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Coronavirus: Dr Hilary updates on second booster UK rollout 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 The ONS notes levels of full

A recent study posted to the Research Square* preprint server, and currently under consideration at a Nature Portfolio Journal, investigated the specific intracellular signature of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection using Raman microscopy. Study: Specific Intracellular Signature of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Using Confocal Raman Microscopy. Image Credit: joshimerbin/Shutterstock Background To date, there have been

Bioactive metabolites extracted from natural resources serve as drugs for the treatment of various diseases. A new review article published in the Journal of Biotechnology has provided information on various nutraceutical metabolites extracted from algae. The authors also discussed the effectiveness of these bioactive metabolites to treat several diseases, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2

Vaccination against infectious diseases is an individual decision that has positive externalities. Vaccinated individuals not only protect themselves against infection but also prevent the transmission of the virus to others. Thus, vaccination can indirectly help unvaccinated individuals get protected from infection, which is known as community immunity or herd immunity. Study: Virtual reality reduces COVID‑19 vaccine

Researchers have found evidence that the time a person eats their food can affect their cardiovascular health. However, is there a connection between the specific types of food eaten at particular times of the day and cardiovascular health? In the present observational study, the researchers found that eating some foods at particular times of the

CHICAGO — Access to medical cannabis (MC) cut opioid prescriptions for patients with chronic noncancer back pain and patients with osteoarthritis, according to preliminary data presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2022 Annual Meeting. For those with chronic back pain, the average morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per day dropped from 15.1 to

A Columbia Engineering team has developed a technology that could replace conventional biopsies and histology with real-time imaging within the living body. Described in a new paper published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, MediSCAPE is a high-speed 3D microscope capable of capturing images of tissue structures that could guide surgeons to navigate tumors and their

A new study shows that one in three patients with a severe skin disease were able to regrow hair after being treated with a common arthritis drug. The study is based on Phase 3 clinical trials using baricitinib, a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, to treat alopecia areata, an often disfiguring skin disease characterized by rapid

Adults in hospital who have COVID-19 and the flu at the same time are at much greater risk of severe disease and death compared with patients who have COVID-19 alone or with other viruses, research shows. Patients with co-infection of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, and influenza viruses were over four times more likely to require

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 or CoV2) and tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) – are two fatal global respiratory infections with high mortality rates. Both these infections pose a significant health challenge and economic burden worldwide. Although concurrent Mtb/CoV2 infection can exacerbate the symptoms of

Olympian Greg Rutherford shares his top tips on sleep 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 Of the clocks going forward Darren

Emmerdale: Mark Charnock on prepping for stroke scene 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 Symptoms of stroke manifest differently depending on

High cholesterol: Nutritionist reveals top prevention tips 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 The cholesterol charity Heart UK stated that “we

Preparing medical students for the next disasterPlay Video Credit: Northwestern University We don't know when the next natural disaster, mass shooting or pandemic will occur. But twice a year, students at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine are being trained in a two-week elective course to manage these types of events when they inevitably happen.

The Office for National Statistics has published an analysis of data on COVID-19 cases in school pupils aged four to 15 years old attending state-funded schools, up to 31 December 2021. It examines the prevalence of COVID-19 amongst students in different demographics and geographic locations, as well as with differing vaccine status. One of the

Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, HIV infection is no longer the life sentence it once was. But despite the effectiveness of drugs to manage and treat the virus, it can never be fully eliminated from the human body, lingering in some cells deep in different human tissues where it goes unnoticed by the immune system. Now,

Liver disease negatively impacted by lifestyle changes during the first year of the pandemic, according to a new study in the journal Liver International. The retrospective study used health checkup data of 973 participants between 2018 and 2020 from MedCity21, an advanced medical center for preventive medicine established by Osaka City University Hospital in 2014,

In a phenomenon that researchers are calling a “dual pandemic” because of the severity of the impact of coupled factors, a Rutgers School of Nursing research study has found that non-white nurses are suffering disproportionately from emotional distress, induced by a toxic stew of fears engendered by COVID-19 and reactions to workplace racism. The work,

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, researchers evaluated the humoral and cellular immune memory induced by four coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines representing three different vaccine platforms. Study: Humoral and cellular immune memory to four COVID-19 vaccines. Image Credit: Telnov Oleksii/Shutterstock Background Notably, the BNT162b2 and messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-1273 vaccines

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In COVID-19 patients, a high viral load (SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia) on admission to the intensive-care unit (ICU) is common in patients with diabetes and strongly associated with poor outcome, suggests a study from France. Using the droplet-based digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) for precise quantification of plasma SARS-CoV-2 viral load, they