January 13th, 2021‘Long COVID’ – a version of COVID-19 that results in continued illness of a significant number of people for many months after the initial disease has waned –...
Bald men may be at higher risk of suffering from severe COVID-19 symptoms, The Daily Telegraph reports emerging evidence suggests. The link is so strong that some...
August 14th, 2019People whose diets included high levels of vitamin A had a 17% reduction in risk for getting cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, the second-most-common type of skin...
March 20th, 2019Brown University researchers have developed a new antibacterial coating for intravascular catheters that could help to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections,...
A study measuring HIV drug resistance at two time-points in Kenyan patients on second-line, protease inhibitor-based regimens has found very high levels of drug...
February 21st, 2018A new blood test seems to perform as well as, if not better than, traditional blood cultures at detecting the candidemia infection that commonly strikes hospital...
January 17th, 2018A clinical trial involving more than 900 military veterans at high risk for keratinocyte carcinoma skin cancer provides evidence that using the generic skin cream...
In the US, most malpractice cases associated with dural tear end in a ruling favourable to the surgeon. But, reports a Brown University study, certain types of durotomy...
February 15th, 2017It's the accepted position: If taking antibiotics, don’t stop taking them until the pill vial is empty, even if you feel better. But the warning, say a growing number...
January 18th, 2017Being rude to medical teams may cause 'devastating effects on medical performance', found University of Florida research.
Medical teams in a neonatal intensive care...
