As the Christmas season looms, with its crowded end-of-year parties, family gatherings and busy travel schedules, many New Zealanders might be asking a now familiar question: should I get another COVID-19 booster?
Supporters of Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) say the movement is improving the U.S….
A large, case-control study from Sweden finds that people with long COVID have higher rates of depression, anxiety, fatigue, and headache both before and after diagnosis. The findings, published last week in BMC Medicine, draw on medical records…
Beta-thalassaemia affects tens of thousands of newborns each year and arises from mutations in the HBB gene that reduce or eliminate β-globin synthesis. The resulting imbalance with α-globin chains disrupts red-cell maturation and drives…
A study of U.S. veterans in California found seniors with diabetes or heart disease have an increased risk of death during hot weather. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News
Heatwaves are increasing with climate change, and that could mean more…
NPR The CDC recently rewrote its vaccine guidance to suggest shots might cause autism, renewing false claims about vaccines and causing anxiety among parents. Physicians often deal with…
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — Russian scientists have developed nanoparticles to protect anticancer drugs from being destroyed in the gastrointestinal tract, potentially enabling an effective oral treatment in tablet form for aggressive…
Can tattoos protect your skin from the sun’s harmful rays, or do they make things worse? A new study I conducted with colleagues suggests there may be cause for concern. We found that people with tattoos had a 29% higher risk of developing…
For some patients with the most common type of lung cancer, known as lung adenocarcinoma, there’s new hope. In a new study published in Cell Reports, Mayo Clinic researchers have found several previously unknown genetic and cellular processes…