Young adults with higher than normal blood sugar levels that signal prediabetes were more likely to be hospitalized for heart attack compared to their peers with normal blood sugar levels, according to in preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2022. The meeting will be held Friday and Saturday, […]

Are protein bars good for you? They’ve certainly become popular as an easy, go-to snack on the way to or from the gym, and for those days when you don’t have time for a meal. They can even be used as an aid to help weight loss. But are protein bars a healthy snack? Does it depend on the brand […]

It’s being called ‘The Great Resignation’. Workers all over the world have been quitting their jobs at historic rates. Data is showing that nearly 2 million UK adults left their job since the first wave of the pandemic and according to one survey 46% of UK employees plan to quit their jobs in the next 12 months. Why? ‘The pandemic, […]

New jab fixes ‘claw hand’ disease that hit Lady Thatcher and affects millions of Britons including actor Bill Nighy Claw hand, properly called Dupuytren’s disease, affects around five million Britons. It causes lumps of scar tissue to develop on the palms of the hands Millions may soon benefit from drug that halts condition before it does damage Many could avoid […]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elective birth at 39 weeks’ gestation when compared with expectant management was not associated with adverse childhood developmental outcomes in a retrospective study from Australia. Linking perinatal data of births from 2005 through 2013 with developmental outcomes collected in 2012, 2015, and 2018 from the triennial Australian Early Development Census (AEDC), researchers found that the […]

Olivia Williams discusses ‘bizarre’ symptom of pancreatic cancer 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 As with any cancer, early diagnosis is often linked to higher chances […]

Bowel cancer: Dr Philippa Kaye lists the symptoms 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 Cancer remains one of the world’s deadliest diseases, with even the latest […]

In a recent article posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers demonstrated that the biosynthetic proteins called αReps addressing the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S) protein could be novel SARS-CoV-2 antivirals Study: Biosynthetic proteins targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike as anti-virals. Image Credit: Naeblys/Shutterstock   Background The CoV disease 2019 (COVID-19) catastrophe, which resulted in approximately six million […]

Viruses are microscopic infectious agents that contain genetic material, either DNA or RNA, and must invade a host in order to multiply. Predominantly, viruses are known for causing disease, as they’ve triggered widespread outbreaks of illness and death throughout human history. Recent examples of virus-driven outbreaks include the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the 2009 swine flu pandemic and […]

When a person nearing the end of their life enters hospice care, their hospice agency’s doctors may prescribe a “comfort kit” of small amounts of medications that their caregivers can give them in case of urgent, distressing symptoms such as severe anxiety, agitation, delirium, nausea and more. They may also get other prescriptions as their hospice care goes on. But […]