Coronavirus: Long Covid is ‘unrelenting and crushing’ for a former athlete

Long Covid: Dr Sara Kayat discusses impact on children 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 One of the mysteries of long […]

Seeing how odor is processed in the brain

A specially created odor delivery device, along with machine learning-based analysis of a scalp-recorded electroencephalogram, has enabled researchers at the University of Tokyo to see when and where odors are processed in the brain. The study found that odor information in the brain is unrelated to perception during the early stages of being processed, but […]

Report: Australian parents’ experiences of owning an autism assistance dog

A new Australian study looking at the impact of an autism assistance dog for children and their parents has made an unexpected discovery: the dog has expanded their world, literally. The presence of a specially trained therapy dog for autistic children is giving families the confidence to venture further afield and to many more locations, […]

One million youth became daily tobacco users, most used JUUL e-cigarettes

More than 1 million United States youth aged 14 to 17 years old in 2017 became new daily tobacco users within two years. By 2019, more than three quarters of these youths were vaping e-cigarettes daily. Appearing in the May 30, 2022 online edition of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego researchers report that JUUL […]

Are fibre supplements as good as the real thing?

Fibre has so many benefits – but should you start supplementing with it? Fibre has had a glow-up. As the previously niche world of gut health has become more well-known, we don’t stop hearing about why adding more fibre into your diet is so good. And with vast benefits from feeding your gut bacteria to […]

FACTBOX-Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 525.89 million, death toll at 6,699,879

(Reuters) – More than 525.89 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 6,699,879 have died, according to a Reuters tally.FILE PHOTO: A woman takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pop-up testing site in New York City, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File PhotoInfections have been reported […]

Mexico confirms its first monkeypox case

Health officials in Mexico confirmed Saturday the country’s first known case of monkeypox, in a 50-year-old US resident being treated in Mexico City. The man, a permanent resident of New York City, “was probably infected in the Netherlands,” Hugo Lopez-Gatell, an undersecretary of health, said on Twitter. “Fortunately, he is stable and in preventive isolation,” […]

Mental health ‘timebomb’ facing the UK in coming months says expert

Ruby Barker: Bridgerton star addresses mental health struggles 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 Up until the pandemic hit there had […]