Kidney damage could be another side effect of ‘long-COVID-19.’
People hospitalised for COVID-19, and even those with lesser symptoms, may suffer long-term renal damage, according to new research. The research of more than 1.7...
Salmonella is a risk posed by backyard hens.
It's still not a good idea to kiss your chickens or ducklings since you could get salmonella from them. The Centers for Disease Control and...
A long-used cholesterol medication may aid in the treatment of severe hypercholesterolemia, according to a new study. COVID-19
A cholesterol-lowering medicine may help save hospitalised COVID-19 patients, according to a recent, tiny Israeli research. COVID-19 generates a large buildup of cholesterol, which induces...
A long-used cholesterol medication may aid in the treatment of severe hypercholesterolemia, according to a new study. COVID-19
A cholesterol-lowering medicine may help save hospitalised COVID-19 patients, according to a recent, tiny Israeli research. COVID-19 generates a large buildup of cholesterol, which induces...
Getting healthy after a heart attack could add more than 7 years to your life.
According to new research, heart attack survivors could gain more than seven healthy years of life if they take the proper drugs and modify their...
According to a new study, specially tailored monoclonal antibodies may help prevent celiac disease.
A study published Friday in Science Immunology indicated that antibody therapy may help prevent the development of celiac disease, a digestive illness that impairs the...
According to studies, metabolism does not slow down until the senior years.
Everyone knows that your metabolism is at its optimum during your adolescence, when you're fit and active and feeling your oats. And everyone knows that...
6 best home remedies for hair lice
There are numerous home remedies that people claim can treat head lice, but there is a lack of scientific evidence to show that these remedies...
According to a study, the risk of COVID-19 to a teen’s heart far outweighs the risk of vaccination.
According to new research, teens are at far greater risk of heart inflammation from COVID-19 than from the vaccines that protect against it. "Comparative risk...
According to a study, there is a lot of false information about cancer on the internet.
Don't believe everything you read about cancer and cancer treatment on social media. According to a new study, one-third of the most popular articles on...
Children with autism have a distinct collection of beneficial gut bacteria.
Children with autism have different social and developmental characteristics than their typically developing peers. Researchers now claim that there are differences in their array of...
PTSD is common after a sexual assault, but it improves for many people, according to a new study.
According to a new study, most sexual assault survivors have post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, immediately after the attack, but it tends to fade over...
According to one study, patients with head and neck cancer are up to five times more likely to commit suicide.
People with head and neck cancers have an up to five times higher risk for suicide compared to the general population, an analysis published Friday...
Shock therapy is a safe and effective treatment for difficult-to-treat depression.
Although "shock" therapy is effective in treating severe depression, it is generally avoided by patients due to fear and shame. The treatment's safety has now...
According to experts, a psychiatric medicine might help prevent bowel cancer.
A clinical experiment has begun in the Netherlands to determine if a regularly used psychiatric medicine might improve the fitness of healthy cells in the...
Magnets in cellphones and smartwatches can interfere with pacemakers, according to the FDA.
The Food and Drug Administration of the United States has issued an alert that heavy magnets in certain cellphones and smartwatches can interfere with pacemakers...
Breast-conserving surgery outperforms mastectomy in terms of cancer recovery.
Women who undergo breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy for breast cancer are more likely to survive the disease than those who receive a full mastectomy,...
According to the CDC, the United States’ birth rate in 2020 will be the lowest in almost 50 years.
Birth and fertility rates in the United States fell again last year, according to figures released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
Circadian rhythm-controlling ‘clock genes’ may be manipulated to change sleep patterns.
Researchers also discovered a diverse set of genes that regulate the human body's circadian rhythms, which help to align a number of biological processes with...
According to doctors, very few young men have administered the HPV vaccine.
According to experts, the HPV vaccine is not reaching enough young American men. The vaccine protects against all genital warts and cancers caused by the...
Cancer was much more widespread in mediaeval times than previously believed, according to a new study.
Cancer may seem to be a modern epidemic, but recent research shows that it infected up to 14% of adults in mediaeval Britain. Researchers from...
Mosquito protein could lead to groundbreaking virus treatments – study
The protein AEG12 is able to strongly inhibit flaviviruses, a family of viruses consisting of known highly contagious and potentially deadly diseases like Zika, West...
Bird flu: Russia detects first case of H5N8 bird flu in humans
Russia has reported the first case of a bird flu strain, H5N8, being passed from poultry to humans. Photo: AFP Officials said seven workers at...
New study sheds light on the causes of cold sores, herpes flareups
A breakthrough discovery on the causes of herpes flareups by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine may provide new ways to prevent...
China to provide COVID-19 vaccines free of charge – official
China will provide COVID-19 vaccines free of charge once they become available to the general public, government authorities said on Saturday. National Health Commission official...
UK sees record daily Covid deaths, London hospitals on brink
The United Kingdom recorded its highest daily death toll yesterday since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as London declared a major incident, warning that...
Hospital performs brit milah for son of woman suffering from stroke
Hadar Myerson (44) gave birth to her fourth child about three weeks ago and a few days after the birth she had a severe stroke...
Europe coronavirus cases surpass 25 million – Reuters tally
Coronavirus cases in Europe surpassed 25 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, with several countries reinstating or extending lockdowns as a resurgence in...
Spain tops 2 million COVID-19 cases as infection rate rises
Spain became the fourth Western European country to pass 2 million cumulative COVID-19 cases, health ministry data showed on Thursday, while the rate of infection...
China reports most COVID cases in five months as Hebei infections rise
Authorities in the capital of China’s Hebei province strengthened travel restriction on Thursday to curb the spread of the coronavirus as the country reported the...
Video shows Egyptian COVID-19 patients allegedly dying, lack of oxygen
A relative of a COVID-19 patient posted a video taken inside an Egyptian hospital’s intensive care unit, where he alleged that several of the patients...
Coronavirus: 50% of people vaccinated developed antibodies – Sheba
A top doctor from Sheba has said that she would recommend pushing off administering the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine by a month in...
Studies to see if Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses can be halved may take 2 months
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc may take about two months to determine whether doses of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine can...
WHO’s Tedros ‘very disappointed’ China hasn’t granted entry to coronavirus experts
The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday he was “very disappointed” that China has still not authorised the entry of a team...
France and Germany cull more birds to contain bird flu outbreak
France and Germany are culling more than 660,000 birds in total to contain an avian influenza virus that is spreading, authorities say. A truck with...
UK scientists worry vaccines may not protect against South African coronavirus variant
UK scientists have expressed concern that Covid-19 vaccines being rolled out in Britain may not be able to protect against a new variant of the...
Amazon’s healthcare to end partnership with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan
The three companies want to pursue their own projects Remember Haven? If not, here's a quick refresher -- it was a healthcare venture started by three...
Smart bandages that tell you when the wound is infected
'Smart bandages' designed to show if a wound is getting infected Smart bandages that tell you when the wound is infected could be the future...
Greece detects four new cases of coronavirus of the new variant from UK
According to an official of the Ministry of Health, Greece has detected four new coronavirus cases in people who have recently travelled from Britain. The...
Covid-19 ‘might get more intense’ across world over coming weeks, warns Michael Baker
The new Covid-19 variant found in the UK is set to become more prevalent across the world due to its more transmissible nature, an epidemiologist...
Brazil to import 2 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses, not yet approved for use
Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said late on Saturday it had approved the import of 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and...
Israeli research: ‘Natural compounds’ could kill COVID-19 spike protein
The news comes against the backdrop of both skyrocketing infection in Israel and a mass vaccination campaign. The word "COVID-19" is reflected in a drop...
Pharmacist arrested on charges of sabotaging Moderna COVID vaccine doses
Moderna Inc, maker of the vaccine, has assured the hospital that receiving an injection of any of the doses removed from refrigeration poses no safety...
Mexican doctor hospitalized after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
More than 126,500 people have died from COVID-19 in Mexico. A vial of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen as medical...
Five new deaths as Nigeria records 1,074 fresh COVID-19 infections
Nigeria opened 2021 on a high COVID-19 count, as for the third consecutive day, more than 1,000 new positive samples were recorded on Friday. The...
Border between Victoria and New South Wales now shut
The border closure between Victoria and New South Wales came into effect overnight, as the Covid-19 cluster linked to a Melbourne restaurant rises to 10....
Suddenly overwhelmed, Ireland says thousands of COVID-19 cases yet to be added to tally
Ireland said on Friday it had under-reported coronavirus cases in recent days by thousands more than previously known as its system came under strain, suggesting...
UK reactivates emergency COVID-19 hospitals, closes London primary schools
Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of...
Israel performs first-ever augmented reality, 3D eye socket surgery
“The innovative technology utilizing a 3D printer and augmented reality resulted in a both a particularly accurate execution of the operation, and a significant reduction...
World Health Organization lists Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use
Pfizer and BioNTech's messenger RNA vaccine was 95% effective at preventing disease symptoms after two doses 21 days apart. An illustrative photo of the Pfizer...