Dr Hilary outlines 'worry' for rise in coronavirus infections 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 90 people, or a total of 620,100, had the […]
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This landmark study aims to improve the treatment of patients receiving end-of-life care and lead to a more uniform approach and consistent management within the NHS. The trial will assess the overall effectiveness and cost-effectiveness ofclinically-assistedhydration in reducing the frequency of delirium and its effect on the frequency of pain and other symptoms such as shortness of breath, nausea andvomiting. […]
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Steve Aoki wants to live to forever, and he thinks he’s found a way to do it: freezing his body until the time is right to come back to life. “There’s a potential where if my brain gets to a certain temperature to where it was frozen, it’s almost very similar technically as if I was [dead] for three minutes,” […]
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Learning how to read isn’t something that happens in a day. It’s a skill that takes a long time to develop. It comes second-nature to adults, but to your three-year-old or five-year-old letters and words look like total gibberish. Like explaining simple concepts to kids, like patterns, is more deceptively difficult than it seems, teaching your kids how to read […]
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Giving the drug metformin to women diagnosed with preterm pre-eclampsia may help to prolong pregnancy (gestation), finds a study published by The BMJ today. The findings show that pregnancy was prolonged by a week in the treatment group compared with the no treatment group, but the result was not statistically significant and therefore points to the need for further study. […]
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NHS in England begin delivering booster jabs 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 The study looked at samples from 11,000 people infected with the COVID Delta […]
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Everyday exposure to obesity-promoting chemicals (obesogens) represents a significant risk to public health, and needs stronger regulation to minimize exposure and protect people's health, according to evidence presented today at the 59th Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Meeting. Dr Leonardo Trasande is an internationally renowned leader in environmental health, who will draw together the amassing evidence for the serious […]
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Wednesday that countries in the region could continue to face localized COVID-19 outbreaks “well into 2022” even while deaths have fallen from their peak in January. While vaccinations are progressing, the region faces a “severe vaccine inequality problem” that will prolong the pandemic, particularly in the poorer Latin American […]
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While most women feel comfortable talking about their periods, bladder leaks don’t usually get the same airplay. But urinary incontinence, which is the medical term for loss of bladder control, is much more common than many of us realize. Urinary incontinence impacts one in four women, according to the Mayo Clinic. And while you may have heard that leaks are […]
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For some patients with hepatocellular cancer (HCC), a liver transplant is the best treatment. But there is a long waiting list for all organ transplants. A new study shows that outcomes with liver transplants from live donors are better than outcomes with transplants from deceased donors, leading to calls for increasing the availability of live donation. “Transplant programs worldwide should be […]
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