What advice is being given by general practitioners to people living with obesity?
General practitioners (GPs) are inspired to use all opportunities to talk about weight to people living with obesity. This is …
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Man, 54, endured shoulder pain before cancer diagnosis
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Combo of COVID plus flu can bring severe illness to kids
Kids who get the flu and COVID-19 together may be in for a serious, even deadly, bout of illness, U.S. …
Subtle biases in AI can influence emergency decisions
It’s no secret that people harbor biases—some unconscious, perhaps, and others painfully overt. The average person might suppose that computers—machines …
Canada delays expanding medical assistance in dying to include mental illness
The federal government admitted Thursday it needs more time before expanding Canada’s controversial medical assistance in dying (MAID) policy to …
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BQ and XBB subvariants show exceptional immune evasion properties
In a recent study published in Cell, researchers demonstrated the exceptional immune evasion properties of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …
Data mining approaches for the detection of signals associated with pediatric post-acute sequelae of COVID-19
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers described tree-based scan statistics for pediatric long coronavirus disease …
How to protect your boundaries and actually enjoy the holidays
So, you’re finally on holiday. Or you’re about to take one. How to make sure that you enjoy it? It …
Long COVID rehab program shows ‘impressive results’
A rehabilitation program that helps people with long COVID reduce their symptoms and increase activity levels has shown “impressive” results, …
Laser microbiopsy is a minimally invasive method to extract tissue samples
Biopsies are one of the most widely used diagnostic procedures for many types of diseases, including cancer. Today, the gold …
Randomized trials demonstrate the safety of Ebola vaccine regimens in adults and children
Two randomized, placebo-controlled trials evaluating three Ebola vaccine administration strategies in adults and children found that all the regimens were …
Drop in mortality seen with AChEI, memantine in dementia with lewy bodies
For patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), treatment with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) and/or memantine is associated with reduced hospital …
Study finds a novel therapeutic target for prevention and treatment of gout
Many Americans think of gout as a disease from a bygone era, akin to rickets or scurvy. The condition commonly …
Forced mass abortions are a new and disturbing phenomenon in Nigeria, says reproductive health specialist
Nigeria classifies abortion as illegal except under certain medical circumstances. A recent investigation by Reuters news agency has alleged that, …
Why vegan junk food may be even worse for your health than meat
Revealed: Some of the UNHEALTHIEST vegan alternatives at Britain’s leading restaurants… including dishes saltier than KFC chicken, fattier than McDonald’s …
China says tracking COVID cases now ‘impossible’ as infections soar
China’s top health body said Wednesday the true scale of coronavirus infections in the country is now “impossible” to track, …
How to make your mental health a top priority this Christmas
Written by Lauren Geall As Stylist’s digital writer, Lauren Geall writes on topics including mental health, wellbeing and women’s issues. …
Researchers identify molecular determinants of post-infection long-COVID
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers presented a transcriptome-wide assessment of blood gene expression changes …