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,…
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…
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,…
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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Andy Alcroft/BBCFor Emily Hough, nature was too often simply something “out there”, a world apart from her, a view…
Androgenetic alopecia, also known as male pattern baldness or female pattern hair loss, is one of the most widespread causes of hair thinning in both men and women. While topical minoxidil is an approved therapy, its limited ability to dissolve…
Wang Y, Liu Z, Chen T. Vaginal microbiota: potential targets for vulvovaginal candidiasis infection. Heliyon. 2024;10(5):e27239–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27239.
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Berlin, Germany, October 9, 2025 — As delegates from around the world and across the private sector and civil society gather for the 2025 World Health Summit, the Reaching Every Child in Humanitarian settings (REACH) consortium has…
Relevant articles in the international literature, retrieved from PubMed from 1977 to the present, were identified using the keywords gastrointestinal hemorrhage, upper GI bleeding, massive hemorrhage, massive transfusion, newborn, hematemesis,…