Category: Health News

In this Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 file photo, under the watchful eye of Prof. Dr. Iftahar Koksal, left, nurse Arzu Yildirim, center, administers a dose of the CoronaVac vaccine, made by Sinovac, currently on phase III clinical trials at Acibadem... Read More

Bone marrow aspirate showing acute myeloid leukemia. Several blasts have Auer rods. Credit: Wikipedia A landmark paper published today in the New England Journal of Medicine describes the results from a global trial across 148 sites in 23 countries, showing... Read More

Trillions of microorganisms make up the human microbiome, which may hold the key to improving health. Credit: NIH Antibiotics for cesarean section births are just as effective when they’re given after the umbilical cord is clamped as before clamping—the current... Read More

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Parts of Sydney were heading into a fresh lockdown on Saturday as officials in Australia’s most populous city said they hoped the restrictions would be enough to control a growing outbreak in time for Christmas. As... Read More

Seizure forecasting. Credit: Melanie Proix Patterns of brain activity can be used to forecast seizure risk in epilepsy patients several days in advance, according to a new analysis of data obtained from clinically approved brain implants by neuroscientists at UC... Read More

SARS-CoV-2 (shown here in an electron microscopy image). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH Nearly a quarter of the world’s population may not have access to a COVID-19 vaccine until at least 2022, warns a study published... Read More

In this May 8, 2020 file photo, flowers and stones placed in the shape of a heart are laid on a burial site as white crosses are scattered at the Campo 81, an area created to host COVID-19 victims, at... Read More

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Experts have warned that a ‘no deal’ Brexit will result in the exclusion of the UK from the 24 European Reference Networks (ERNs) that were established to improve the care of patients bearing the lifelong burden... Read More

A Thai villager studying a formulary for herbal medicine. Credit: Patthanan Thavethanutthanawin Patients living in precarious circumstances are less likely to use antibiotics appropriately according to a new study from the University of Warwick, suggesting that efforts to improve conditions... Read More

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Teens who are unhappy with their physical appearance are at significantly heightened risk of depression by the time they reach early adulthood, reveals the first UK study of its kind, published online in the Journal of... Read More