If you’ve ever been told to stand up straight, you would have instantly been aware of your posture. The same goes for when you’ve been hunched over on your computer for hours and suddenly realize that it’s probably not the best thing for your back to sit in the same position for so long. “Short-term effects […]
Going to a bar is supposed to be fun. You catch up with friends, have a drink—maybe even dance or chat up a stranger. But heading to your favorite pub when it reopens may seem like the exact opposite of a good time given the novel coronavirus pandemic. You may feel eager for a night […]
Shortly after the explosion in microcephaly cases caused by Zika virus in Brazil in 2015-16, several scientific studies were published with evidence that the pathogen is capable of crossing the human placenta, the organ that keeps the fetus connected to the mother’s body during pregnancy. From then on, the states began following a protocol established […]
With multiple people sharing equipment every hour, gyms are hotspots for germs and bacteria. So it makes sense that UK gyms – along with restaurants, bars and shops – were forced to close in March, to limit the spread of coronavirus. As a result, people have found new ways of working out, from online classes […]
Maybe you’re itching to start a garden or relax on your lawn. Or, perhaps you can’t wait to hit the hiking trails or go camping. All fun things! But any time you relish in the great outdoors you also risk exposing yourself to some pesky little buggers: ticks. So, it’s crucial to know how to […]
The painful truth about dentistry in lockdown: Emergency centres are overwhelmed, many patients are left in agony untreated… and some are even yanking out their own teeth Dentist surgeries are not allowed to open at the moment because of coronavirus Around 600,000 patients have needed urgent dental treatment for problems Dentistry was not mentioned in […]
The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax can adhere to human spleen cells through the expression of so-called variant proteins. These are the conclusions of a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global health (ISGlobal). The results, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), suggest that this could represent an additional challenge to […]
The osteoporosis wonder drug that helps rebuild crumbling bones and could save 500,000 people a year a visit to the fracture clinic More than three million Britons suffer from the brittle bone disease osteoporosis Some 500,000 osteoporosis sufferers are treated in hospital a year for fractures The condition often goes undetected until a sufferer starts […]
A research team from the University of Valencia has carried out a study of infection and immunity markers by detecting antibodies in the blood of seven different genotypes of the rotavirus VP8 protein, the virus that causes infectious diarrhoea, and concludes that more frequent types mainly affect the child population. The work, with samples from […]
A study published in JAMA compared functional bracing, the non-operative treatment of humeral shaft fractures, with surgical treatment of similar fractures in adult patients. In the study, patient recovery was monitored for a year. Surgical patients appear to recover faster and more reliably than patients treated with functional bracing. Six weeks and three months after […]
