Alongside the standard Galaxy Book, also hitting store shelves soon for those on a budget is the refreshed Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha.
When cancer strikes those under 40, race matters
(HealthDay)—Young Black and Hispanic cancer patients face poorer survival odds than their white counterparts, even from some cancers that are highly curable, a new study finds.
Turkey unveils deal for 50 mn Sputnik V doses
Turkey announced on Wednesday it has signed a deal for the delivery of 50 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.
UK orders 60m Pfizer vaccine doses for booster programme
Britain on Wednesday announced that it had ordered 60 million more doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech coronavirus vaccine for a booster programme aimed at protecting the most vulnerable during winter.
Severe COVID-19 cases can be predicted by new test
As of April 2021, more than 3 million people worldwide have died of COVID-19. Early in the pandemic, researchers developed accurate diagnostic tests and identified health conditions that correlated with worse outcomes. However, a clinical predictor of who faces the highest risk of being hospitalized, put on a ventilator or dying from the disease has …
The best fighting games for Xbox One
Punch, kick, dodge, and fly as you engage high-fantasy combatants, comic book superheroes, and MMA fighters. Here are the best fighting games for Xbox One.
For deprescribing medications, what the doctor says is key
When an older patient no longer needs a medication or requires less dosage, doctors may consider “deprescribing” the medicine. Deprescribing enables clinicians to stop or reduce medications that are no longer beneficial or may even be harmful for a patient.
Is all exercise equal? How to balance workouts to create the ideal fitness plan
Spring can be an ideal time to try a new exercise routine. Warmer temperatures make it enticing to head outdoors and, this year, more people might be considering a return to the gym after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Scarred by Zika and fearing new COVID-19 variants, Brazilian women say no to another pandemic pregnancy
“We have to avoid a pregnancy,” said Rosa, about the possibility of getting pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. “My feeling is that I don’t want to have a baby. What I went through in 2017 when I had Raíssa, God forbid.”
Researchers develop new smell test for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and COVID-19
A new smell test developed by Queen Mary University of London researchers has been found to be easy to use in patients with Parkinson’s disease, and could also be helpful in diagnosing COVID-19 in the broader population.