First baby born on the NHS 75 years ago warns struggling service is being ‘taken for granted’ Aneira ‘Nye’ Thomas was born at a minute past midnight on July 5, 1948 The 75-year-old said she was ‘worried’ about the future of the service   Brits must stop taking ‘the NHS for granted’, the first ever baby to be born on the […]

How trans women use a powerful mix of hormones, drugs and pumps to ‘breastfeed’ babies – but how safe is it really? And does it actually nourish a child? Experts said liquid is equivalent to ‘mature’ milk but not enough is produced READ MORE: Simple blood test can predict deadly pregnancy condition Experts have today warned that biological males breastfeeding babies can […]

A prospective cohort study has found that repeat testing in 48-hour intervals with a rapid antigen test (Ag-RDT) may be required to rule out SARS-CoV-2 infection. This means that people testing for SARS-CoV-2 should exercise caution in public settings despite an initial negative result if they suspect they may be infected or have been exposed. The findings are published in […]

DR MARTIN SCURR: Consultants’ strike WILL lead to deaths Back in March 1974, I was the house surgeon on call at Westminster Hospital. As I watched the 9pm news in the doctors’ mess, a flash interrupted the transmission: there had been an attempt to kidnap Princess Anne on her way to Buckingham Palace and her bodyguard, a police officer, had […]

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Treatment times for radiotherapy could be reduced for some early breast cancer patients, according to a trial led by University of Cambridge and The Institute of Cancer Research, London. Results from the IMPORT HIGH trial, published in The Lancet, show that giving some breast cancer patients a targeted additional dose of radiotherapy at the same time as treatment to the […]

In the pediatric emergency department (ED), non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic/Latino children who presented with headache were significantly less likely to be diagnosed with migraine and to undergo diagnostic testing compared to non-Hispanic White children. In a retrospective study in which researchers evaluated data from 49 pediatric EDs across the US, White children were twice as likely to leave the ED […]

DR ELLIE CANNON: Why have I suddenly started to produce far too much saliva? A few months ago I started salivating heavily, which means I have to constantly wipe my mouth. My doctor says there is nothing obviously wrong. Can you help? I am aged 70. It is quite rare for people to have too much saliva, but for those […]

Professor Yanfeng Gao’s team from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University have designed and synthesized Pal-DMPOP, a chimeric peptide that can simultaneously block CD47/SIRPα and PD-1/PD-L1. This bispecific peptide elicits synergistic antitumor activity by enhancing macrophages phagocytosis and activating CD8+ T cells. The findings are published in the journal Science China Life Sciences. Although immune checkpoint inhibition […]

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Bedtime routines can be enough of a struggle as it is, and throwing a bath into the mix is a risky endeavor. Yes, they were sneezed on at daycare. Yes, they somehow got every single thing they ate into […]