Use of warfarin appears to not only accelerate progression of aortic stenosis (AS) and increase the likelihood of needing an aortic valve replacement (AVR), but also may raise the risk of dying in pa… [+6518 chars]
Singapore scientists have developed a bio-functional thermogel, a type of synthetic polymer, to prevent retinal scarring caused by failed retinal detachment repair surgery. Proliferative vitreoretino… [+3418 chars]
There were 97 cases of COVID-19 reported in Kildare on Tuesday 28 June. Figures on the virus show the county had 1,232 cases over the 14 days up to and including that date. The total cumulative num… [+1409 chars]
It's always a debate with health and medical experts whether vitamins are actually beneficial and who should be taking them. While that issue won't likely be resolved anytime soon, there are things t… [+5008 chars]
A promising strategy to reduce the impact of viral infectious diseases, such as influenza, is the use of attenuated, live viruses as vaccines. However, the usefulness of traditional live-attenuated … [+2564 chars]
In a recently published article in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, scientists have described the importance of smallpox vaccination as a preventive measure in controlling recent out… [+5324 chars]
WATCH TIME: 4 minutes Once you have the assessment, you also have to have a plan for treatment, and thats more challenging. These are times where you refer out to [specialists]. If your patient has … [+1437 chars]
Cancer. “A word, not a sentence”, I once read somewhere – but my goodness, does it feel like a paragraph, sometimes a whole book. I’m perched on a stool staring hard at a MacBook, but despite squint… [+5401 chars]
About seven years ago, Christine Metz, a biomedical researcher at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in New York, had an idea for a study of endometriosis, a painful disease in which the t… [+11121 chars]
Whether summer means the great outdoors or the great air-conditioned indoors to you, the season comes with a fresh array of healthy activities—many with less-than-desirable side effects (looking at y… [+4858 chars]
Researchers from Korea, U.S., and China have developed a new technology that modulates and relaxes pain signals by locally cooling and stimulating peripheral nerves instead of opioid analgesics commo… [+2986 chars]
Aging is a complex biological process that affects all humans. It is associated with progressive functional degeneration of several tissues along with an increased risk of many diseases. Previous res… [+5120 chars]
