U.S. regulators have approved a new pneumonia vaccine from Merck, more than a month after OK’ing an improved version of rival Pfizer’s shot. Both new shots offer better protection against bacteria that can cause pneumonia, meningitis and blood infections, as well as garden-variety ear and sinus infections. Merck said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration approved its shot, called […]
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BANGKOK — Charity groups in Myanmar said Wednesday that the number of people dying in the country’s cities, which are facing a coronavirus surge and a shortage of oxygen to treat patients, has been climbing so quickly that they are struggling to keep up with funeral arrangements. Crematoriums in Yangon, the country’s biggest city, are working from morning to night, […]
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Lockdowns imposed during the pandemic undoubtedly are linked with harms to health, but the level of impact is unlikely to be worse than the health effects of COVID-19, according to an international team who reviewed the evidence globally. Findings that conclude government restrictions are “far less damaging than some have suggested” were published online July 19 in BMJ Global Health. […]
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Despite a lengthy resume that spans stage and screen, Hugh Jackman is still synonymous with the role of Wolverine, the comic book character he played on-and-off for nearly 20 years in 20th Century Fox’s X-Men movies. In a recent interview with Dr. Peter Attia, the actor spoke about his time playing the volatile superhero—and how he went about getting increasingly […]
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A new systematic review reports that individuals with more than five symptoms during the first week of a SARS-CoV-2 infection were at increased risk of developing persistent symptoms or long COVID. Age, sex, comorbidities, and hospitalization during the initial phase of illness also predicted the development of this form of the disease. Individuals with long COVID were at increased risk […]
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The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has baffled researchers with its propensity to cause symptoms of largely unpredictable severity in the affected individuals. While most patients have mild or no symptoms, a significant minority develop severe or critical symptoms, and some have a fatal outcome. An exciting new study […]
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GMB: Expert warns of cancer 'whirlwind' in the UK 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 Coronavirus has seemingly taken precedent over everything else over the last […]
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A phase II study led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that treatment with atezolizumab and bevacizumab was well-tolerated and resulted in a 40% objective response rate in patients with advanced malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, a rare cancer in the lining of the abdomen. Responses occurred in patients regardless of PD-L1 expression status and tumor […]
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When you can’t escape from distressing intrusive thoughts, you’ll do things that make little sense to those outside your head. You might check that the front door is actually closed over, and over, and over again before you can go to work. You could count. You get stuck on certain phrases that you have to keep repeating. You scrub at […]
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Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviors that benefit themselves, but new research shows they are just as capable as younger people of learning behaviors that benefit others. Researchers at the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford found that youngsters, in contrast, tend to learn much faster when they are making choices that benefit themselves. The study, published […]
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