Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What your feet can tell you about your health
From skin to hair, scabs and even tears, the external appearance of the body can offer clues about the state of your health.
Apr 30, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Expert explains pink eye
Pink eye is an inflammation of the lining of the eyelid and eyeball. The medical term for pink eye is conjunctivitis. The most noticeable symptom will be a pink or red irritated eye or eyes. Other symptoms can include:
May 8, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Birth by C-section more than doubles odds of measles vaccine failure, study finds
A study by the University of Cambridge, UK, and Fudan University, China, has found that a single dose of the measles jab is up to 2.6 times more likely to be completely ineffective in children born by C-section, compared ...
May 13, 2024
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Health
Planters peanut products under recall due to listeria risk
Planters peanut products sold at Publix and Dollar Tree in five states are being recalled due to the risk of Listeria contamination, maker Hormel announced.
May 7, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Effective malaria prevention in pregnant women despite drug resistance
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) retains parasitological activity and remains effective for preventing P. falciparum infection in pregnant women and low birth weight in babies, even in areas with a high prevalence of mutations ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study identifies mechanism of immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 and variants
A new study has revealed important insights into how SARS-CoV-2 and its variants escape the immune system. The findings pave the way for new therapeutic approaches against COVID-19.
May 15, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Did a worm really eat part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s brain?
Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr's health is in the spotlight again—this time relating to a neurological issue.
May 13, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
What to know about cervical cancer
Part of the reproductive system, the cervix connects the vagina to the uterus, also known as the womb. By collecting cervical cells (called the Pap smear after the scientist who pioneered the screening test in the mid-1900s), ...
May 6, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers introduce ten-minute breath test to monitor antibiotic concentrations
Exhaled breath may be very promising alternative to blood for the therapeutic monitoring of antibiotics, the ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID) in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April) will hear.
Apr 29, 2024
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Health
Female genital mutilation is on the rise in Africa: Disturbing new trends are driving up the numbers
Thirteen-year-old Salamatu Jalloh had her whole future to look forward to. But in January 2023, her lifeless body was found wrapped in a pink and blue shroud on an earthen floor in a village in north-west Sierra Leone.
May 13, 2024
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