Just as a water filtration system acts to filter contaminants from the water you drink, your kidneys act to filter waste and excess fluid from your blood. In chronic kidney disease (CKD), kidney func… [+2565 chars]
Orthopaedic surgery (surgery for problems related to bones, joints, tendons and ligaments) is the third most common reason Australians go under the knife. Last year, more than 100,000 orthopaedic s… [+5982 chars]
Trial Design and Oversight The trial design has been described previously,25 and the details are provided in the trial protocol, available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org. The protoco… [+8887 chars]
I felt quite smug moving from London to Bali, Indonesia, in January 2020. I had left my stressful job as an editor in order to pursue a freelance career from a sunnier climate for a few months. Thing… [+3733 chars]
A heart attack's impact on the brain may be more serious than previously understood. About 1 in 3 heart attack survivors showed significant mental decline in the days and months following their heart… [+3929 chars]
A novel system to control protein aggregation in a model of Parkinsons disease may answer longstanding questions about how the disease begins and spreads, according to a new study published March 9th… [+3788 chars]
Engineering and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Mayo Clinic have developed a new process for successfully storing specialized pancreatic islet cells at very low tem… [+5982 chars]
Washington [US], March 23 (ANI): A new study shows for the first time that neurons in the spinal cord process pain signals differently in women compared to men. The finding, published in the journal… [+1586 chars]
When Jen Martin tested positive for COVID-19 in early February, she was surprised by just how unwell she felt. "I didn't have a fever but I had very serious aches and pains, crazy lethargy, and a ha… [+11077 chars]
The approach of winter is worrying providers, with concerns that flu season may return following the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions. With the coronavirus itself again spreading through resident… [+1680 chars]
Not only is living under a noisy flight path or next to a busy road annoying, a study suggests it may increase your risk of a heart attack. Scientists in New Jersey found the heart attack rate was 7… [+5612 chars]
Published: 4:19pm, 23 Mar, 2022 Updated: 4:23pm, 23 Mar, 2022
