BBC Weather: Louise Lear addresses extreme heat warning 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 The Met Office has forecast temperatures to soar to figures as high […]

Bowel cancer: Dr Philippa Kaye lists the symptoms 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 Bowel cancer is one of the major killers in the UK, being […]

Long-term follow-up of patients with shoulder pain who received rotator cuff repair with or without acromioplasty found little difference between the two groups of patients 11 years after surgery, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 2022 Annual Meeting. Acromioplasty, also known as shoulder decompression surgery, is a common treatment for shoulder impingement syndrome. […]

Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in which the immune system is thought to attack the gut lining, failing to recognise it as part of the body. A focused ulcerative colitis diet may therefore help with the management of symptoms. With the guidance of an IBD team or a dietician, those suffering from ulcerative colitis can […]

In one of the first investigations of the effectiveness of a second mRNA booster against COVID-19 Omicron variants, a study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that a second booster shot significantly improved effectiveness against widespread variants Omicron BA.1 and BA.2/BA.2.12.1. With the first booster, vaccine effectiveness against these variants was only 68 percent […]

Photo: CommonSpirit Health CommonSpirit Health, a combination of DignityHealth and Catholic Health Initiatives, is a nationwide health system of more than 350 hospitals. THE PROBLEM With this many hospitals, it can be difficult to implement technology across the entire system that employees will actually warm to, said Brian Dawson, system vice president of perioperative services at CommonSpirit Health. “We struggled […]

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 The tiny machines swarm around tumours – releasing a payload of chemotherapy drugs. An army of bacterial ‘biohybrids’ unleash hell […]

The impact of the COVID-19 vaccine on menstruation was not measured during any of the clinical trials but now studies are looking into people’s reports to see if there is a link. A recent study has linked the COVID-19 vaccine to heavier menstrual flow and unexpected vaginal bleeding in some individuals. Reports of changes to the menstrual cycle indicate they […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A court ruling that struck down most of Minnesota’s restrictions on abortion as unconstitutional will speed the process for clinics and patients, though providers are still studying all the implications of how the landscape will change as a result. Two key points of Monday’s ruling are expected to have the most immediate impacts. Judge Thomas Gilligan overturned […]

When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, the general thought was that once people were infected, they were then protected from the virus. But a new analysis by ABC News shows that more and more Americans are getting the virus again. It’s hard to say how many. The ABC News analysis found at least 1.6 million reinfections in 24 states, but […]