Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to nearly every country globally and caused over 5 million deaths. Following the emergence of the initial strain in Wuhan, China, and its sudden international spread, many governments opted to enact costly and restrictive measures to prevent the alarmingly rapid reproduction number of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 […]

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 A survey found at least three quarters of ethnic minority doctors had suffered prejudice more […]

Jamie Taylor received two letters from the Missouri Department of Social Services Family Support Division that began, “Good news,” before stating that she was denied Medicaid coverage. Her income exceeded the state’s limits for the federal-state public health insurance program for people with low incomes. Missouri officials now blame the incongruous greeting for the decidedly […]

Scientists at Scripps Research have discovered hundreds of proteins that are constantly transported throughout the healthy brain in small membrane-enclosed sacs, revealing a new form of communication between brain cells. The findings, published this week in the journal Cell Reports, could help scientists better understand neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s and autism. “This is an entirely […]

Helen Mullins, 41, from Nottingham, phoned 999 after noticing numbness in her left arm, a lack of movement in her left side, and developed pain in her head. Helen was told that it was a migraine and should take strong painkillers. But, after the pain got worse and Helen was struggling to walk, she called […]

Cheryl promotes vitamins to help with sleep on Instagram 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 Vitamin B12 deficiency, also known as folate […]

The described study was published as a preprint on Research Square and has not been peer-reviewed. Key Takeaways Self-care in patients with heart failure was directly related to anxiety and depression. Anxiety had a greater impact on self-care than depression. Self-care behaviors in patients with heart failure deserve more attention. Why This Matters Better patient […]

Catching all solid cancers before they metastasize could prevent 26% to 32% of cancer deaths in women and 18% to 24% in men within 10 years of diagnosis, researchers in Australia estimate. Those figures translate to 2064 to 2677 fewer cancer deaths annually in the state of New South Wales between 2005 and 2014, the […]

Omicron: Another 'more infectious variant will come' says doctor 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 news of Omicron’s lower severity […]

An international team of researchers led by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden reports that cells in the central nervous system known as oligodendrocytes might have a different role in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) than previously thought. The findings, published in the journal Neuron, could open for new therapeutical approaches to MS. MS is driven […]