Category: 6. Health

As 2025 draws to a close, I want to begin by first thanking the millions of health workers, vaccinators, surveillance officers, laboratory scientists, social mobilizers, and community volunteers who carried polio…

Heart failure patients are being sought by Walsall researchers to take part in a trial to test a new device aimed at preventing deterioration and helping them avoid hospital admission.

The ME-HF trial, working alongside Heartfelt…

After a hard day at work, the last thing you want to do is fritter away your precious downtime slumped on the sofa in a dazed doomscroll. Yet, in the absence of a better plan, it happens with depressing ease. How we spend the hours between…

The patient: A man in his 20s in China

The symptoms: A man went to the dermatology department of a hospital after experiencing an array of symptoms for about three years. When he submerged his hands in water, such as during hand-washing, the…

Waterloo region is seeing…

Hidden Guests: Migrating Cells and How the New Science of Microchimerism is Redefining Human Identity Lise Barnéoud, transl. Bronwyn Haslam Greystone Books (2025)

The chimaera of Greek mythology was “an evil creature with a lion’s head, a…

Flu cases have begun to steady but hospital cases still surpassed 3,000 in the week before Christmas, a slight fall on the week before, according to new figures published today.

Thanks in part to NHS staff ramping up…

As Christmas fades into memory, many of us turn our attention to the new year and the promise of a fresh start. For millions of people, that means joining a gym in the hope of exercising more and improving their health.

In the UK alone,…