Mosquito bites: 4 signs you’ve been bitten and the best ‘natural anaesthetic’ for pain
Dr Zoe explains why mosquitoes are attracted to red 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 on our…
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How the consumer app API rule of the Cures Act will push interoperability
Photo: Jonathan Shannon The 21st Century Cures Act was signed in 2016 and covers various components of healthcare, including modernizing the FDA approval process. Another part of the law deals with interoperability. While HIPAA was designed to safeguard data, the…
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Neurons sync their beats like clocks on the wall
In the 17th century, the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens hung two of his recently invented pendulum clocks on a wooden beam and observed that as time passed, the clocks aligned their beats. He reported this finding, which he called an…
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How pathogenic gene variants lead to heart failure
Cardiomyopathy is not a uniform disease. Rather, individual genetic defects lead to heart failure in different ways, an international consortium reports in Science. The molecular and cellular mechanisms that lead to heart failure in people with cardiomyopathy are determined by…
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What are muscle knots? An exercise physiologist explains what those tight little lumps are and how to get rid of them
Imagine you’ve just completed a tough upper-body workout. Your muscles feel a bit tired, but all in all you’re able to go about the rest of your day just fine. The next morning, you wake up and realize the back…
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Early warning system can identify sepsis patients
An early warning system has the potential to identify sepsis patients early and improve patient outcomes, according to a study published online July 21 in Nature Medicine. Roy Adams, Ph.D., from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues conducted a…
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Early warning system can identify sepsis patients
An early warning system has the potential to identify sepsis patients early and improve patient outcomes, according to a study published online July 21 in Nature Medicine. Roy Adams, Ph.D., from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues conducted a…
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Speaking to the doctor about mental health condition gets easier over time, survey finds
Today NPS MedicineWise released survey results about young Australians with mental health issues. Almost half (47%) were uncomfortable speaking to their doctor about it when first diagnosed. This got easier over time. Around 4 in 10 (43%) had used a…
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Speaking to the doctor about mental health condition gets easier over time, survey finds
Today NPS MedicineWise released survey results about young Australians with mental health issues. Almost half (47%) were uncomfortable speaking to their doctor about it when first diagnosed. This got easier over time. Around 4 in 10 (43%) had used a…
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2171 People Infected With Monkeypox in France: Minister
PARIS (Reuters) – A total of 2,171 people have been infected with monkeypox in France, health minister Francois Braun said on Tuesday Braun told parliament France was one of the first countries to start offering free vaccination against the disease…
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