MELBOURNE, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — Researchers in Australia say adding genomic sequencing to standard newborn blood screening would identify hundreds more treatable childhood conditions, enabling lifesaving early diagnoses.
A baby’s genome,…
Category: 6. Health
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Inflamed Skin, Burdened Heart: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Atop
Introduction
Cardiovascular diseases represent a major global health challenge due to their high incidence and substantial mortality. Likewise, skin diseases are highly prevalent worldwide. Despite their lower fatality rates, the lack of…
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Consumer AI adapted for drug safety, repurposing leads
Consumer AI adapted for drug safety, repurposing leads | Mobi Health News
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Smart textile band to monitor muscle health
Sarcopenia remains difficult to diagnose, although muscle weakness and associated falls are estimated to cost the UK alone £2.5 billion a year.
Scientists at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), Newcastle University and Axomics Medical are…
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Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in an IVF Patient with Anti-Synthetase Synd
Introduction
Anti-synthetase syndrome (ASS), a rare systemic autoimmune disorder and a subtype of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), is clinically characterized by myositis, interstitial lung disease (ILD), Raynaud’s phenomenon,…
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Providing mental health and psychosocial support to Uganda’s Ebola survivors | WHO
Kampala – Twenty-nine-year-old Aisha Nangobi is a midwife, a mother of two and a recent widow who has faced more adversity than most her age. Her husband, the first confirmed case in the recent Ebola virus disease outbreak in Uganda earlier in…
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New insights into malaria proteins offer pathway to blocking parasite transmission
Using millions of microscope images magnified up to 130,000 times, researchers from Radboud university medical center and Toronto have unraveled the structure of two key proteins in the malaria parasite. With this knowledge,…
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Study finds lower vaccine uptake in children from certain socioeconomic and migration backgrounds
In the Netherlands, the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) was established in 1957. This programme provides free and voluntary vaccinations against 13 serious infectious diseases and has drastically reduced child and young adult…
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‘How a prescription to grow a sunflower helped me fight anorexia’
Malcolm Prior and Jenny KumahRural affairs team
Andy Alcroft/BBCEmily Hough is now using her experiences to help shape nature prescribing schemes For Emily Hough, nature was too often simply something “out there”, a world apart from her, a view…
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