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PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – Late-stage data on an experimental COVID-19 vaccine from Sanofi and GSK show the shot confers protection against the Omicron variant of the virus, the companies said on Friday. The bivalent vaccine targets the Beta variant – first identified in South Africa – as well as the original Wuhan strain of the virus. In a trial involving 13,000 […]
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Are you plagued by FOMO—”fear of missing out”? Then silencing your smartphone may not be the stress-buster you think it is. That’s the takeaway from a new study that found many folks check their phones a lot more when they’re set to mute or vibrate than when they beep and ring. “Without any clear ‘buzz’ or sound from their phones, […]
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A new study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that consuming a Mediterranean-style diet may prevent frailty. Defined as a recognizable state of increased vulnerability resulting from a decline in function across multiple physiological systems, frailty affects 10-15% older adults, and leads to other health issues. Although the general benefits of a Mediterranean-style diet are well known, […]
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We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Around 1.3 million people in the UK are prescribed the drug methotrexate for conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, eczema and […]
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Hormone therapy is successful at keeping metastatic prostate cancer under control, but eventually the tumor cells become resistant to it. An unexpected potential solution has now emerged in medicines not designed to fight cancer, but to target proteins that regulate a cell’s circadian rhythm. An international team of researchers led by the Netherlands Cancer Institute will publish this discovery June […]
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In the days following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, people have taken to the streets to make their feelings known and to firmly support reproductive healthcare for all. But with the coronavirus pandemic still ongoing and case numbers not slowing down, it is a difficult time to make choices that feel ethically sound for you and your family […]
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Patients with estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer are usually given adjuvant hormone therapy (AHT) to block estrogen. A common side effect of this therapy is hot flashes, but these are often so uncomfortable that they in turn require treatment. New findings from a large real-world study suggest that this may result in worse outcomes. The study followed more than 7000 women […]
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Have you or a loved one ever needed surgery? Imagine what your life would be like if you couldn’t have it. Billions of people around the world lack access to surgery because equipment and general anaesthesia are too expensive or unsuitable in their region. When we think about technological progress people tend to picture faster, shinier, more hi-tech upgrades of […]
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We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Hollie Welham believed she was pregnant after she started feeling sick and noticed her stomach “growing” in January 2022. But […]
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Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last August. The test suggested that her daughter, whom she and her husband planned to name Juliet, was missing one of her two X chromosomes — a condition called Turner syndrome that can cause dwarfism, heart defects, and infertility, among other […]
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