You may have heard the term ‘gut health’ and wonder what it means – surely a healthy gut is just one that digests your food effectively? While this is true, gut health has an impact on the health of … [+7596 chars]
There could be more species of horseshoe bat than previously thought.Credit: Chien Lee/Nature Picture Library A genomic analysis suggests that there are probably dozens of unknown species of horsesh… [+4066 chars]
IVCC welcomes the publication in The Lancet of the 24-month results of an epidemiological trial in Tanzania, conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in partnership wit… [+5875 chars]
Researchers have found that receiving a COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy does not lead to increases in the frequency of complications around the time of childbirth. The findings, which are published… [+2115 chars]
Use of disinfectants by pregnant women may be a risk factor for asthma and eczema in their children, finds a population study, published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Disinfec… [+3323 chars]
In a potential paradigm change for sepsis diagnostics, a new test predicted sepsis soon after infection in mice -; well before blood clotting and organ failure -; enabling early antibiotic treatment … [+3686 chars]
Bowel cancer is a general term for cancer that begins in the large bowel. Epigenetic clocks have been associated with cancer risk in several observational studies. Nevertheless, it is unclear whether… [+4014 chars]
