Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Kirribilli House in Sydney, Australia, February 24, 2022. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. NEW ZEALAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN NEW ZEALAND. AUSTRALIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL […]

Once, as a 12-year-old brimming with untamable curiosity, I borrowed a pad from my mother’s handbag before I had any cause to use one. I went into the bathroom and unwrapped it to see what it looked like inside. I found myself intrigued by how slim it was. When I got my first period, a year later aged 13, I […]

Dr Chris Steele shares diet tips on reducing blood pressure 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 High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of […]

The EU’s medicines watchdog on Thursday recommended that Pfizer/BioNTech’s anti-COVID booster vaccine be approved for children aged 12 and older. The “EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended that a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty may be given where appropriate to adolescents from 12 years of age,” the European Medicines Agency said in a statement, using the vaccine’s […]

Healthcare organizations (HCOs) have been quick to implement point solutions to address urgent issues. This has been especially true as HCOs pivoted to meet the challenges brought about by the pandemic. For instance, many providers implemented telehealth point solutions to support access to care and prevent the spread of COVID-19. As HCOs continue to navigate the changing healthcare landscape, they […]

Dr Chris on the link between paracetamol and heart disease 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 Signs of heart disease include chest pain, chest tightness, chest […]

Healthcare organizations face two fundamental challenges today: how to make healthcare easier for patients and how to help healthcare IT departments leverage the cloud so organizations can modernize legacy technology, keep up with ever-changing security threats and grow their businesses. Patients have become overwhelmed by healthcare portals. Anyone who sees a general practitioner as well as specialists has to manage […]

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and colleagues in Nairobi, Kenya, have shown that a screening tool developed at Washington University can help predict in about 5 minutes whether young people are at high risk for schizophrenia and may go on to develop the illness. The findings are published in the March issue of the journal […]

Flaring of natural gas from oil wells appeared to cause an increase of around 11,000 hospital visits for respiratory reasons in North Dakota up to 60 miles away from oil drilling sites, according to new research. The paper, recently published in the Journal of Public Economics, examines the environmental health costs of flaring, or burning natural gas by-products during crude oil […]

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have the capacity to both self-renew and differentiate into all mature blood cell types, making them promising treatments for a variety of diseases. However, the mechanisms involved in engraftment-;when the cells start to grow and make healthy blood cells after being transplanted into a patient-;are poorly understood. A recent study led by researchers at Massachusetts General […]