Covid booster vaccine: Four ‘severe’ reactions to watch out for – side effects
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Read MoreHow Safe Is a Drug Holiday From Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis?
Researchers found a small but greater risk of a hip fracture after 2 years of taking a “drug holiday” — stopping therapy — after long-term (≥ 3-year) use of one bisphosphonate, risedronate, versus another, alendronate. The risk of a…
Read MoreAustralia COVID-19 infections hit record amid runaway Omicron outbreak
FILE PHOTO: Medical workers administer tests at the Bondi Beach drive-through coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre in the wake of an outbreak in Sydney, Australia, December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Loren ElliottSYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Thursday reported its biggest pandemic caseload…
Read MoreStudy: Stronger evidence linking virus to multiple sclerosis
There’s more evidence that one of the world’s most common viruses may set some people on the path to developing multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a potentially disabling disease that occurs when immune system cells mistakenly attack the protective coating…
Read MoreSally Dynevor health: Dancing on Ice star on ‘really hard’ battle with cancer
Dancing on Ice: Sally Dynevor announced as first contestant 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…
Read More‘The death of science’ Professor silenced for suggesting Covid could have escaped from lab
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Read MoreSupreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate for Businesses
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for large businesses but said a similar one may continue while challenges to…
Read MoreOmicron ‘may have peaked’ but we need to be careful, NHS head says
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Read MoreNew screening tool developed to automatically identify older appearing brains typical of dementia
Researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences have developed a new machine learning tool that analyses brain MRIs and predicts the age of a brain compared to the rest of the population. Essentially a screening tool, it…
Read MorePredicting Alzheimer’s risk: How useful are cognitive tests?
Previously, experts considered modest decreases in clinical cognitive testing scores to be predictors of future risk of progression to Alzheimer’s disease. Lower education, lower income, and social isolation contribute to lower cognitive testing performance — called “cognitive frailty.” In a…
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