DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Why I’m cutting back on hand washing (but keeping my mask on) Did your life change much on Freedom Day this week? No, nor did mine. Since Monday, we have been able to mingle without masks or go into a packed pub, if that’s what grabs you. When I go to my local supermarket, I still pat […]
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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) details outbreaks of a drug-resistant superbug in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Washington, DC and Texas. While the fungus—Candida auris—isn't new, the report cites evidence that it is jumping from person to person, which hasn't been documented in the US before. Between January and April 2021, 123 […]
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(HealthDay)—Primary care physicians have been the largest provider of vaccinations for older individuals, according to a study published online in the July 1 issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. Elizabeth Wilkinson, from the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care in Washington, D.C., and colleagues used 2017 Medicare Part B Fee-for-Service data and the […]
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This Morning: Liz Earle gives hay fever remedy recommendations 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 British hayfever sufferers are being warned to look after themselves over […]
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National Tequila Day falls on Saturday, July 24th, and though we’ll never give up margaritas, sometimes it’s nice to branch out and try something new. This year, use the holiday as an excuse to try a few new cocktail recipes — and buy a few new bottles of tequila (we highly recommend Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Teremana tequila!)! Each of […]
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When Tom McCormick got an unexpected call from his doctor, the first thing his doctor said was, “I’m not calling you about anything about your health.” He was phoning to invite McCormick to participate in a research study on aspirin in heart disease. But McCormick was not asked to be a test subject. He was recruited to help plan and […]
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(Reuters) -Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine could become the second shot okayed for adolescent use in the European Union after regulators on Friday recommended approving it for 12- to 17-year-olds.FILE PHOTO: An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo MunozUse of the vaccine, Spikevax, […]
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A research team has developed a new machine learning-based model that predicts the risk of mortality of intensive care unit patients according to their characteristics. The research was published in the latest edition of the journal Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. Under the framework of artificial intelligence, machine learning allows a model to gain knowledge based on the information provided by […]
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University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a previously unknown repair process in the brain that they hope could be harnessed and enhanced to treat seizure-related brain injuries. Common seizure-preventing drugs do not work for approximately a third of epilepsy patients, so new and better treatments for such brain injuries are much needed. UVA’s discovery identifies a potential […]
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Do Thi Kim Dung, 41, and her son Nguyen Dinh Thanh, 11, get ready before his first day back to primary school after the government eased nationwide lockdown during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Yen DuongHANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, the epicentre of the country’s worst COVID-19 outbreak to […]
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