OMT in Asthma Shows Early Promise
OSTEOPATHIC manipulative treatment (OMT) may improve pulmonary function in asthma, though current evidence remains limited and methodologically inconsistent.
Asthma is a common obstructive airway disease…
Category: 6. Health
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How new Hong Kong menopause support group aims to help women through difficult life stage
Hong Kong women navigating menopause have often felt the need to “soldier on”, their hot flushes dismissed by others – and themselves – as stress, their mood swings blamed on “having teenagers” and their fatigue chalked up to ageing….
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Wine vs beer vs spirits: Which is the least bad for your health? – Euronews.com
- Wine vs beer vs spirits: Which is the least bad for your health? Euronews.com
- If You’re Going to Drink, Make It This Kind of Alcohol Nautilus | Science Connected
- Wine drinkers may live longer than beer and spirit drinkers, study finds The…
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‘Something I’ve never felt since Covid. It was scarier’: the shock and pain of Kent’s meningitis outbreak | Kent
Tyra Skinner had already been violently sick three times when doctors at Kent’s William Harvey hospital realised something was badly wrong. The 20-year-old was rushed into critical care, racked with a pounding headache, a stiff neck and…
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These “forever chemicals” could be weakening kids’ bones for life
New research published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society suggests that exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during early life could influence how children’s bones develop during adolescence.
PFAS are man-made chemicals…
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“It conjures horror images of wide-eyed insanity, foaming at the mouth and a prolonged excruciating death” All you need to know about rabies
We use the term ‘rabid’ as a byword for madness and extremely violent behaviour. The very word rabies – Latin for ‘rage’ – conjures horror images of wide-eyed insanity, victims foaming at the mouth and a prolonged excruciating death –…
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Men are losing a key chromosome with age and it may be deadly
As men grow older, some of their cells gradually lose the Y chromosome. For a long time, scientists assumed this change would have little impact. The Y chromosome contains relatively few genes beyond those involved in male development, so its…
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Men are losing a key chromosome with age and it may be deadly
As men grow older, some of their cells gradually lose the Y chromosome. For a long time, scientists assumed this change would have little impact. The Y chromosome contains relatively few genes beyond those involved in male development, so its…
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Five questions that still need answering about the meningitis outbreak – BBC
- Five questions that still need answering about the meningitis outbreak BBC
- UK meningitis outbreak cases rise to 27 Dawn
- Cases of invasive meningococcal disease notified in Kent GOV.UK
- Family of teen who died in meningitis outbreak call for wider…
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Predicting Pain-Fatigue-Sleep Disturbance Symptom Clusters in Patients With Lung Cancer
A team of researchers from China found that a predictive machine-learning model assisted healthcare professionals in identifying patients with lung cancer who are experiencing severe pain-fatigue-sleep disturbance (PFS) symptom clusters after…
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