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The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This modern plague shut down travel, business, education, and leisure activity for months as SARS-CoV-2 quickly spread to infect hundreds of millions around the world.        Achieving herd immunity has become a top priority and one which seemed

Who wouldn’t like to be better at remembering people you meet, even after a brief introduction? New research by scientists affiliated with the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford has shown this could be achieved through targeted stimulation of the brain’s serotonin system. In a study published October 6, 2021, in Nature, the Stanford team

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A meta-analysis confirms that ovarian cyst development is a common side effect of treatment with a mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor (mTORi). In their paper in BMJ Open, the researchers note that the mTOR-signaling pathway regulates ovarian function, so it’s conceivable that mTORi may affect ovarian activity. Observational data suggest

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two-thirds of patients with diabetes achieve a good visual outcome of 20/40 or better after cataract surgery, according to one of the largest studies to assess visual acuity in people with diabetes undergoing cataract surgery. The 67% rate of good visual outcomes in treated eyes in the study is comparable

Children and teens easily fall into the trap of negative thinking. Parents must not only disagree with them, but must also ask them to really think about whether what they say is true. By Himani Narula Any change that causes physical, emotional, and psychological strain is called stress. Adults often experience stress and can express

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego and Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health, has broadened and deepened understanding of how inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) affect different populations of people and, in the process, have identified new gene variants that may cause the diseases. The findings

In a trend that coincided with the pandemic, marijuana use among college students in 2020 reached levels not seen since the 1980s. That’s according to the latest research from Monitoring the Future—an annual survey that looks at drug and alcohol use among the nation’s young people. Below, Jason R. Kilmer and Christine M. Lee—both University

Swiss pharma giant Roche on Monday applied to market its anti-COVID-19 cocktail in the European Union, the bloc’s medicines watchdog said, the final step before it can be released to the continent. The application to the European Medicines Agency comes just over two weeks after the World Health Organisation also recommended the treatment, which Roche

The security firm Mandiant Intelligence has raised the alarm about FIN12, the threat actor behind ransomware attacks disproportionately affecting the healthcare sector.   Mandiant characterized FIN12 as “aggressive” and “financially motivated,” specializing in ransomware deployment while relying on other bad actors to gain access to victims.   “FIN12’s operations provide illustration that no target is

In this opinion piece, Tania Diggory — mental health trainer, business neurolinguistic programming practitioner, and founder and director of Calmer, a mental health and well-being training organization — explains what we still get wrong about mental health and how to improve well-being in the workplace. Today is World Mental Health Day, and this year, it

Neuroscientists at Technische Universität Dresden discovered a novel, non-invasive imaging-based method to investigate the visual sensory thalamus, an important structure of the human brain and point of origin of visual difficulties in diseases such as dyslexia and glaucoma. The new method could provide an in-depth understanding of visual sensory processing in both health and disease

New York-based piercer Janeese Brooks was, like many people, inspired by her mother — specifically, the dread her mother felt around anything involving needles. That fear drove Brooks to develop a piercing technique to reduce the completely normal uneasiness many clients experience ahead of and during an appointment, whether it's their first, second, or 10th

Let’s face it, in quarantine, people gained some unique new hobbies like bread-making or tie-dying everything in sight. For Tamera Mowry-Housley and her children, they cook every chance they get. In an interview with E! Online, Mowry divulged how she and her husband bonded with her children during quarantine. “Ever since the pandemic, because we

Every year at Thanksgiving, we wonder why we don’t eat turkey more often. That’s right, you turkey hating naysayers – around these parts we don’t swap our Thanksgiving turkey for ham or lasagna, we unabashedly love it. When cooked properly, turkey is juicy, flavorful, and just begging to be eaten cold out of the fridge

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 Scientists are still learning about the role hereditary gene faults play in the disease, but

High-income nations should heed the World Health Organization’s calls to delay COVID-19 vaccine boosters until 10% of people in every country are vaccinated, two bioethicists say in a paper published today. “We maintain that offering boosters to people in wealthy countries takes humanity down the wrong path. It places everyone, vaccinated or not, at greater

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Record 111,000 pupils missed school with Covid last week – TWICE as high as figure last month, official figures show An estimated 209,000 pupils were absent from school last week due to Covid  This was due to testing positive, a suspected case of the virus, or school closure  Unions have called for stricter such as

The presence of benzene has prompted voluntary company recalls of antifungal foot sprays and sunscreen products, all aerosol spray products. Bayer has voluntarily recalled batches of its Lotrimin and Tinactin products because of benzene detected in some samples, according to an Oct. 1 company announcement, available on the Food and Drug Administration website. “It is

A new study published in Clinical and Experimental Allergy found that there is scant evidence that allergic diseases cause mental disorders or vice versa. That conclusion may settle a long-simmering question arising from high rates of comorbidity between the two sets of conditions. The study was motivated by “the great as well as increasing burden of