The Wuhan coronavirus has had a significant human toll. More than 100 people have died and nearly 3,000 are known to be infected, including some in Australia. The number actually infected will be higher. People experiencing only mild symptoms often…
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Estimates of preventable hospital deaths are too high, new study shows
Previous estimates of preventable deaths of hospitalized patients may be two to four times too high, a new Yale School of Medicine study suggests. The meta-analysis of eight studies of inpatient deaths, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine,…
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Wolverhampton hospital to 'conduct half of all appointments online'
The app will see you now: NHS Trust buys controversial ‘GP by Skype’ service to move half of all its appointments online Hospital has linked up with Babylon Health, firm behind GP At Hand app App will share info between…
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Revealed an alteration related to the loss of effectiveness of a treatment in lung cancer
The Cancer Genetics Group of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, led by Montse Sánchez-Céspedes, together with Luis Montuenga from CIMA, and Enriqueta Felip from Vall d’Hebron Hospital, has revealed that inactivation of RB1 through intragenic rearrangements is frequent in…
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Laughing gas 'can ease symptoms of depression in just two hours'
Laughing gas can ease symptoms of depression in just two hours by acting on a brain chemical with no side-effects, new research suggests Laughing gas can ease symptoms of depression in two hours, research suggests Ketamine and nitrous oxide act on…
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The man with a five-inch HORN sticking out of his back due to cancer
Man has a five-inch ‘dragon’ HORN removed from his back after it turned out to be skin cancer that he ignored for three years The giant cutaneous horn is a build-up of skin and hair protein, called keratin It was…
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How Neko the Cat Stole the Hearts of His Adopters
happytail_petey_121819_main.jpg For much of her life, Alicja K. has lived with and loved dogs, but living in a Manhattan high-rise apartment, she recently opted to adopt a cat for the first time in her life. Alicja, a doctor of physical…
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Persistence of gut microbial strains in twins, living apart after cohabitating for decades
Your fingerprints stay the same all your life. But what about the “fingerprint” of microbial strains that are shared in the guts of childhood twins? Using a genomics strain-tracking bioinformatics tool developed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, researchers…
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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: A box of light can beat winter blues
Suffer with Seasonal Affective Disorder? A box of light can beat the winter blues – AND boost your sex drive, DR MICHAEL MOSLEY reveals It is cold, dark and wet outside, but – call me a masochist – even when the…
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Queen Victoria Women’s Centre harnesses the power of art
A series of new programs run for women by the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre aims to engage a wider audience, encourage interaction and bring together women from across the state. Jo Porter, CEO of the centre, comes from an arts…
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