Sleep loss makes people less likely to help others, study finds
Inadequate sleep is a common problem and is linked to an increased risk of physical and mental health problems. A new study shows that sleep deprivation and poor sleep quality are associated with a decreased desire to help others. The…
Read MoreBarry White: Velvet-voiced singer was plagued with health issues before death
Barry White sings live at Flanders Expo in Belgium in 1990 We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based…
Read MorePrior diagnoses influence dermatopathologists’ interpretations
When interpreting melanocytic skin biopsy specimens, knowledge of a prior diagnosis sways dermatopathologists to make more and less severe diagnoses and can also sway them from a correct to an incorrect diagnosis, according to a study published online Aug. 10…
Read MoreAvaility to acquire Diameter Health
Availity on Tuesday announced its plan to acquire Diameter Health, which develops technology for clinical data quality and interoperability. WHY IT MATTERS Availity, the nationwide health information network, plans to integrate Diameter Health’s Upcycling Data technology into its own clinical…
Read MoreCoronavirus: Worlds first study casts doubt over NHS guidance about Covid infectiousness
Coronavirus booster vaccines to be offered to over 50s in Autumn We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based…
Read MoreDisrupted nights during menopause cost women FIVE WEEKS' sleep a year
Disrupted nights during menopause cost women FIVE WEEKS’ sleep every year, survey shows A poll of 2,000 women found women lose five and a half weeks of sleep a year Menopause caused a variety of issues including night sweats and…
Read MorePolio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine
For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds—typically, poor, politically unstable corners of the world. Now, in a surprising…
Read MoreWhat we know of the symptoms and spread of monkeypox
With monkeypox surging across the world, experts are gathering more evidence on how people catch it and its typical symptoms. Several months into the epidemic, it is clear the wave of infections is linked above all to sexual intercourse between…
Read MoreDiagnostic accuracy of MRE indices studied for active crohn disease
Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) indices have high diagnostic sensitivity, but low specificity, for active terminal ileal (TI) Crohn disease (CD), according to a study recently published in the Journal of Crohn’s & Colitis. Shankar Kumar, M.B.B.S., from University College London,…
Read MoreCOVID Sewage Surveillance Labs Join the Hunt for Monkeypox
The same wastewater surveillance techniques that have emerged as a critical tool in early detection of covid-19 outbreaks are being adapted for use in monitoring the startling spread of monkeypox across the San Francisco Bay Area and some other U.S….
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