At a Glance Researchers found that aura altered brain fluid in mice, which flowed directly into part of the peripheral nervous system that detects migraine pain. This previously unknown pathway of communication could potentially be targeted to develop new treatments for migraines with… S..
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Multiple residents at Charlottesville’s only overnight homeless shelter have been quarantined in hotel rooms after a COVID outbreak. “This last week, we had four clients test positive for COVID, and we recently had one employee in our social services that… S..
DÉCRYPTAGE – 45 % des cas de démence seraient évitables grâce à des mesures de prévention, estime un groupe de travail international qui a recensé 14 paramètres ayant une influence mesurable sur l’apparition de la maladie. Près de la moitié… S..
Photo: 123rf Experts are calling for the flu vaccine for under 12-year-olds to be fully funded – again. Some GPs told Checkpoint they have seen a high number of children hospitalised with influenza this winter and data shows the number of people hospitalised with severe respiratory… S..
Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) As wildfires become more frequent and intense, understanding their health risks is more important than ever. That’s why this month, I am excited to share excerpts of my recent… S..
BBC Jane suffered with pre-eclampsia while pregnant A potentially life-threatening condition affecting pregnant women and their unborn babies could be detected earlier as part of a new screening programme. Researchers from the clinical trials unit at the University of Nottingham are part of a study… S..
Kenya and the Central African Republic have declared new outbreaks of mpox as Africa’s health officials race to contain the spread of the disease in a region lacking vaccines. Nairobi announced the outbreak on Wednesday, after a case was detected in a passenger traveling from Uganda to Rwanda… S..
A recent Journal of the American Heart Association study investigates whether wearable devices impact patients’ health and psychological well-being with atrial fibrillation (AF). Study: Wearable Devices, Health Care Use, and Psychological Well-Being in Patients With Atrial… S..
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new small study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers and published July 25th in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research has revealed the impact of… S..
In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers used nasopharyngeal swabs and single-cell ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing (scRNAseq) to characterize the populations of immune cells in upper respiratory tracts to understand the implications of the immune memory in… S..