You might often come across news stories about air pollution and its impacts on public health. But how frequently do you think about the quality of the air indoors? While outdoor air pollution certa… [+10695 chars]
As Health Canada is still learning about COVID-19 appearing in wildlife, there have been reports of the virus being found in free-ranging and captive wild species found in North America. That includ… [+1439 chars]
The antiseptic drug methenamine hippurate is as good as antibiotics for preventing recurrent urinary tract infections in women, finds a trial published by The BMJ today. Its use as an alternative to… [+5028 chars]
As Health Canada is still learning about COVID-19 appearing in wildlife, there have been reports of the virus being found in free-ranging and captive wild species found in North America. That includ… [+1439 chars]
Viruses are tiny but mighty intruders that can be found in the environment including in human bodies, and they can play a variety of roles in ecosystems. Viruses also come in a range of sizes. Some a… [+5755 chars]
People with insomnia will regularly find it hard to go to sleep, and can wake up several times during the night and lie awake at night. For most, sleep problems tend to sort themselves out within abo… [+3354 chars]
Researchers at the University of Birmingham working in partnership with firms NitroPep Ltd and Pullman AC have developed new antimicrobial technology for air filters which can in seconds kill bacteri… [+5068 chars]
While you've probably heard there are health benefits to drinking wineespecially red wineeveryone knows a heavy wine habit can have some nasty side effects. But is a glass of wine a day really a good… [+4112 chars]
Treatments integrating music and auditory beat stimulation are effective in reducing state anxiety in some patients, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE b… [+3461 chars]
With each new SARS-CoV-2 variant that has emerged, global panic ensues to determine its level of threat. But a group of quantum biologists, engineers, and virus physicists think we already have the t… [+5079 chars]
There is a greater cognitive decline a decline in mental ability, in being able to perform complex tasks. Professor Gwenaëlle Douaud, lead author of the UK Biobank study reviewing the impact of COVID… [+9132 chars]
The attack a day earlier in the besieged southern city wounded 17 people, including women waiting to give birth, doctors and children buried in the rubble. Bombs also fell on two hospitals in another… [+31 chars]
