Three years into the COVID pandemic, though we know much about the coronavirus and its behaviour, there is much still unknown about it including the long-term effects. Some long COVID or post-COVID s… [+2288 chars]
Australia's first dedicated children's immunotherapy center will investigate treatments to not only increase the survival of kids with cancer, but to also improve their ongoing quality of life. Nam… [+3146 chars]
Lateral flow assays (LFA) tests have become ubiquitous within the general public; they are the format for standard home pregnancy and Covid-19 tests, indicating a positive result with a colored line,… [+2494 chars]
Around 80% of people with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer's disease, often when they are between 40 and 50 years old. A study led by Lund University in Sweden has shown that a simple blood test can d… [+3505 chars]
Pathogenic variants in BRCA1/2 genes are associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer in adults, and variants in mismatch repair (MMR) genes increase the risk of gastrointestinal an… [+3456 chars]
Higher levels of religious attendance, private prayer and spirituality were associated with intermediate or ideal CV health metrics across multiple indicators of the American Heart Association Life’s… [+4430 chars]
<ul><li>A new study shows that late-stage cervical cancers are on the rise in U.S. women.</li><li>Black women were found to be at higher risk for a late-stage cervical cancer diagnosis but the number… [+7021 chars]
In a recent article published in the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers examined immune reflexes towards severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among pregnant women… [+5535 chars]
Prenatal exposure to triptans does not increase the chances of children developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a recent study. Triptans are used to relieve migraine… [+2418 chars]
Dr Leo Zekeng, UNAIDS Country Director and Representative in Nigeria, has shared how lessons from the AIDS response apply to the Monkeypox response. Dr Zekeng said: “Monkeypox is endemic in Nigeria… [+3208 chars]
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and clinicians at Washington University in St. Louis have identified biological markers in triple negative breast … [+4739 chars]
