By Alistair Smout LONDON – Britain will expand access to Pfizer’s oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment to thousands more people by adding it to a trial to assess how best to use the drug in its highly … [+1844 chars]
How often you wash your dog's bowl can affect your health How we feed our pets, store their food and wash their dishes can have negative health consequences if not done properly -- for both humans a… [+2288 chars]
Endometriosis affects ten per cent of women and girls of reproductive age worldwide. The condition occurs when tissue similar to that which lines the uterus grows outside of it, causing intense menst… [+7271 chars]
In the face of cancer, oncologists face a dual epidemic of overtreatment and undertreatment. Treating the disease often involves harsh chemotherapies and other interventions with extensive side effec… [+3856 chars]
An invasive species of aggressive ankle biters called the Aedes aegypti mosquito is now in LA, and its spreading quickly. These tiny vampires can lay eggs in a space as small as a water-filled bottle… [+1489 chars]
image: Among current smokers, 28.2 percent reported increased tobacco use, 17.3 percent reported decreased tobacco use and 54.5 percent reported no change. In addition, there were no reports of relap… [+8112 chars]
Newswise — CLEVELAND—Metabolic syndrome increases a person’s risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, and includes conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure and high blood sugar. In a rece… [+6298 chars]
The University of Massachusetts Amherst-based U.S. COVID-19 Forecast Hub, a collaborative research consortium, has generated the most consistently accurate predictions of pandemic deaths at the state… [+5599 chars]
What makes some people predisposed to live and remain healthy much longer than others? That some persons reach an exceptional age has been recorded throughout history. It's tempting to write down suc… [+4974 chars]
The omicron and delta variants of the novel coronavirus have some major differences when it comes to COVID-19 symptoms, a new study confirms. Whats the difference between omicron and delta variants?… [+2181 chars]
Health experts expect this year’s flu season in South Africa to be far less severe than flu seasons prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, but more severe than last year. The National Institute of Communic… [+8378 chars]
A 53-year-old man presented to the hospital after losing vision in his left eye. He explained that he had been given his second dose of Pfizer's COVID vaccine (Comirnaty) 10 days previously. He said … [+10202 chars]
