A new study was recently published on-line in Beverages by Dr. Lynn L. Moore, a Professor of Medicine, at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Moore and her colleagues found that pre-teen girls who drank 100% fruit juice had long-term positive dietary benefits with no adverse effect…
Pennington Biomedical wants children 5 years old and younger to participate in the Shape Up! Keiki study
The Pennington Biomedical Research Center is looking for children 5 years old and younger to participate in the Shape Up! Keiki research study. The purpose of the Shape Up! Keiki research study is to create a better way to measure and describe health from body shape. Parents can learn more…
Wiley to publish EHA's open access journal beginning January 2024
Wiley, one of the world's largest publishers and a global leader in research and education, today announced that it will publish the open access journal HemaSphere on behalf of the European Hematology Association (EHA), the largest community of European hematologists, beginning in January 2024. Wiley continues to prioritize open access…
Boots online pharmacy among worst-performing in UK as 108 are mapped
Martin Lewis: How to save money on NHS prescriptions The NHS is under some of the most intense pressure it has faced in its 75-year history. More working days were lost to sickness or injury in 2022 than any other year on record, according to the Office for National Statistics…
Hay fever sufferers may want to avoid these drinks this weekend
You’re feeling it aren’t you? The itchy nose and eyes, the constant sneezing. The current pollen bomb is really getting us down now that we are in peak grass pollen season. We’re all dosing ourselves up with antihistamines, eye drops, nasal sprays and dabbing Vaseline around our nostrils. Anything, ANYTHING,…
England's busiest GP surgeries REVEALED in interactive map
The surgeries where 20,000+ patients compete to see ONE doctor: England’s most overstretched GP practices REVEALED in an interactive map… so how does YOURS fare? EXCLUSIVE: More than 70 surgeries have a patient-GP ratio of over 10,000 One practice in Coventry has more than 40,000 patients for every full-time GP …
First Swine Fever Vaccine Nears Approval in Vietnam
HANOI (Reuters) – Vaccines against African swine fever being tested in Vietnam are close to approval, global and U.S. veterinary officials said, in what would be a major breakthrough to tackle the deadly animal disease that regularly ravages pig farms worldwide. African swine fever has for years disrupted the $250…
New bacterial species involved in tooth decay discovered
Collaborating researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and the Adams School of Dentistry and Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina have discovered that a bacterial species called Selenomonas sputigena can have a major role in causing tooth decay. Scientists have…
New study reveals how blood triggers brain disease
In patients with neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis, immune cells in the brain known as microglia that normally fulfill beneficial functions become harmful to neurons, leading to cognitive dysfunction and motor impairment. These harmful immune cells may also contribute to age-related cognitive decline in people without dementia….
I'm a pregnant mum-of-one with HIV – I can't pass it on to my kids
‘It’s a boy!’ the midwife squealed. I waited patiently as my son was bathed – he had only just entered the world in September 2018. Once washed, the midwife wrapped my son in a blanket and brought him to me. ‘Do you have a name for him?’ she asked. ‘Finlay,’…
