Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week
This week marks Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week, a week dedicated to increasing the profile of a frequently misunderstood disease that…
Infection/Disease
New app to forecast life expectancy
Researchers from the University of East Anglia have developed a new app that shows the effect of various medical and…
Steroid found to improve survival of critically ill COVID-19 patients
A new international study published today has shown that treating critically ill patients with COVID-19 with the steroid hydrocortisone improves…
Venom from honeybees kills breast cancer cells
Venom from honeybees found to kill aggressive breast cancer cells – in new Australian research from the Harry Perkins Institute…
Winning against dengue in Indonesia
World Mosquito Program’s Wolbachia method dramatically reduces dengue incidence in randomised controlled trial in Indonesia The World Mosquito Program (WMP)…
Chronic hepatitis B: vaccine against grass pollen allergy potential treatment
Chronic hepatitis B infections represent a global health problem that could hitherto only be treated by chemotherapy. A team of…
New technique rapidly detects food poisoning
'It must have been something I ate': scientists develop new technique which could rapidly pinpoint sources of food poisoning Scientists…
Covid-19 ventilator in Rwanda
A ventilator developed by space scientists at the University of Aberdeen is to be used in the fight against Covid-19…
Mosquito Stowaways
Tracking The Movement Of Mosquito Stowaways: Dengue mosquitoes and tiger mosquitoes pose a range of challenges to global health, but…
What is Psoriasis?
https://youtu.be/G1f3rlO4E40 August is Psoriasis awareness month. What is psoriasis? Psoriasis is a non-contagious, chronic autoimmune disease that causes skin inflammation,…