Category: 6. Health

Twelve former US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioners yesterday published a commentary calling out Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, for…

Diabetes can be literally heart-stopping, a new study asserts.

People with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes have a dramatically higher risk of sudden cardiac death, which occurs when the heart stops beating, researchers reported Thursday in the…

A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the association between corticosteroid therapy, mortality, and infectious complications in adults with severe non-COVID-19 pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The…

A pneumococcal enzyme, zmpB, is a key factor in some pneumonia patients develop serious heart complications.

RT’s Three Key Takeaways:

1. Bacterial Driver of Cardiac Complications – Researchers identified a pneumococcal…

Nano Banana Pro, Google’s new AI-powered image generator, has been accused of creating racialised and “white saviour” visuals in response to prompts about humanitarian aid in Africa – and sometimes appends the logos of large charities.

Researchers think they may have found a way to reverse “lazy eye,” even in adults who’ve typically had the condition since childhood.

The technique has so far been tested only in animals, though, so it needs further study before it can be used in…