Increases in three climate factorstemperature, rainfall, and ocean warmingcan predict mosquito population growth in Sri Lanka for the next one to six months, according to a new study. The findings c… [+3812 chars]
Inhaled high-dose nitric oxide (INO200) safely shortened time on supplemental oxygen and hospital stays among pregnant women diagnosed as having severe bilateral COVID-19 pneumonia, suggests a new st… [+3251 chars]
In 2009 Australia launched a National Preventive Health Strategy with the aim of being the healthiest country in the world by 2020. The strategy focused on tobacco use, alcohol use, and obesity. Alth… [+276 chars]
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of genetic disorders that cause defects in the protein collagen. Collagen is a tough protein that gives structure to your connective tissue, skin, and many oth… [+6012 chars]
Iodine deficiency, a public health concern resolved decades ago, may be making a comeback due to changing eating habits, according to new findings by McMaster University researchers. Scientists meas… [+4103 chars]
As obstacles to hepatitis C treatment uptake were removed, rates of hepatitis-related liver disease in marginalized groups plummeted, according to a new study in Baltimore, Maryland published in Anna… [+6001 chars]
The global prevalence of fatty liver disease not due to alcohol is considerably higher than previously estimated and is continuing to increase at an alarming rate, report researchers from Canada. Th… [+2999 chars]
Whether to spend money on outer space exploration or to apply it to solve serious problems on Earth, like climate change and food shortages, is a contentious debate. But one argument in favour of spa… [+4635 chars]
Von Willebrand disease is a blood-clotting disorder that usually develops as an inherited, genetic mutation. People with this mutation lack a specific protein called the von Willebrand factor, which … [+3743 chars]
A highly-transmissible mutation of the omicron COVID variant known as BA.5 is raising concerns globally as it continues to gain traction in several countries, sparking new waves of cases and, in some… [+7314 chars]
But just one week later the student started coughing up blood again and was readmitted. She then had to undergo emergency surgery and spent the next four days in hospital. Brassel said when she woke… [+497 chars]
There may be a benefit to early revascularization over medical therapy in patients with severe inducible ischemia on SPECT testing, regardless of their baseline left ventricular ejection fraction, a … [+9430 chars]
