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Why are severe courses of SARS-CoV-2 infection much less common in children and adolescents than in adults? Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now discovered that the immune system in the upper respiratory tract is…

Metabolites called nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and can impact cancer’s sensitivity or resistance to chemotherapy and radiation in brain cancer. Findings from researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center, published in Cancer Discovery, show…

Researchers say genetic testing can help identify people with a family history known as familial hypercholesteremia. They say that identifying the condition can help medical professionals prescribe treatments and interventions. Experts recommend that people with this family history have their…

The AgWearCare project resorts to wearables to collect and digitalize data, supporting agricultural tasks and preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The analysis of the data collected will allow the project's team to know which tasks (when repeated excessively) influence the health…

A lesser-known dietary pattern called the portfolio diet may lower the risk for heart disease and stroke, new research shows. The portfolio diet is designed to lower “bad” LDL cholesterol, a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It includes a…

Excess of calcium build-up could be the cause of chemo brain fog for millions of cancer patients, study finds Some 75,000 cancer patients report memory problems during treatment Researcher believe it could be due to an excess of calcium floating…

NHS details signs of a heart attack From high cholesterol to high blood pressure, the major drivers for heart attacks are underlined by poor dietary choices. However, research suggests that one risk factor that is more prevalent in the winter…

People experiencing a psychotic episode for the first time are less likely to receive early psychological interventions in England if they are from an ethnic minority background, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. Some groups were only half…

Medics with just two years of training are ‘bending the rules to write prescriptions’: Calls grow to regulate physician associates The Government wants to recruit 10,000 physician associates by 2038 Unregulated medics with just two years of training are risking patient…

An outbreak of diphtheria in northeastern Guinea has killed 58 people, many of them young children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement received Thursday. The highly contagious respiratory disease can be fatal in five-10 percent of cases,…