Cardiology has its share of controversies. Although some of them are settled, others just settle down while the field does its current best for patients and ponders how the next clinical trial should approach unresolved questions. The latter outcome appears likely for at least one protracted, sometimes fiery debate. At issue: For most patients with […]
Miscarriage at any point during the first 6 months of pregnancy should be formally recognised as a bereavement, rather than an illness, as is currently the case in the UK, argues psychiatrist Nathan Hodson in correspondence published online in the journal BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health. Some MPs have called for the UK to follow […]
Many cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, can irreparably harm reproductive organs, leaving patients who hope to conceive a child after treatment with few options. Some can preserve their eggs or embryos, but those procedures are not available to everyone and not possible with certain cancers. For more than two decades, Kutluk Oktay, […]
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From 4am on Monday 22 November, the government will recognise vaccines on the World Health Organization's Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL). As a result, Sinovac, Sinopharm Beijing and Covaxin will be added to our list of approved vaccines for inbound travel, benefitting more fully vaccinated people from countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia […]
This Morning's Dr Chris discusses the signs of high cholesterol 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 in five Brits have […]
Not all tumors are alike. Young adults who are diagnosed with skin, colon, and other cancer types may require different treatments than older patients receive. That is the primary conclusion of a Mount Sinai study which systematically compared the genomes of 14 different types of cancers that affected both younger and older adults. The results […]
Before forking out on a new pair of kicks or entering yet another race, you should check the price to make sure that you can actually afford it. Perhaps, argues Dr Bryna Chrismas, we should really be asking what the environmental cost of our athleisure, fitness watches and trips are. Whether you are exercising at […]
A simple RNA molecule jumpstarts the immune system’s “first responders” to viral infection and can even eradicate the SARS-CoV-2 virus in mice with chronic cases of COVID-19, a new Yale School of Medicine study finds. The molecule, known as SLR14, is a simple, easy to manufacture, loop of RNA that can trigger the production of […]
Deaths from smoking-related cancers in China are expected to rise by almost 50% over the next two decades, finds research published online in the journal Tobacco Control. Experience from other countries where peaks in smoking prevalence occurred in the mid-twentieth century has shown that peaks in smoking-related deaths generally occur several decades later. For example, […]
