February 17th, 2021Lockdowns cause substantial collateral health damage through delayed diagnosis and treatment, as well as grave psychological damage, write academics from the...
February 10th, 2021The post-exertional malaise displayed by patients who have not recovered from COVID is a common symptom among patients who have not recovered from COVID. It is also...
Newly unsealed court documents and other records show that Merck & Co and US regulators knew about reports of suicidal behaviour in men taking the company’s...
November 11th, 2020Research shows that electronic cigarettes can help smokers to quit smoking cigarettes, according to an editorial in JAMA by Dr Nancy Rigotti, director of the Tobacco...
October 21st, 2020A second wave of infections has led to renewed interest in ending the COVID pandemic through a herd immunity approach, write 80 prominent scientists in a warning letter...
October 14th, 2020President Dwight Eisenhower’s 1955 admission to hospital heart attack was as dramatic for Americans as that of President Donald Trump for COVID-19, write Harvard's Dr...
A study in South Africa and Uganda that compared community-based with clinic-based antiretroviral treatment (ART) services found community-based services led to...Gynaecology
Irregular and long menstrual cycles in adolescence and adulthood are associated with a greater risk of early death (before age 70), finds a study by researchers at...HIV/AIDS
With many HIV treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa still expecting new patients to attend a clinic monthly for their first six months of antiretroviral therapy...Transplant Medicine
Kidneys from deceased donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can be safely transplanted into non-infected recipients when a regimen of direct-acting antiviral...