Will lottery prizes convince people to take the COVID-19 vaccine? It appears not, according to Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers. Previous BUSM research found that Ohio's lottery system to incentivize vaccination was not associated with increased vaccinations, now a new study from the same researchers, found the same results despite expanding their data to include 15 additional states. […]

Will lottery prizes convince people to take the COVID-19 vaccine? It appears not, according to Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers. Previous BUSM research found that Ohio's lottery system to incentivize vaccination was not associated with increased vaccinations, now a new study from the same researchers, found the same results despite expanding their data to include 15 additional states. […]

Pregnant people who contract COVID-19 have an increased risk of disease severity and death, yet only 31% of pregnant people in the United States had received vaccines as of September 2021. One barrier to vaccine acceptance is the concern that vaccination might disrupt pregnancy. A Yale co-led study, which looked at more than 40,000 pregnant individuals, adds new evidence supporting […]

Aberrant splicing of messenger RNAs encoding surface antigen CD22 leads to downregulation of this protein in pediatric B-lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), rendering malignant cells resistant to the effects of CD22-directed immunotherapies, according to a recent study by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The findings could allow oncologists to screen new patients to see if their leukemic cells contain alternatively […]

When two-year-old Grace lost her appetite and was more tired than usual, her mum Louise Millward took her to the GP. After a referral to Worcestershire Royal Hospital, doctors suspected that Grace had constipation or appendicitis – so was treated at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and sent home. But the two-year-old’s health continued to deteriorate, as she started losing her balance […]

Giving Veganuary a go this month? Here’s everything you need to know about feeling full, strong and happy on a plant-based diet. If you’ve decided to give Veganuary a go this year, then welcome to the greener side of life. While eating plant-based could mean living off a beige diet of potato faces and seitan, it could also see you […]

Y’all, it’s cold out there. And while we have our hands covered, warming them on ceramic mugs filled to the brim with piping-hot hot toddies and marshmallow-topped hot cocoa, it’s our stomach’s turn. That’s where Martha Stewart and her belly-warming, easy-to-make comfort food dishes come in to play — more specifically, her Easy Beef Chili dish. The recipe not only […]

The (other) surprising uses for Viagra: As impotence pill helps save nurse in a Covid coma, why it might also help patients with dementia and pulmonary hypertension Could Viagra be a Swiss Army knife of drugs, helping to cure lethal diseases such as Covid, Alzheimer’s and cancer, as well as bringing its more famous sexual benefit? The medication’s manifold potential […]

High blood pressure: Lifestyle changes to reduce reading 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 Hypoglycaemia describes low blood sugar, below 4mmol/l; the drop in your reading […]

Julie Walters discusses her cancer recovery with Lorraine Kelly 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 Despite having gained huge amounts of success on both the stage […]