Chronic kidney disease (CKD) occurs when there is damage to the kidneys and they no longer filter blood the way they should. One job of the kidneys is to filter waste and fluid from the blood to prod… [+8204 chars]
As per Mayo Clinic, this nutrient supports vision, immunity, growth, cell division and reproduction; vitamin A also has antioxidant properties that fight free radicals to release oxidative stress and… [+51 chars]
Intravacc has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Beijing Zhifei Lvzhu Biopharmaceutical (Zhifei Lvzhu) in China for Avacc 3, an OMV-based whooping cough vaccine. With over a hundred years … [+1333 chars]
The optimum amount of sleep is not too little but not too much -- at least in middle and old age. New research has found that around seven hours of sleep is the ideal night's rest, with insufficient… [+4511 chars]
A record-breaking 2.7 million people were referred for cancer checks over the last year, NHS England has said, after figures suggested the pandemic saw numbers dramatically decline in 2020. The numb… [+5874 chars]
SEVEN hours is the ideal amount of sleep people middle aged and older need, according to experts. They found that too little or too much sleep can lead to poorer cognitive performance and mental hea… [+2214 chars]
When a patient in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) develops a fever, physicians often routinely order a blood culture to identify the cause, particularly if they have reason to worry about se… [+7446 chars]
Online misinformation has negatively impacted the US COVID-19 vaccination campaign. This emerges from a study by Francesco Pierri, researcher at the Politecnico di Milano, in collaboration with India… [+2946 chars]
image: WEHI researchers Dr Alison Farley and Dr Samir Taoudi are investigating how levels of platelets, small blood cells best known for enabling blood clots, affect brain bleeds to better understand… [+4188 chars]
A new grant for researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will fund research investigating the role of the immune system in heart failure. Finding ways to harness beneficia… [+4686 chars]
A MAN has told how he was training to be a fitness instructor when he suffered a heart attack. Alan Ferron, 36, from Kiltipper in Dublin, was fit and healthy before he went to bed one night, only to… [+4301 chars]
A lack of exposure to a common virus during COVID restrictions could be behind the surge in hepatitis cases among young children, experts have suggested. Health officials are urgently investigating … [+3544 chars]
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