In Australia, one in every five employees are shift workers. But when you work irregular hours, you eat at irregular hours and this can put you at increased risk of weight gain, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. One in five Australian employees are shift workers. Image Credit: University of South Australia Now, a world-first […]
China’s government has urged citizens to stock up on daily necessities and for authorities to take steps to ensure adequate food supplies as the country adopts increasingly tight measures to contain its latest COVID outbreak. A notice posted on the website of the Ministry of Commerce late on Monday urged “families to store a certain […]
Type 2 diabetes can be a 'devastating diagnosis' says expert 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 Type 2 diabetes is your […]
High cholesterol: Nutritionist reveals top prevention tips 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 You are what you eat – and this […]
FILE PHOTO: Medical staff prepare Moderna coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine to be administered at newly-opened mass vaccination centre in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2021. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERSTOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese government is working on starting COVID-19 booster shots by year-end, deputy chief cabinet secretary Yoshihiko Isozaki said at a news conference on Tuesday. Isozaki added […]
Life-extending drug for sufferers of lung disease caused by asbestos will finally be available on the NHS Pulmonary fibrosis sufferers will have chance to extend life by two years or more The condition caused by asbestos inhalation affects more than 15,000 Britons Desperate patients had turned to the internet, paying £3,000 for antifibrotics For the […]
Phillip Schofield gets blood pressure checked in Istanbul in 1991 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 High blood pressure is associated […]
An international study led by Keele University’s Emeritus Professor Michael Rigby has assessed the factors that influenced how different countries’ responses affected early control of COVID-19. A new study, published in PLOS ONE, found that healthcare resources and spending had little impact on how well countries dealt with the pandemic. Instead, it was the countries […]
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a heavy blow to the world's health and wealth but is generally thought to have spared children. It is necessary to take a fresh look at it, however, in light of the fact that pediatric vaccination with COVID-19 vaccines is still not generally approved while more and […]
In a first-in-world clinical trial, researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada, have demonstrated that magnetic resonance (MR)-guided focused ultrasound can be used to safely deliver antibody therapy to breast cancer that has metastasized to the brain. In this Phase I clinical trial for Her2-positive breast cancer patients, the Sunnybrook team captured images […]
