Age is the primary risk factor for many infectious diseases including COVID-19. A team of researchers led by CiRA Prof. Yoko Hamazaki shows in a new study that changes in the quantity and quality of killer T cells with age is consistent with older populations showing more severe COVID-19 symptoms. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyday life for a year and a half. Two recent studies examined changes in the health behaviors and depressive symptoms of middle-aged Finns as well as the role of personality in these changes. In the first study, middle-aged women’s health behaviors and depressive symptoms were […]
Getting an early diagnosis for multiple sclerosis (MS) is important in ensuring better long-term outcomes and quality of life. The challenge, however, is that getting an early diagnosis for MS is challenging and diagnoses are currently made in advanced disease stages. Multiple Sclerosis. Image Credit: Lightspring/Shutterstock.com Current Diagnosis of MS […]
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NHS Choices: Liver Disease When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.You can unsubscribe at any time. Fatty liver […]
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Loose Women: Dr Hilary discusses how to live longer When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.You can unsubscribe […]
Nearly half of people who experienced possible cancer symptoms in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic did not contact their GP, the initial findings of a UK-wide survey have suggested. The research was carried out by Cardiff University and Cancer Research UK, with preliminary findings focusing on the experiences […]
Sky News host grills Michelle Donelan on coronavirus variants Genetic changes in viruses are nothing new but SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – has devastated the world and its mutations threaten to outsmart the vaccines deployed to stop it. A new analysis on data gathered from the ZOE […]
UK seeing ‘decline in coronavirus infections’ says expert Due to COVID-19 being a relatively new virus, which researchers are continuing to investigate, many questions and theories are still being presented. Questions such as how exactly the virus spreads, why some people become far sicker than others and why some show […]