Evelyn Stevenson joins as Director of Product Management, Ravi Girdhar as Director of Sales in the EMEA region, and Denise Emsden as Vice-President of People and Organizational Development Key appointments form part of broader ongoing recruitment plans to support expanded operations and product development Sphere Fluidics, a company developing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, announced […]

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected over 500 million people worldwide, at the very least, in just over two years. While most of these have been asymptomatic or mild infections, resolving rapidly and spontaneously, many survivors have reported chronic symptoms related to the condition, lasting for many weeks or months from the date of recovery. This has been […]

Mouth cancer: What are the causes and 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 Tobacco can alter the colour of gums, which is known as “smoker’s […]

Although vaccinations have been administered against global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), many people are still hesitant to receive vaccinations. Concerns over vaccine adverse events reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) are one reason for vaccine hesitancy. A U.S. population-wide study published in medRxiv* preprint server provides information and context about deaths reported to VAERS following COVID-19 vaccination. Study: Reporting […]

Researchers have found that a suite of complimentary tests can quantify changes in dogs suspected of suffering from cognitive decline. The approach could not only aid owners in managing their elderly canine's care, but could also serve as a model for evaluating cognitive decline progression in – and treatments for – humans with Alzheimer's disease. Canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CCDS) […]

Imagine being able to measure your blood sugar levels, know if you’ve had too much to drink, and track your muscle fatigue during a workout, all in one small device worn on your skin. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a prototype of such a wearable that can continuously monitor several health stats—glucose, alcohol, and lactate […]

Background A randomized study in France demonstrated that a 30-day treatment with the probiotic Bifidobacterium longum 35624 resulted in a significant improvement in symptoms for approximately two thirds of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This improvement was also seen in patients who had the most severe symptoms at baseline. In addition, patients reported that their quality of life was better after the […]

April Love Geary posted a series of intimate snapshots in celebration of Mother’s Day, including a sweet, glowing photo of herself with her son. The model shares three children with partner Robin Thicke — Mia, 4, Lola, 3, and Luca, 1. “I’m proud of many things in my life but nothing beats that of being a mother,” Geary captioned the […]

DAKAR (Reuters) – The third Ebola patient in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo has died, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, the latest fatality in an outbreak first reported last month. The 48-year-old man was the most recent confirmed case in Congo’s 14th outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever, which has hit the city of Mbandaka, the capital of […]

It’s an eye-catching statistic: 58% of the whole population and 75% of kids in the U.S. had been infected by the coronavirus by the end of February 2022. That’s a pretty big jump from the official case count that hovered around a quarter of Americans having been diagnosed with COVID-19. A report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]