People with Long COVID use the health service significantly more than they did before their diagnosis. These patients need to use GP, outpatient, inpatient and emergency department services more than people in other control groups -…
Category: 6. Health
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Aston University Team Wins Funding From US National Peanut Board To Develop Online Food Allergy Support Too
A team led by Aston University’s Professor Rebecca Knibb in the School of Psychology has been awarded a grant by the US National Peanut Board (NPB) to develop an online food allergy support tool.
Food Allergy Coping Empowerment…
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Walking speed before hip replacement predicts long-term recovery success
Total hip arthroplasty (hip replacement) is a common treatment for hip osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease caused by cartilage in the hip joint wearing down. However, clinical outcomes vary between patients, and the best…
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Killer T cell traits explain why some people achieve long-term HIV remission after treatment
Researchers led by a team from Mass General Brigham and the Ragon Institute have discovered why some people living with HIV who are given a treatment called broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies (bNAbs) can safely stop taking…
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Cardiologist explains how ‘early blood pressure changes can predict heart attack 10 years before symptoms’
Are heart attacks sudden? Millions of people die from heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) each year, making CVDs the leading cause of death globally. Therefore, it is important to know the early signs before heart conditions…
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Epstein family support accelerates USC’s mission to end Alzheimer’s
The USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute will be renamed the USC Epstein Family Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute in honor of Life Trustee Daniel J. Epstein ’62, his wife Phyllis and their family, who have been…
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New Flu Variant Subclade K Spreading in Japan
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Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–A new flu virus variant called subclade…
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UTEP scientists find promising new target in the fight against high-grade serous carcinoma
Scientists at The University of Texas at El Paso have found a promising new target in the fight against high-grade serous carcinoma, an aggressive form of ovarian cancer. Less than 50 percent of women survive five years after…
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New Flu Variant Subclade K Spreading in Japan
Newsfrom Japan
Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–A new flu virus variant called subclade K is spreading in Japan, a…
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Indonesian women with HIV face persistent, layered discrimination
December 2, 2025
JAKARTA – Life dramatically changed for Nining Ivana when she tested positive for HIV during a medical checkup for a job 21 years ago. She was 20 when she lost her job and had to face an illness she barely understood.
Her…
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