reflecting that they were unsatisfied by their meal, happens even though their gut hormone levels have changed, as expected, to reduce […]

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Scientists develop new method to faster — and more accurately — find antigens that trigger specific immune cells

A cell’s secrets can be divulged by its surface, decorated with tens to hundreds of thousands of molecules that help immune cells determine friend from foe. Some of those protruding molecules are antigens that trigger the immune system to attack, but it can be difficult for scientists to identify those antigens, which often vary across individuals, in the molecular forest. […]

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