Polio may be spreading in Britain for first time in 40 YEARS: Strain of paralysis-causing virus mutated from vaccine is ‘likely’ being transmitted in London as health chiefs declare ‘national incident’ Officials have found traces of poliovirus in sewage samples in North East London Parents are being urged to ensure their children’s vaccinations are up to date New strain has […]

Nationwide sperm shortage means 75% of donated swimmers used by British women trying to conceive come from abroad Survey of 2,000 adults found 53% of UK men were willing to donate sperm But latest data shows 75% of sperm used in Britain is imported from overseas Charity says more needs to done to encourage men in England to donate sperm This could save […]

New research published in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports suggests that implementing online classes during COVID-19–related school closures in Japan may have helped protect adolescents’ mental health. For the study, researchers conducted anonymous surveys from October 1 to November 7, 2020 in 21 junior and senior high schools in the Saitama prefecture of Japan. A total of 5,000 students agreed […]

The chances that police will become involved in the care of a student who seeks help for their mental health on campus at an Ontario university health clinic depends on which university they attend, according to a new CAMH-led qualitative study published today in the journal CMAJ Open. The study is believed to be the first in the world to […]

Type 2 diabetes can be a 'devastating diagnosis' says 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 “It’s a mixture of lifestyle, exercise and diet. I’m 59 […]

Assembly of HIV-1, which causes AIDS, takes place on the inner plasma membrane leaflet of infected cells, a geometric building process that creates hexamers out of trimers of the viral Gag protein, as guided by Gag's N-terminal matrix domain. Yet certain details of that virion assembly have been lacking for four decades. In a study published in the journal Proceedings […]

Four international medical societies have collaborated on consensus statements for physicians, published in the Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, about how to treat pre-invasive lesions of the vulva. A pre-invasive vulvar lesion is an area of skin or mucosa that has not yet progressed to invasive malignancy (cancer) but has the potential to do so. “Pre-invasive vulvar lesions deserve […]

The combined severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 seroprevalence from infection or vaccination reached an estimated 94.7 percent in December 2021, according to a research letter published online June 13 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Jefferson M. Jones, M.D., M.P.H., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study […]

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued a strong warning about sleep-related deaths. The association, which was developed around the health and well-being of children, released their 2022 updated sleep guidelines for babies, which states that co-sleeping and placing items in a crib can lead to “increased risk” of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and suffocation. AAP recommends that […]

Paxlovid is the leading oral medication for preventing severe cases of COVID-19 in high-risk individuals. However, symptoms returned in some patients after treatment was completed, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a health advisory on this so-called “COVID-19 rebound.” In a study published June 20, 2022 in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers at University of California […]