Wireless devices, like smart phones and tablets, appear to induce compulsive or even addictive use in many individuals, leading to adverse health consequences that are likely to be curtailed only through often difficult behavior modification, according to a pediatric endocrinologist’s take on the problem. While the summary was based in part on the analysis of 234 published papers drawn from […]

Is YOUR summer holiday in danger of being ruined by Covid? Cases soar in France, Greece, Italy and Spain… as one expert says he’s already CANCELLED his break Spain, France and Germany are logging a rise in infections, while cases in Caribbean hotspots creeping up Travellers no longer need to prove they’re Covid-free and destinations have ushered in post pandemic […]

The grinding two-plus years of the pandemic have yielded outsize benefits for one company — Pfizer — making it both highly influential and hugely profitable as covid-19 continues to infect tens of thousands of people and kill hundreds each day. Its success in developing covid medicines has given the drugmaker unusual weight in determining U.S. health policy. Based on internal […]

Heart disease: Doctor explains how to reduce risk in 2021 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 Heart disease is an umbrella term for a range of […]

In a recent study published in The Lancet, researchers in the United Kingdom determined whether an individual with a higher body mass index (BMI) mounted a weaker immune response to a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. Additionally, they investigated vaccine uptake and the risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes in such individuals. Study: Associations of BMI with COVID-19 vaccine uptake, vaccine […]

This Morning: Dr Michael Mosley discusses vitamin D dosage 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 One in two people will develop cancer at some point in […]

Frontotemporal dementia symptoms include 'changes in personality' 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 People become increasingly susceptible to dementia as they age, but there are several […]

Patients with both inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and obesity starting on new biologic therapies do not face an increased risk for hospitalization, IBD-related surgery, or serious infection, reveals a multicenter US study published online in American Journal of Gastroenterology. “Our findings were a bit surprising since prior studies had suggested higher clinical disease activity and risk of flare and lower […]

Hangovers are not the one. Sadly as we get older (and more wiser), the pain from the night before can get worse. Some are more lucky than others as they don't ever suffer from a sore head the morning after. READ MORE: Horror British beer drought looming with another brewery announcing strike Now a groundbreaking new hangover pill has gone […]

Patients having intrauterine insemination for fertility treatment can be reassured that the use of cryopreserved sperm instead of fresh is not associated with inferior outcomes. The largest study of its kind, whose results are presented today at the 38th annual meeting of ESHRE, found no difference in pregnancy rates between cycles using cryopreserved or fresh sperm samples. The results of […]