Identifying previously placed spinal hardware can be difficult and time consuming when a patient needs revision surgery. Detailed information on the implant model and type are often lacking when patients are referred elsewhere or may be missing in the surgical…

Tens of thousands of stroke patients across the country are benefitting from quicker treatment and improved outcomes thanks to government investment in cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose and determine the best treatment for patients who suffer a stroke. Early-stage…

Why the Strep A crisis could be the last straw for cash-strapped local chemists: Supplies of antibiotics dried up and wholesalers’ prices shot up from £1.60 for a pack to £19 Earlier this month, Dervis Gurol was the only pharmacist…

Nano-sized membrane bubbles known as extracellular vesicles activate the immune system in mice and seem to render their tumours sensitive to a type of immunotherapy drug called a checkpoint inhibitor. This is according to a new study published in Cancer…

Does your to-do list make you feel rubbish? A not-to-do list might be the answer. Could a ‘not-to-do’ list be a better option? Jill Bausch, a leadership coach and former CEO of Futures Group Europe, reckons so.  “People are so…

Could the COVID-19 surge in China unleash a new coronavirus mutant on the world? Scientists don’t know but worry that might happen. It could be similar to omicron variants circulating there now. It could be a combination of strains. Or…

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai authorities urged residents to stay at home this weekend, seeking a toned-down Christmas in the nation’s most populous city as COVID-19 rages nationwide after tough curbs were lifted.FILE PHOTO: People are seen at Beijing’s tech hub Zhongguancun,…

(Reuters) – China’s narrow criteria for identifying deaths caused by COVID-19 will underestimate the true toll of the pandemic’s current wave there and could make it harder to communicate the best ways for people to protect themselves, foreign health experts…

The relevance of oral anticoagulants (OACs) for older adults with atrial fibrillation (AF) does not need to be reiterated. It has been posited that the availability of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) would substantially increase the prevention of thromboembolic events in…