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‘It’s really hard to get your head around the fact that a mental illness can cause such strong physical symptoms,’ Flo, a 30-year-old public relations executive, from London, tells Metro.co.uk.  With eight years of anxiety under her belt, Flo is no stranger to random and severe shooting pains associated with anxiety – particularly in her

Should YOU be taking vitamin supplements? Why vegetarians need them all year round, EVERYONE should stock up in winter and they might ease menopause symptoms Hundreds of vitamin supplements claim to cure tiredness, boost your brain and enhance your immune system But study earlier this year found they give such little benefit to the vast

Recent studies released by Dr. John Pezzuto and his team from Western New England University show "astonishing" effects of grape consumption and "remarkable" impacts on health and on lifespans. Published in the journal Foods, one study showed that adding grapes in an amount equal to just under two cups of grapes per day to a

Personalized medicine for lung cancer using molecular-targeted drugs is common but there have been no prospective validation studies done on the usefulness of lung cancer gene panel testing using cytology samples. However, researchers lead by Kei Morikawa, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan today reported data that the success rate of gene analysis using

Excessively hot nights caused by climate change are predicted to increase the mortality rate around the world by up to 60% by the end of the century, according to a new international study that features research from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Ambient heat during the night may interrupt the normal physiology

BioNTech expects to begin deliveries of two Omicron-adapted vaccines as soon as October. The German biotech firm, which makes the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, announced the update Monday as it reaffirmed its vaccine revenue forecast for the year, according to The Associated Press. BioNTech is expanding its COVID-19 product pipeline to aim for “prolonged and broad

Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says. Researchers looked through the medical literature of established cases of illnesses and found that 218 out of the known 375 human infectious diseases,

Medications that help smokers quit appear to have another benefit: reducing heavy drinking. Researchers in the United States and Russia have found that a variety of therapies to reduce the craving for nicotine ― including prescription and over-the-counter medications ― cut smoking and drinking levels in tandem. People who stopped smoking entirely reduced their drinking

Patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases may need additional vaccines or different versions of vaccines they were not previously recommended to receive, according to updated guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) on vaccinations for these patients. The new guidelines pertain to routine vaccinations for adults and children and are based on the most

A recent study published in the Journal of Medical Virology reviewed the current progress on three-dimensional (3D) interactions between host and viral genomes.   Study: When 3D genome technology meets viral infection, including SARS-CoV-2. Image Credit: peterschreiber.media/Shutterstock Background Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the genetic material, is folded delicately into extensively condensed structures called chromosomes, which are

Aftershock, a recent movie that highlights the plights of two Black women who died as a result of childbirth-related complications, may help continue a national conversation about the Black maternity mortality rate in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the maternal mortality rate for non-Hispanic Black women is 2.9

As of 2019, around one fifth of the U.S. population has been diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder. Changes to the climate are known to affect mental health—for example, more frequent heat waves and storms can lead people to stay indoors, get less exercise, and become more stressed. In severe cases, poor mental health

Meet the victims of Britain’s NHS dental crisis: From a mother, 42, who pulled out 13 of her own TEETH after waiting six YEARS for check-up to a 28-year-old who fished out shards of shattered molar with pliers Mother-of-two Danielle Watts from Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, pulled out more than a dozen of her

An interim analysis of overall survival data from the IMpower010 trial showed an overall survival trend in favor of atezolizumab in the PD-L1 TC > 1% stage II-IIIA population (OS HR, 0.71 [95% CI: 0.49, 1.03]), but not in the all randomized stage II-IIIA or intent-to-treat population, according to research presented today at the IASLC

In the initial NADIM trial, neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy was shown to be highly effective in patients with resectable stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. Today, the researchers from the NADIM trial present new data that supports the conclusions of the initial NADIM trial. To develop additional data to follow up on NADIM, Dr. Mariano Provencio, Hospital

The immune boosting benefits of a tuberculosis vaccine can be seen in infants more than one year after vaccination, according to a new study. The research, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Science Advances, has shown how the BCG vaccine, developed to prevent the risk of tuberculosis, can produce a

A far-reaching review of academic papers and reports evaluated 46 proposed “win-win” solutions for reducing human infectious disease burdens and advancing conservation goals, which now can be explored on a publicly available website. The study highlights diverse and widespread bright spots where there could be opportunities to simultaneously safeguard human and ecosystem health. Nearly 30

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Monkeypox outbreaks in Africa are not concentrated among gay men, unlike in other parts of the world, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa CDC said on Thursday. Outbreaks of the viral disease have been reported from 78 countries, mostly in Europe, and 98% of cases outside the countries

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-low breast cancer. AstraZeneca’s IV infusion is the first therapy approved for HER2-low breast cancer, a newly defined subset of HER2-negative breast cancer in which there are some HER2 proteins on the cell surface,