Health authorities have confirmed an outbreak of dengue fever in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, three years after the last outbreak claimed at least seven lives, mostly children. The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and the Environment reported on Friday that its Epidemiology Unit has recorded 119… S..
Medical researchers have learned more about the way the brain’s cells respond to a stroke in a breakthrough for progressing new treatment options. Stroke can cause irreversible damage to the brain, making it a leading cause of disability in Australia and the third most common cause of death. The… S..
Fundraiser Dale Collins and Kate McCormack Action Cancer Treks and Activities Executive are encouraging members of the public to take on the 7 Peaks Challenge in September. Participants in the 7 Peaks Challenge will conquer seven of the highest peaks in the Mourne Mountains on Saturday 14th… S..
Amy Wareham, 47, experienced no symptoms except occasional headaches until she had a sudden seizure on a trip to New York, US, in May 2023. She was blue-lighted to New York Presbyterian Hospital and was given a CT scan and MRI which showed she had two lesions on her brain. Further… S..
DGIST (President Lee Kunwoo) Department of Brain Sciences Professor Lee Kwang and his team have discovered a new correlation between neural signaling in the brain and dopamine signaling in the striatum. The human brain requires fast neural signal processing in a short period of… S..
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Addressing 14 modifiable risk factors, starting in childhood and continuing throughout life, could prevent or delay nearly half of dementia cases, according to a new… S..
Doctor Joe Whittington has issued an urgent warning to his followers to look out for a specific rash on the tip of their nose which could be a sign of a virus that can cause blindness S..
Rauri Morgan had a piece of steak stuck in his throat and it was only due to a Glaswegian musical comedy act’s song, ‘Seagulls of Aberdeen’, that got it dislodged. S..
By Meike Leonard Published: 20:57 EDT, 3 August 2024 | Updated: 20:57 EDT, 3 August 2024 An NHS trial will attempt to find the most effective treatment for debilitating drug-resistant bladder… S..
More than a quarter of a million people in England could be living with a serious liver infection, health chiefs have warned. Hepatitis B, dubbed the ‘silent disease’ or hep B, was previously thought to only affect around 206,000 adults nationwide. But officials at the UK Health Security… S..