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Swiss seen approving COVID restrictions as infections rise
A pupil wearing a protective mask arrives at a primary school Etablissement Primaire de l’ecole vaudoise, in Morges, Switzerland, 11…
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Suspected Omicron cases mild: leading S.Africa doctor
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A South African doctor who raised the alarm over Omicron said Sunday dozens of her patients…
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Spine injury patients ‘abandoned’ by NHS mental health as a third of sufferers consider suicide
People left disabled by spinal-cord injuries are being ‘abandoned’ by NHS mental health services, despite being far more likely to…
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Woman admits shy bowel syndrome means she can’t use the loo with husband of 47 years in the house
Lynn Thompson has been married to her husband Jeff for 47 years. ‘Soulmates’ since they met in their early 20s…
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DR MIKE SMITH: Phone appointments aren’t saving GPs time as two thirds of patients still come in
It’s probably nothing, doctor, says the patient, a woman in her 70s. It’s a phrase I hear on an almost…
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HEALTH NOTES: Stay sharp… with housework
HEALTH NOTES: Stay sharp… with housework By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01, 27 November 2021 | Updated: 22:07, 27…
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Britain tightens COVID rules as world on alert over omicron
People line up to get on an overseas flight at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 26,…
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World races to contain new COVID variant
The new variant has sparked fears of a major setback to global efforts against the pandemic. Fears mounted Saturday that…
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What is known so far about new COVID variant Omicron
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain South African scientists have discovered a new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, with multiple mutations that is thought…
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South African scientists brace for wave propelled by omicron
People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South…
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World races to contain new COVID threat, the omicron variant
People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South…
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UAE says 100% of population received one COVID jab
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain One hundred percent of the United Arab Emirates’ population has received at least one dose of…
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Omicron variant poses ‘high to very high’ risk to Europe: EU health agency
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The new COVID variant, dubbed Omicron and originally detected in South Africa, poses a “high to…
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Dutch say 61 COVID positive on flights from S.Africa
3D print of a spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19–in front of a 3D print of a…
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Study finds stronger correlation between heat, humidity and suicide among women and youth
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For a number of years now empirical evidence has suggested that the effects of human-caused climate…
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Why it’s still a scientific mystery how some can live past 100 – and how to crack it
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A 35-year-old man only has a 1.5% chance of dying in the next ten years. But…
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Hepatitis B virus can trigger genetic changes in liver cells years before cancer diagnosis
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Universidade de Santiago de Compostela have identified how the…
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How moving dots are helping us learn more about dyslexia in children – new research
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Around one in ten children in the UK have dyslexia, a developmental condition which means that…
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Pharmacies could play a crucial role in supporting victims of domestic and sexual abuse
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Pharmacies could play a crucial role in identifying and referring victims of domestic and sexual violence…
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Human Brain Project: Researchers outline how brain research makes new demands on supercomputing
Types of Big Brain Data and a supercomputer in the background. Credit: Timo Dickscheid, Sascha Kreklau / Forschungszentrum Juelich In…
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Grains: An overlooked source of sustainable protein for health
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cereal foods already play a major role in the diet in most countries worldwide, as the…
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Higher physical activity is associated with a better metabolic health risk factor profile in menopausal women
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä in the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences…
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Researchers find that SARS-CoV-2 infects sustentacular cells in the olfactory epithelium of COVID-19 patients
A lone infected sustentacular cell is surrounded by non-infected cells in the olfactory mucosa of a COVID-19 patient who died…
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Researchers apply existing method to reveal undesired biological effects of chemicals
Credit: CC0 Public Domain How do pollutants and other chemicals that we are exposed to affect our health? Researchers from…
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Will flight restrictions help as new virus variant emerges?
People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South…
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German air force transfers patients as clinics fill up
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Germany on Friday used a military plane to transfer intensive care patients to less afflicted regions,…
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New COVID variant raises fears of next delta, or worse
SARS-CoV-2 (shown here in an electron microscopy image). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH It is, scientists…
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Spicy substance from pepper gets into breast milk after eating
Mass spectrometric analysis by a research team shows that piperine, which is responsible for the pungency of pepper, is detectable…
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Dutch PM announces new COVID restrictions from Sunday
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Netherlands will tighten its partial COVID lockdown with the early closure of bars, restaurants and…
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One in 65 people had Covid in England last week as cases started to rise again, official data shows
England’s Covid crisis started to pick up again last week, official data today showed after two weeks of declining cases.…
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COVID-19 : Measuring viral RNA to predict which patients will die
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (red), isolated from a patient sample.…
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Daily UK Covid cases breach 50,000 for first time in a month
Britain’s daily Covid cases breached 50,000 today for the first time in a month and deaths crept up — as…
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Eating breakfast before 7am could help you live longer because eating late disrupts ‘food clock’
Want a long life? Tuck into your breakfast before 7am – because eating it late disrupts the body’s ‘food clock’…
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Botswana Covid variant has twice as many mutations as Delta – what we know so far
The Botswana Covid variant, described by experts as the worst strain ever, has all the worrying mutations from previous versions…
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Merck’s antiviral COVID-19 pill can reduce risk of death from the virus by 30%, study finds
Merck’s antiviral COVID-19 pill can reduce risk of death from the virus by 30%, study finds A new antiviral COVID-19…
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From discovery to global panic in 48 hours: How super-mutant variant sparked worldwide travel ban
Omicron variant timeline Monday, 22 November: Variant found in Hong Kong, Botswana and South Africa Tuesday, 23 November: UK scientist…
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Covid super-mutant fears spread across Europe: Belgium has two confirmed cases
All European Union states have banned travel from southern Africa amid panic over a case of the Covid super-variant Omicron in…
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As holidays return to normal, here’s how to de-stress
A return to a more normal holiday season may also mean higher stress levels, so an expert offers some coping…
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‘A storm in a teacup’: South African medics try to calm fears over Covid variant threat to Christmas
South African medics moved to calm a wave of panic over a new ultra-infectious and vaccine resistant Covid strain today…
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Tissue engineering using mechanobiology and robotic micromanipulation
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Have you ever wondered how a sphere of cells, morula, gives rise to tissues and organs…
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More variants but delta still dominates
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new variant of COVID-19 detected in South Africa known as B.1.1.529 has caused flight bans…
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How Roquin controls the activity of immune cells
Credit: Heissmeyer Group Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU) immunologists have discovered how mutations in Roquin-1 trigger autoimmunity, but can also…
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Mask wearing wasn’t disputed in previous crises – so why is it so hotly contested today?
A typical NHS poster from during the pandemic, with its face covering depicted as a surgical mask. Across western countries,…
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FDA obsession with accuracy rates of Covid home-testing kits may be slowing down their availability
The United States has fallen well behind its peers in making COVID-19 testing easily available from the comfort of your…
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Study shows gender skew in digital info for new parents
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Today’s parents-to-be use online tools for health guidance in the same way their parents once dog-eared…
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FDA: Merck COVID pill effective, experts will review safety
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Federal health regulators say an experimental COVID-19 pill from Merck is effective against the virus, but…
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Health care workers fear a devastating Covid surge is around the corner
In 2020, the holiday season preceded the worst COVID-19 surge the U.S. has faced since the pandemic began. Last year,…
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Grab Waterpik’s bestselling water flosser for its lowest price ever in Amazon’s Black Friday sale
The bestselling Waterpik water flosser that makes cleaning you teeth quick and easy is currently less than £50 for Black…
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Concerns rise over Indonesia’s sputtering COVID vaccinations
People receive a shot of the Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign at the Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium in Bekasi…
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EU wants to stop flights from southern Africa over variant
A young woman reacts as she receives a Pfizer jab against COVID-19, in Diepsloot Township near Johannesburg Thursday, Oct. 21,…
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