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Credit: CC0 Public Domain The WHO and IMF chiefs insisted Friday that saving lives was a “prerequisite” to saving livelihoods in the coronavirus pandemic—a crisis they called “one of humanity’s darkest hours”. World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva said getting the COVID-19 virus under control first

Simple blood test could save lives by spotting killer pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia two days earlier than current methods The 15-minute pre-eclampsia test allows doctors to start treatment days earlier NHS bosses have confirmed they would roll the PIGF test out across the country A study published in the Lancet medical journal showed it was 95%

If you were yawning more than usual thanks to last week’s switch to daylight saving time, you weren’t alone. It takes some people a full week to recover from feeling more sluggish than usual after rolling back the clock for daylight saving time. Experts call the phenomenon “social jet lag.” Much like the jet lag

Hospital admissions for atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of irregular heartbeat, rise in the days following the spring transition of daylight saving time, according to preliminary research to be presented in Chicago at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2018. At least 2.7 million and possibly as many as 6.1 million American adults