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Factoring in the total number of days that extremely preterm infants require supplemental oxygen and tracking this metric for weeks longer than usual improves clinicians’ ability to predict respiratory outcomes according to bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) severity, a research team led by Children’s National Hospital writes in Scientific Reports. What’s more, the researchers defined a brand-new category (level IV) for newborns […]
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SARS 2.0! Scientists name the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 because it is from the same species that killed 800 people in 2002 The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) named the virus A name for the disease, COVID-19, was announced yesterday by health officials Experts created names without referencing any animals, places or people More than 45,000 people have now been […]
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Professor Sir Michael Marmot said health is declining overall, the North/South divide is widening and people in more deprived areas are suffering most. His latest report comes 10 years after he was asked by the Government to review health inequalities. Sir Michael, who heads the UCL Institute of Health Equity in London, said: “From the beginning of the 20th century, England […]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic, after the disease caused by the new coronavirus spread to more than 100 countries and led to tens of thousands of cases within a few months. “We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity [of COVID-19], and by the alarming levels of inaction,” […]
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Type 2 diabetes causes the body to be infective at using the insulin it produces – a hormone that allows the body to use glucose (sugar) from carbohydrates in foods. As a result, this leads to high levels of blood glucose, and if blood glucose isn’t controlled properly and stays too high, it can lead to a number of problems, […]
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Coronavirus is fast becoming a grave public health concern in the UK, as officials struggle to contain COVID-19 on its track through Europe. The Government launched the first phase of its coronavirus plans today, aiming to delay the disease before it spreads out of control. Which areas are at risk of coronavirus? Coronavirus UK cases have recently exploded in the […]
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As a child, my unattainable object of desire was a giant Derwent pencil set. I knew that if I could just get my hands on one of those big boxes, my whole life would be more colourful. It took four decades, but last Christmas I finally scratched that itch and bought myself a set of 36 Derwents. I pored over […]
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This flu season has been extreme. It’s been the worst in over a decade, with 37 pediatric deaths reported according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So, although medical professionals and the CDC are urging people to get their flu shots, it’s understandable that people are looking for any and everything they can do and use to prevent […]
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YouTube star Jake Paul tweeted Monday that anxiety is "created by you" and encouraged people who struggle with it like him to take simple steps like talking to a friend to manage it. The now-deleted tweet faced backlash from followers who said it undermined the debilitating experience of having an anxiety disorder. Paul defended the tweet, saying it helped raise […]
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Simon Rimmer is the wise-cracking chef and co-host of Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, a show he’s hosted with Tim Lovejoy since 2012. During a live broadcast of the show back in January, Tim teased his co-host by asking: “Can we have a voice update? When are we going to get your voice back?” Tim was alluding to Simon’s croaky voice, […]
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