Chris Evans reveals his wife gave him a blood pressure monitor When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. One of […]
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A Belgian court ordered AstraZeneca to deliver 50 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to EU member states by September 27—far fewer than Brussels had demanded. Both sides claimed victory, with the European Commission stressing the firm would pay a financial penalty for each missed dose and the company promising it would easily meet the target. The UK-based pharmaceutical company […]
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(HealthDay)—Compared with placebo, treatment with intravenous eptinezumab after onset of a moderate-to-severe migraine attack shortens time to resolution of headache pain and the most bothersome symptom, according to a study published in the June 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. In a phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, Paul K. Winner, D.O., from the Palm Beach Headache […]
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The astrological air sign Gemini, also known as the celestial twins, has gotten a bad rap among the believers in the stars. Deemed two-faced, shady, cranky, and flaky, the Gemini takes the brunt of many astrological bias-but why? Astrologer Colin Bedell, author of “Zodiac Signs: Gemini,” understands the air sign on a much more personal basis (as a real-life twin […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kidney transplantation is often the best option for people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), but many “high priority” patients are not placed on the kidney-transplant wait list, new research suggests. Currently, the national kidney allocation system uses an estimated post-transplant survival (EPTS) score to identify candidates with the longest expected post-transplant survival and preferentially allocates […]
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A new study, released as a preprint on the bioRxiv* server, reveals the high neutralizing efficacy of hyperimmune horse serum against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This could prove, if validated, to be a more affordable yet potent therapeutic in reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by this virus. The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) […]
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The World Health Organization on Saturday officially announced the end of Guinea’s second Ebola outbreak which was declared in February and claimed 12 lives. At 16 confirmed cases and seven probable infections according to WHO figures, the limited size of the latest flare-up has been credited to experience from the 2013-16 epidemic, which killed more than 11,300 people mostly in […]
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Thyroid cancer: Know the symptoms When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Thyroid cancer is a rare type of cancer affecting the […]
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The 2014 FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) World Cup was associated with a higher number of hospital admissions for heart attacks in Germany compared to the same time period—12th June to 13th July—in the previous and subsequent years (2013 and 2015), according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The World Cup was not associated with higher rates of […]
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Scientists from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and Naval Medical Research Center partnered with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Acuitas Therapeutics to develop a novel vaccine based on mRNA technology that protects against malaria in animal models, publishing their findings in npj Vaccines. In 2019, there were an estimated 229 million cases of malaria and 409,000 […]
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