Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised. Peopleimages/iStock/Getty Every year, researchers try to predict the four influenza strains that are most…

Microplastics have been found in human testicles, with researchers saying the discovery might be linked to declining sperm counts in men. The scientists tested 23 human testes, as well as 47 testes from pet dogs. They found microplastic pollution in every sample. The human testicles had been…

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force. The intense…

The restorative effect of a good night’s rest is widely recognised and the popular scientific explanation has been that the brain washes out toxins during sleep. However, new findings suggest this theory, which has become a dominant view in neuroscience, could be wrong. The study found that the…

Subscribe to Freethink on Substack for free Get our favorite new stories right to your inbox every week Subscribe now Adding Moderna’s in-development cancer vaccine to a standard treatment for melanoma dramatically reduces cancer survivors’ risk of death or recurrence, according to newly shared…

The U.S. Surgeon General identified an epidemic of loneliness in an advisory last year. Connections across generations can help both parties. kn1/iStockphoto/Getty Images When Andrea Levitt, 82, first met Angelo Williams, 16, at a cookies-and-tea event in New York City a few months ago, she was…

Swiss police say they have opened a criminal investigation and arrested several people after the suspected death of a woman in a so-called suicide capsule. According to local reports, the capsule, named the Sarco Pod by its inventor, was used for the first time on Monday afternoon in a forest close…

Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have developed a nanovaccine candidate that could offer universal protection against all major Covid-19 variants – as well as protect against future coronavirus mutants with pandemic potential. The institute – which has engaged in bat…

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Dizzy spells can be a symptom of myocarditis (Image: Getty) Campaigners have welcomed the first National Awareness Day for a potentially deadly condition that has been linked to both Covid-19. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle. Most people are oblivious to the fact that symptoms…

Weight-loss drugs are poised to revolutionise healthcare by slowing down the ageing process and by allowing people to live for longer and in better health. That is the dramatic message from leading scientists after studies were presented last week at the European Society of Cardiology Conference in…

A New Hampshire resident infected with the rare but potentially lethal mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, state health authorities said. The Hampstead resident’s infection with the disease also known as EEE was the first in the state in a decade, the New Hampshire health and…

In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont. She went not to ski, hike, or leaf-peep, but to arrange to die. This story also ran on CBS News. It can be…

Most people associate symptoms such as shaking or trembling movements with neuromuscular diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease—but now, some Long COVID patients have reported experiencing internal tre

State health officials have identified more cases of measles tied to an outbreak in the Upper Valley, and say more people could have been exposed at additional locations in early July. Five total cases have been linked to the outbreak, including two New Hampshire residents and three people from out…

People who have been prescribed a weight-loss injection could be at a higher risk of developing an eye condition which can lead to blindness, a study has found. The study found that people with diabetes who were prescribed semaglutide, most commonly known under the brand names Wegovy and Ozempic,…

Doctors in Canada are concerned they could be dealing with a previously unknown brain disease amid a string of cases involving memory loss, hallucinations and muscle atrophy. Politicians in the province of New Brunswick have demanded answers, but with so few cases, experts say there are far more…

A leading federal scientist in Canada has alleged he was barred from investigating a mystery brain illness in the province of New Brunswick and said he fears more than 200 people affected by the condition are experiencing unexplained neurological decline. The allegations, made in leaked emails to a…

A weight loss injection could reduce the risk of heart attacks and benefit the cardiovascular health of millions of adults across the UK, in what could be the largest medical breakthrough since statins, according to a study. It found that participants taking the medication semaglutide, the active…

Review The mechanism and various factors that link the interaction between the gut and the brain has been studied widely since the last decade, of which the most prominent mechanisms described below can be majorly attributed to the impact []. The gut-brain axis comprises the brain, endocrine system,…

A smartphone app could help detect a leading cause of early-onset dementia in people who are at high risk of developing it, data suggests. Scientists have demonstrated that cognitive tests done via a smartphone app are at least as sensitive at detecting early signs of frontotemporal dementia in…

Consuming more than two liters of diet soda or other artificially sweetened drinks a week could increase the risk of a dangerous irregular heartbeat by 20% compared with people who drink none, according to a new study by researchers in China. The study, from Shanghai, found that people who drink…

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Children receive a drip at a children hospital in [+][-] Beijing on November 23, 2023. The World Health Organization has asked on November 23, 2023, China for more data on a respiratory illness spread

Here are some of my current best bets for speeding up COVID recovery and reducing the chances of Long Covid. I’m focusing on accessible pharmacological treatments with a good balance of safety, tolera

Public Health Here's what we know. Oct 31, 2023 Photo by sebastiaan stam on Unsplash October 31 2023 11:15 AM 4 min read Share Email In the fight against Covid (SARS-2), nose sprays haven't gotten muc

The World Health Organization and Chinese health officials convened via a conference call on Thursday as the global health agency sought information about reports of increases in respiratory illnesses

In March 2020, Tagide deCarvalho saw something truly strange — something she thinks no other scientist has ever seen before: a virus with another, smaller virus latched onto its “neck.” The backstory

Leaders | Lead poisoning Developing countries—especially India—should learn from Bangladesh image: Getty Images Nov 2nd 2023 Turmeric, a flowering plant of the ginger family, has long been prized in A

While its movements are slow and gentle, Tai Chi is actually a martial art. Now, a new study shows that it can not only help people learn movements grounded in self defense, but it can also help them

Many of us overtalk, for instance, when we’re socially anxious or deeply interested in a topic. At other times, we’re baffled by people who repeatedly monopolize conversations. Rarely, though, do we r

Q: I’ve noticed my hands are shaking more lately. Should I be worried? A: If hand tremors don’t interfere with your daily life, they may not be anything to worry about. We all have a very low-amplitud

John Buse, MD, PhD, co-authored a study showing that the common diabetes drug metformin substantially decreased the risk of developing long COVID after infection from SARS-CoV-2. The clinical trial wa

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J Infect. 2021 Aug; 83(2): 237–279. Published online 2021 May 13. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.05.009 PMCID: PMC8117664 PMID: 33992687 Clinical efficacy of nitric oxide nasal spray (NONS) for the treatmen

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MANCHESTER, N.H. — New Hampshire health officials are warning Granite Staters about the dangers posed by mosquitoes and ticks after two adults and a child were diagnosed with rare diseases. The season

Jessica Jensen always thought of herself as a healthy enough person. The Silicon Valley executive ate well and worked out once a week — all while juggling a job managing 500 people and her daughter, a

We've erased death, and now it's killing us. There's thousands of articles out there on morning routines. They'll tell you when to wake up and what yoga poses to do. How many articles out there talk a

Lion Design Recently, a burger joint called In-n-Out banned masks for all of their employees. You can only wear one with a doctor’s note now, and you can’t even wear your own. You have to wear one the