Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Girls with obesity are more likely than children with a healthy weight to experience pain in their bones, joints, muscles, ligaments or tendons, according to research…
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New method for early detection of relapse in the blood cancer disease myelodysplastic syndrome
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), Magnus Tobiasson and Eva Hellström-Lindberg have, together with the Nordic MDS group, developed a method that makes it…
COVID lowered life expectancy by 1.6 years worldwide: Study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain COVID-19 caused the average life expectancy of people worldwide to fall by 1.6 years during the first two years of the pandemic, a more dramatic decline…
Vaccine monitoring is crucial as SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to evolve, says study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH have highlighted the importance of continued…
New research shows sexual minority adults more willing to use digital health tools for public health
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Little is known about the willingness of sexual minority adultsâpeople who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or other nonheterosexual orientation identitiesâto use digital health tools. A…
France’s Macron announces bill for assisted dying
Credit: CC0 Public Domain French President Emmanuel Macron will present a bill on assisted dying to go before parliament in May, he said in an interview published by French media…
For people who speak many languages, there’s something special about their native tongue
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study of people who speak many languages has found that there is something special about how the brain processes their native language. In the…
Heart disease doesn’t have to keep you from donating blood
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As blood centers and hospitals face critically low levels of blood supplies, many people with heart disease may wonder if they can help by donating. For…
What patients need to know
Opill, the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill, will be available in major retailers. Credit: Perrigo The first over-the-counter (OTC) birth control pill, Opill, will be available at pharmacies, convenience stores,…
