Several theories have claimed use of mobile phones increases risk of brain cancer. A major study has found the regular use of mobile phone does not increase the risk of brain tumours. The study has … [+1600 chars]
The results of SCOPE 2021 (The Scorecard for Osteoporosis in Europe) are startling; 32 million people in Europe have osteoporosis – the equivalent of 5.6% of the total EU population.1 This costs heal… [+10673 chars]
Booster doses of mRNA vaccines provided strong protection against hospitalization and death from COVID-19 in Qatar, though breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections were greater for the omicron variant comp… [+3922 chars]
Children and young people with underlying rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are uncommonly hospitalized with COVID-19, a study of more than 600 patients under age 19 has found. The study… [+4377 chars]
Poor food choices coupled with sedentary lifestyle can increase risk of type 2 diabetes significantly. Fried food, high-carb and sugar-laden food may please the taste buds, but contribute majorly to … [+2731 chars]
A mother has claimed having a facial saved her life after her beautician spotted a suspicious mark which turned out to be cancerous. Jillian Murray, from Cairns in Australia, went to see doctors ab… [+6748 chars]
Influenza, commonly referred to as flu, is a major global public health concern and a huge economic burden to societies. Seasonal influenza epidemics afflict between 13 to 100 million individuals ann… [+3518 chars]
A mother in Mogadishu, Somalia, waits in a queue for her baby to be vaccinated. Credit: Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Liver cancer is common in West Africa. But knowledge about hepatitis B the viral i… [+10628 chars]
There are four kinds of people in this world: People who like white chocolate, people who like milk chocolate, people who like no chocolate at all, and people who like dark chocolate (the best peop… [+5971 chars]
First batch of the 60,000 doses of Paxlovid coming this year has arrived and will be used from next week.Pharmac secures access to preventative COVID treatment Evusheld.New Zealand is boosting its co… [+3280 chars]
<ul><li>People's chances of developing type 2 diabetes are higher after Covid-19 infection.</li><li>Authors of a new study, therefore, recommend that people who had Covid monitor their blood sugar le… [+2424 chars]
image: Fish fins and human limbs share a deep evolutionary history, with implications for cancer.view more Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK CITY, March 30, 2022 – To underst… [+8800 chars]
