Category: 6. Health

Flu cases rose 55% in one week in England this month, as the NHS braces for a “worst-case scenario” in the next fortnight as hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services come under intense strain.

It comes as the British Medical Association…

A NEW study has identified a specific immune cell profile that strongly predicts mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive and often fatal lung disease. Researchers used single-cell RNA sequencing…

The regular consumption of eight energy drinks a day may have contributed to a mild stroke in a middle-aged man in the UK.

Eight years after the health event, he still suffers from chronic numbness on the left side of his body.

“I obviously…

King’s College London Faculty of Dentistry receives record grants to transform oral, Craniofacial Research

LONDON: The Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Science at King’s College London has announced the success of multiple…

Imagine you got a rough night of sleep. Perhaps you went to bed too late, needed to wake up early or still felt tired when you woke up from what should have been a full night’s sleep.

For the rest of the day, you feel groggy and…

HIV drug resistance is common across sub-Saharan Africa, with new population-level data showing that more than one in three people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) carried at least one resistance-associated mutation between 2015 and 2019,…

Hodgkin lymphoma is a malignancy of the lymphatic system. It accounts for about 10 per cent of all lymphoma cases and is especially common among young adults. The disease typically presents with swollen lymph nodes and may also include…

Graphnet Health has been selected by Jersey’s Family Nursing and Home Care (FNHC) to provide the island’s first large-scale remote monitoring service.

The number of islanders in Jersey aged 65 and over is set to increase by 30% by…