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 He revealed hundreds of thousands of doses have been ordered to slash the risk of the vulnerable ending up in […]
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People with hypertension, or high blood pressure, play a key role in whether they use medication appropriately to manage their blood pressure. However, a new American Heart Association scientific statement, published today in the Association’s journal Hypertension, suggests additional support is needed for patients from the broader health care system. The statement urges health care professionals, pharmacies and insurance companies […]
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Vaccines have been a mainstay in modern medicine since the late 18th Century, but there is evidence that societies have been using them for more than a thousand years. Throughout this time, all vaccines have operated by activating various immune cells against an infection. A new study in Science Advances led by ASHBi Professor Hideki Ueno reports how the transcription […]
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Dr Zoe Williams discusses visceral fat on This Morning 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 Visceral fat is a particularly dangerous type of fat which clings […]
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On evenings when you’re craving a belly- and soul-warming dish, look no further than a brothy bowl filled to the brim with chunky chicken noodle soup. The seemingly simplistic dish always hits the spot — and even more so when you dip into Martha Stewart’s Italian take on the ultimate comfort food dish. It has all the essentials, including chicken, […]
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Researchers from the University of Seville, in collaboration with the universities of Zaragoza and Kansas (USA), have managed to describe hitherto unknown processes that allow us to understand the virulence of a Salmonella infection. Specifically, their study, recently published in the journal Chemical Science, has shown that, in certain Salmonella virulence factors, a single amino acid is responsible for determining […]
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Let’s visibilise what’s invisibilised, politicise what’s medicalised, invite agency and restore dignity Trauma has become a buzzword in the area of mental health. Podcasts are being churned out, books are being published, international conferences have erudite panellists educating the world on how trauma is at the root of all problems. Now, why would I have a problem with it? Surely, […]
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The conventional wisdom among pandemic researchers was that vaccine-hesitant parents would come around once federal authorities green-lit COVID-19 shots for children. But, as a new study shows, that hasn’t happened. Parents actually have even more concerns about vaccines, catching researchers by surprise. Parents registered high levels of worry across the board, with more than half of them expressing misgivings about […]
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A nationwide cohort study in Sweden has shown ‘mixing and matching’ vaccines is safe, just as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a mix and match approach for booster shots in the United States. Study shows that having an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose after an Oxford-AstraZeneca dose offers better protection against infection than two doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca. Until […]
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Mothers of premature babies are more than TWICE as likely to develop high blood pressure within a decade of giving birth, study claims Preemie mothers can be more than twice as likely to have high blood pressure Study found that for each week of early birth, women saw a 3 per cent rise in risk Elevated risk of high blood […]
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