Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Is Italy peaking yet? Experts urge patience

The world is watching Italy to see when the number of deaths from COVID-19 and infections peak—and whether its coronavirus lockdown works.

Medical research

Social networking shortcut to finding medical experts

It can be difficult for someone outside of a specialist field to identify subject experts and the ever increasing amount of available data can be bewildering. New research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal, ...

Health

Smartphone addicts starting to feel the pain

Users of smartphones and tablet computers are starting to get high-tech blues, as increasing numbers of the tech savvy are coming down with ailments from "text neck" to "text thumb injury".