July 8th, 2020Staring at a deep red light for three minutes a day can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a new University College London-led study, the first of its kind...
July 8th, 2020Temperature checks could well join the long list of fumbled responses to the pandemic, from the testing debacle to federal officials’ about-face on masks, reports STAT...
Taking vitamin D supplements might reduce the risk of colitis in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors to treat their cancer, found a US study.
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Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba has been sent packing by Eastern Cape High Court (Mthatha) Judge Richard Brooks in a R23m medical negligence claim. A Daily...HIV/AIDS
A large cluster-randomised study which offered intensified healthcare, including PrEP, to 16 communities in Kenya and Uganda has reported a 74% reduction in HIV...Neurology
In the largest study of its kind, an association has been found in living patients exposed to repetitive head impacts and difficulties with cognitive functioning and...
July 8th, 2020Britain's Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review has published a two-year review of "harrowing" evidence three medical interventions: a pregnancy...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, is linked to a more than doubling in the risk of developing dementia, finds...Coronavirus
Risk factors associated with COVID-19 death, based on analyses of full pseudonymized health records of 17m adults in England, are reported in a study that provides...News Release
Public urged to protect themselves, and others, from the virus.
“We can understand that the public is concerned about hospital capacity, given the recent surge in...
