Hepatitis B birth dose vaccination offers Africa a fighting chance in battling liver infection and related cancer that kill about 80,000 people on the continent every year. Chronic Hepatitis B infec… [+4971 chars]
A severe case of COVID-19 infection could cause cognitive damage equivalent to 20 years of ageing, according to a new study. The impact on the brain is similar to that experienced between the ages … [+3638 chars]
Vitamin B12 deficiency in infants leads to poor motor development and anaemia, according to a study which stated that its deficiency is an enormous yet overlooked problem. For many years, there has b… [+1971 chars]
It is common to hear people use stigmatising, discriminatory and hurtful labels such as psycho, schizo or totally bipolar. Others might minimise conditions by saying they too are a bit OCD because th… [+4631 chars]
Researchers have developed a genetic-risk score for identifying individuals who would benefit the most from lifestyle counseling to prevent gestational and postpartum diabetes. Gestational diabetes … [+2574 chars]
Most of us struggle to think well after a poor nights sleep feeling foggy and failing to perform at our usual standard at school, university or work. You may notice that youre not concentrating as we… [+5651 chars]
Three children died from acute hepatitis in Indonesia last month, taking the global reported child deaths from the mysterious liver disease to at least four. The south Asian countrys health ministry… [+2855 chars]
A recent spate of severe liver inflammation (hepatitis) has been reported in previously healthy children. As of April 21, there have been 169 confirmed cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in c… [+4630 chars]
New Covid-19 variants and waning immunity could see more New Zealanders catching the virus for a second time. As we head further from the peak of the vaccine campaign and the Omicron outbreak, pe… [+8668 chars]
Diabetes is a condition which affects the mechanism that regulates the process of converting food into energy. In this condition the blood sugar level increases in the body, due to insufficient insul… [+919 chars]
The Omicron sub-variants may burn themselves out in the next couple of months and there could be another outbreak of Delta or a different coronavirus strain this summer, according to a modelling stud… [+2320 chars]
Elevated levels of an enzyme called PHGDH in the blood of older adults could be an early warning sign of Alzheimers disease, and a study led by the University of California San Diego provides new evi… [+4924 chars]
