Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Bless You: Hay fever and asthma affect more people, and earlier

The unpopular guests are already here. Hazel, alder and elm tree pollen sweep in over us during the early spring months, with birch pollen following in May. Then grass follows in June-July before mugwort pollen closes the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers find very high rates of COVID-19 in the Brazilian Amazon

By testing approximately 1,000 blood donation samples each month in in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo and Manaus, an international team of researchers have shown that, while both cities have experienced large epidemics ...

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Researchers have developed an app against needle fear

People in the Netherlands will soon have the opportunity to receive vaccination against COVID-19. However, an estimated 35% of all people suffer from needle fear. Elisabeth Huis in 't Veld of the Tilburg School of Humanities ...

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Langerhans cells are up to the job, they just need a chance

Blood stem cell transplants are an important part of treatment for a variety of serious conditions. However, adverse reactions of the host to donor cells present a significant risk. Now, researchers from the University of ...

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