A woman who volunteers with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) was shocked when she realised it was one of her crew mates who would be delivering her baby. PC Emily Summerfield had arrived at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton to have a planned C-section. But says she was ‘reassured’ to see the friendly face of Julian Cumberworth – […]

Population health has been a healthcare industry buzzword for over ten years now and organizations have sought to try to transform their structure and organization to achieve the promise of population health.  While some have been successful, others have not. Jonas Varnum, Vice President of Population Health at Health Catalyst, discusses how to successfully operationalize population health and missteps to […]

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), as well as other ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses, harbors error-prone polymerases that endure frequent genome mutation. This leads to the generation of diverse genomes and multiple viral quasispecies among individuals. Study: Establishment of human post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 standard reference sera. Image Credit: Victor Moussa / Shutterstock.com Background Viral mutations have led to an […]

It’s every mum’s worst nightmare. A heartbreaking diagnosis while your kids are still too young to even properly understand what is happening. Toria Pickering was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer in 2020 – and her first thought was of her two little boys. The five-year-old twins are Toria’s world, and she was desperate to find a way […]

Stroke survivors are 50% more likely to suffer another if they are heavy cannabis smokers, study finds US study found cannabis addicts have higher chance of having repeated strokes Doctors looked at health data collected from 160,000 patients across the US Researchers have called for more warning to young people about cannabis use  Cannabis addicts who survive a stoke are nearly […]

Having two or more chronic conditions (known as multimorbidity) in middle age is associated with an increased risk of dementia later in life, finds a large study of British adults, published by The BMJ today. Common chronic conditions include high blood pressure, diabetes, coronary heart disease, depression, and chronic lung disease (COPD). The results show that the risk is greater […]

Do the phrases nasty Nelson, dink shot and flat face mean anything to you? While they might sound like the latest playground insults, they’re actually all bits of lingo relating to pickleball – one of the fastest growing sports in the UK. The Clooneys, Brené Brown, Leonardo DiCaprio and The Kardashians are all fans, but the sport was originally invented […]

A younger age, the presence of comorbidities, and female sex are all factors associated with an increased risk for COVID-19 in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), new research suggests. In a case-control study that included 2337 patients with MS, the odds ratio (OR) for risk for COVID-19 infection among patients with comorbidities was 1.69 vs those without comorbidities. The researchers […]

Despite their higher risks of advanced prostate cancer, Black and Latinx men are under-represented on websites and in online videos providing information and education regarding prostate cancer, reports a study in the Journal of Urology. “Online media have significant potential for public education and combating health disparities,” comments lead author Stacy Loeb, MD, MSc, Ph.D. (Hon), of New York University Langone […]

A team of researchers used co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) and in vitro interaction assays to identify the molecular basis of interaction of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) non-structural protein 2 (NSP2) with eIF4E-homologous protein (4EHP)-GRB10-interacting glycine-tyrosine-phenylalanine domain protein 2 (GIGYF2) complex, involved in microRNA(miRNA)-mediated gene silencing in human cells. The study can be found on the bioRxiv* preprint server before […]