Heart disease: Doctor explains how to reduce risk 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 The link between sleep and heart disease […]

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective masks walk on a platform at Malmo Central Station amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Malmo, Sweden January 7, 2021. TT News Agency/Johan Nilsson/via REUTERS STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden set a new daily record for COVID-19 infections, registering 53,619 cases on Jan. 27, health agency data showed on Friday. […]

In 2010, doctors treated Doug Olson’s leukemia with an experimental gene therapy that transformed some of his blood cells into cancer killers. More than a decade later, there’s no sign of cancer in his body. The treatment cured Olson and a second patient, according to the University of Pennsylvania doctors, who said it was the […]

Cancer, infection, and heart disease are greater risk factors for death in kidney transplant recipients who die with a functional graft than organ rejection, a retrospective Mayo Clinic cohort study indicates. “It’s important to have immunosuppression to protect people from rejection but we wanted to be able to say, ‘What are the other causes of kidney […]

Be prepared to sob as you see this incredibly touching, Basketball themed video from Vanessa Bryant’s Instagram, showing off her baby Bianka’s moves that late father Kobe Bryant would be proud of. On Jan 31, Vanessa posted a video and two photos that’ll warm your heart — and honestly make you tear up a bit. […]

First Delta, then Omicron. The latest COVID variants have spread like wildfire across the globe in recent months, leading many scientists to wonder when the next variant will appear. Now, scientists may be one step closer to making that determination. A multi-institutional team of researchers, including virologist Marc Johnson, a professor of molecular microbiology and […]

Switching from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry powder version for maintenance therapy more than halves the carbon footprint of people with asthma, and without any worsening of their condition, finds a pharma industry sponsored study published online in the journal Thorax. This substitution would be an acceptable and worthwhile 'green' option for most patients […]

Genes may partly determine how strongly you smell the noxious aroma of a stinky armpit, new research shows.  Similarly, your genetics influence how you perceive the smell of galaxolide, a “woody” synthetic musk used in fragrances and cleaning products, according to a new study, published Thursday (Feb. 3) in the journal PLOS Genetics. The new […]

Dame Judi Dench recalls being asked to play Ophelia 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 The 87-year-old who has made her […]

Liver disease: NHS Doctor talks about link with alcohol 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 Neurological deficits associated with liver disease […]