The nanomaterial graphene oxide — which is used in everything from electronics to sensors for biomolecules — can indirectly affect the immune system via the gut microbiome, as shown in a new study on zebrafish by researchers at Karolinska Institutet…

Two doctors at the Max Super Specialty Hospital in India has documented the filarial dance of scrotal worms on video. In the video, the undulations of live worms residing in a male patient’s scrotum can be seen. The case study…

Atrial and ventricular fibrillations are dangerous heart arrhythmias that claim millions of lives each year. Current treatment for them is a high-energy defibrillation shock that can be intensely painful and lead to further heart damage. New work applying principles from…

Tory slams ‘lastminute.com’ Government for FINALLY responding to her 2020 report exposing dangers of ‘barbaric’ drugs and ops like sodium valproate and vaginal mesh Report set out recommendations to crack down on unsafe drugs and devices  Looked into the victims…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to adagrasib (Krazati) for use in adults with KRAS G12C-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that has progressed on at least one prior systemic therapy….

Whatever fitness tribe you belong to, chances are that you’re still tied to the whole ‘10,000 steps a day’ goal. But is that actually something we should still be striving for? Back in lockdown, my former housemate Megan used to drag…

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated the bivalent [encoding spike (S) proteins of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) D614 strain and the Beta variant of concern (VOC)] vaccine efficacy (VE) against the…

Olivia Francis dreamt of dancing in the famous Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker, but just a year after she started dance lessons, she was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition. The nine-year-old from Oklahoma, USA, was diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia –…

Controlling the first large North American mpox outbreak required early, sustained, and culturally sensitive engagement with affected communities, along with a timely shift toward preexposure prevention (PrEP) for those at risk, according to a report published today in Annals of…

‘Mummy, there’s a ghost in my tummy’: The childish words that told little Dylan-James’s mother his cancer was back. Now she makes an impassioned plea for readers to back our campaign to save children like him The day her three-year-old…