EXERCISE IS KEY How does Loei cope with exercise-induced thirst when, as a CKD patient, his fluid intake has to be severely limited? Because I lose fluid through perspiration, I am allowed more wate… [+1592 chars]
A phone app has been used to help some gout sufferers control their condition with the team behind the project saying it could help transform clinical outcomes without putting more pressure on an alr… [+1924 chars]
Not only the villas of the rich and famous have a direct line to the police. The cells in our body also have a sophisticated alarm system, the inflammasome. Its central component is the so-called ASC… [+4231 chars]
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and one in the U.K. has developed a new type of Cerenkov luminescence imaging device to help doctors spot cancerous tumors. In t… [+2709 chars]
In March 2020, Dr. Joseph Vinetz left the contemplative world of his Yale University infectious-disease laboratory and plunged into the covid ward at Yale New Haven Hospital, joining an army of healt… [+9938 chars]
Summary: Like cognitive deficits, psychiatric symptoms such as depression, apathy, and anxiety associated with Alzheimer’s disease appear to be a direct consequence of underlying brain changes as a r… [+5818 chars]
Social pressure when living with autism can make fitting in and succeeding hard. Some autistic folks mask to appear less autistic. At a masquerade ball, wearing a mask can be a fun way to hide who … [+8679 chars]
HAY FEVER season is well and truly under way and with it comes red eyes and the sniffles. The pollen count is set to increase in the coming days, so it's important that Brits are prepared. Pollen l… [+4013 chars]
Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is a chronic systemic inflammatory rheumatic disease affecting the spine, sacroiliac joints, hips, shoulders, peripheral joints, and sites of attachment of ligaments and t… [+3613 chars]
There are five different diseases that attack the language areas in the left hemisphere of the brain that slowly cause progressive impairments of language known as primary progressive aphasia (PPA),… [+3354 chars]
Not just winters, summer heat too can raise your risk of heart attack, especially if you have an already existing heart condition, diabetes or high cholesterol. According to a study, very high heat c… [+3474 chars]
If you become ill with COVID-19, your smartwatch can track the progression of your symptoms, and could even show how sick you become.That's according to a University of Michigan study that examined t… [+6447 chars]