Americans who havent had covid-19 are now officially in the minority. A study published this week from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 58% of randomly selected bloo… [+3400 chars]
Introduction As a pandemic in March 2020, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected more than 468 million people, and caused more than 6 million deaths globally by the end of March 2022.1 Des… [+42654 chars]
A just-published study provides previously unknown answers about which hospitalized COVID-19 patients are most likely to need mechanical ventilation or to die. Researchers showed that vital signs an… [+4075 chars]
Engineered tissues have become a critical component for modeling diseases and testing the efficacy and safety of drugs in a human context. A major challenge for researchers has been how to model body… [+8367 chars]
"Treat your gums" is the slogan for Gum Health Day 2022, a worldwide awareness campaign organized by the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP). The event aims to inform the public of the detrim… [+4656 chars]
For patients with painful finger osteoarthritis, a nonsurgical procedure called lipofilling – in which fat obtained from another part of the body is transferred into the arthritic joints – produces l… [+3908 chars]
Introduction Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is the descent of any or all of the female pelvic organs (uterus, urinary bladder, urethra and rectum) through the vagina. It is characterized by descent of … [+22186 chars]
Headache is said to be one of the most common neurological symptoms of COVID-19 that could linger on even after all the other symptoms have disappeared. A 2020 study found that out of 130 participan… [+802 chars]
While the UK and US are only just out of the 'pandemic phase' for Covid-19, scientists are already looking ahead to the next global health crisis and say it could be sparked by climate change. Resea… [+6618 chars]
Sleep deprivation, which means getting too little high-quality sleep, is a serious health problem. More than one-third of people in the USA report getting less than the recommended minimum of seven h… [+2448 chars]
Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is linked to a significantly increased risk for a host of subsequent cardiovascular, endocrine, neurologic, and psychiatric disorders, new research shows. Incidence… [+6322 chars]
In separate virtual addresses to the shareholders of Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Oxfam called on the pharmaceutical corporations to improve COVID-19 vaccine equity and access so… [+4943 chars]
