FDA approves emergency use of Pfizer vaccine for those aged 12 to 15
In a move that should hasten the country’s recovery from the pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the emergency use of Pfizer’s...
Category: Health
New study confirms it: Poor sleep linked to inability to focus
The morning after a difficult night’s sleep, it can feel impossible to wake up. You might press the snooze button just one more time in an...
University of Washington study suggests COVID-19 deaths far higher than official reports
A team of researchers at the University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has found evidence that suggests the number of people who...
People living with HIV more likely to get sick with, die from COVID-19
Over the past year, studies have revealed that certain pre-existing conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure, can increase a person’s risk of dying...
Using contrast MRI after a heart attack could increase survival
According to the British Heart Foundation, heart and circulatory diseases cause more than a quarter (27%) of all deaths in the UK, which equates to more...
Biomarkers in blood predict heart attack in smokers several years in advance
In freezers in the north of Sweden, a large number of blood plasma samples are stored at a temperature of -80°C. Since the mid-1980s, thousands of...
Many people could reduce their ‘feeding window’ by three hours, finds new time-restricted feeding study
A new study from the University of Surrey has revealed ‘real world’ factors that influence people’s interest in adopting a dietary pattern called time-restricted feeding.
AI analytics predict COVID-19 patients’ daily trajectory in UK intensive care
Researchers used AI to identify which daily changing clinical parameters best predict intervention responses in critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Gene therapy offers potential cure to children born without an immune system
An experimental form of gene therapy developed by a team of researchers from UCLA and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London has successfully treated 48 of...
A new understanding of how the human brain controls the hands
Understanding how the brain controls certain actions—such picking up a knife in the correct way—is important for many reasons. One of these is working towards the...
