Transmission of coronavirus from a mother to baby before, during and after childbirth is quite possible, but such cases are rare, recent studies have shown. However, transmissions are more likely to … [+2177 chars]
A groundbreaking blood test might someday help people with troubling, unexplained symptoms determine if they have cancer. Researchers used a technique called nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolo… [+1415 chars]
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is associated with significantly lower risks of hospitalisation and mortality compared with the Delta variant, according to the largest study to date to directly com… [+5699 chars]
Exercise may be the key to treating the sequelae of Long COVID by supporting brain homeostasis, increasing insulin sensitivity, and mediating the inflammatory response. Researchers from Pennington B… [+3141 chars]
Cancer is simultaneously one of the most common and devastating diseases in our society. So working out new ways to treat it is an enduring scientific challenge. A protein called p53 plays a key rol… [+3689 chars]
While we should always try to meet our dietary needs with food alone, vitamin and mineral supplements can help fill in nutritional gaps. In particular, you may benefit from taking a magnesium supplem… [+2948 chars]
Researchers with Case Western Reserve University have found that there are nearly twice as many men with cancer among men living with HIV (MLWH) compared to men who do not have the human immunodefici… [+3813 chars]
It seems that we hear of yet another family facing dementia just about every day at AgingParents.com. They want to understand options about how to pay for care, what to do with sibling fights about t… [+4913 chars]
Has a song ever reminded you of the past, and unexpectedly surfaced emotions associated with that specific experience or person from your memory? Does walking into Staples remind you of back-to-schoo… [+8876 chars]
A world-first treatment for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), developed by scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Prion Unit at UCL, has shown "very encouraging" early results following its … [+6409 chars]
We all know that we need to get a good night's sleep, but have you considered the idea that there might be such a thing as too much sleep? Well, scientific minds immeasurably superior to ours have t… [+3020 chars]
One of the vexing things about certain common health complaints is the range of possible underlying causes. For example, feeling short of breath is perfectly normal after a burst of vigorous exercise… [+757 chars]
