Hypertension diet: Eating just a teaspoon of this can slash risk of high blood pressure
High blood pressure: Doctor explains benefits of hibiscus tea 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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I'm Theo, and when I was 10 I had cancer
My name is Theo, I live in Hertfordshire with my family. I was diagnosed with cancer when I was 10. This is my story. In November 2019, my mum took me to visit the doctor a few times because I…
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U.S. administers 388.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
FILE PHOTO: Esperanza Guevara, 31, receives a Johnson & Johnson coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson(Reuters) – The United States has administered 388,567,109 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of…
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WHO recommends antibody treatment for COVID patients at high risk of hospital admission
A treatment combining two antibodies (casirivimab and imdevimab) is recommended for two specific groups of patients with COVID-19 by a WHO Guideline Development Group (GDG) panel of international experts and patients in The BMJ today. The first are patients with…
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Salk professor selected as HHMI investigator
Salk Professor Kay Tye has been selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator, joining a prestigious group of more than 250 HHMI investigators across the United States who are tackling important scientific questions. Kay's research has broken new…
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California Moves on Climate Change, but Rejects Aggressive Cuts to Greenhouse Emissions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California trudges into another autumn marred by toxic wildfire smoke and drought-parched reservoirs, state lawmakers have cast climate change as a growing public health threat for the state’s 40 million residents. But they were willing to…
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Dementia diet warning: 5 foods to cut out to reduce risk
GMB: Jackie Stewart says his wife's dementia gets 'very serious' 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…
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Infections impact blood vessel repair within the meninges following TBI or other cerebrovascular injuries
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other injuries to blood vessels in the brain, like stroke, are a leading cause of long-term disability or death. Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes…
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Michael Schumacher’s family ‘miss him’ as F1 legend struggles with accident recovery
Michael Schumacher: Netflix tease documentary in trailer 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 understanding. You…
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Higher-rated dialysis facilities yield a 47% higher likelihood of transplant waitlisting for patients
Dialysis centers, the gatekeepers of kidney transplantation waitlisting, produce more data and inspire more policies today than ever before. However, existing Dialysis Facility Compare (DFC) quality metrics for these centers have not included longitudinal metrics, such as time to transplantation…
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