When you go to your usual GP, you probably sit down, tell her your health-care needs or problems, and she advises and discusses with you how you can address them. But theres one important aspect mi… [+4830 chars]
Gabriella, a teenage girl from Spain, was diagnosed with severe lupus a chronic autoimmune disease in which the bodys immune system attacks its own tissues and organs when she was seven years old. … [+3043 chars]
Vaccines have reduced the virus's worst effects. Community of Hope clinical nurse manager Imani Mark injects Ezekiel Akinyeni with a shot July 31, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Photo for The Washington P… [+10759 chars]
For more than two years, as Canadians experienced a roller coaster of COVID-19 infections, influenza seemed to take a backseat. The family of viruses that causes the flu was barely spreading across … [+5422 chars]
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been known to affect multiple organ systems, aside from the respiratory system. Increasing reports of post-infection neurological complications have been repor… [+16627 chars]
You can probably name a time when you couldnt find your car keys or when that word was just on the tip of your tongue. But when is forgetfulness normal, and when does it cross into something more con… [+8225 chars]
Were a society obsessed with numbers, and no more so than when managing our health. We use smartwatches to count steps and track our daily activity, creating scores for our fitness, and monitor our … [+6615 chars]
Another week, another debunked wellness theory. This time it's time-restricted eating.
You can probably name a time when you couldnt find your car keys or when that word was just on the tip of your tongue. But when is forgetfulness normal, and when does it cross into something more con… [+8225 chars]
A new study, being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests that children in the UK start consuming free sugars (those added to foods… [+5047 chars]
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Referrals for suspected cancer remain at about 16% higher than pre-pandemic levels A record 2.7 million people were referred for cancer checks in the last … [+3377 chars]
A new paper from researchers at Imperial College London in the UK warns that a drug-resistant mould is spreading from the environment into vulnerable people's lungs.