A vaccination campaign targeting 23 million children has kicked off in Malawi and neighboring countries to contain an outbreak of wild polio declared last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) s… [+3499 chars]
The Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University's research team, in Thailand, have invented the urine HPV paper-based DNA sensor testing kits for cervical cancer that would … [+891 chars]
According to Dr. Peter M. Kistler, many medical professionals advise their patients with heart disease to avoid coffee because coffee can increase their heart rate. However, new research presented at… [+2265 chars]
WASHINGTON - US doctors announced Thursday they had successfully performed a double lung transplant on a patient with terminal lung cancer, giving new hope to others who also are in advanced stages o… [+1832 chars]
Kamakwie, Sierra Leone There are no COVID fears here. The districts COVID-19 response center has registered just 11 cases since the start of the pandemic, and no deaths. At the regional hospital, th… [+11396 chars]
Bed nets treated with a new kind of insecticide cut malaria cases in children by almost half in a large trial in Tanzania, according to a study in The Lancet, raising hopes of a new weapon in the fig… [+2355 chars]
For three exhausting years, Lauren Lockwood tried to get her son Rex to sleep through the night. As an infant, he couldn't sleep without a blanket over his carrier to drown out the world around him. … [+8755 chars]
PEOPLE who catch Covid are at higher risk of 20 different conditions, a new study has warned. Even those who didn't have an illness severe enough to be hospitalised could develop problems. Covid pa… [+3550 chars]
TOPLINE Aspirin improves survival for Covid-19 patients admitted to hospital, according to new peer reviewed research published in JAMA Network Open, adding to evidence that the widely used, inexpen… [+2285 chars]
<ul><li>Health researchers fear a possible increase in deaths and health complications in SA.</li><li>SA's burden of diseases is increasing due to delayed check-ups and treatments.</li><li>But a sick… [+4448 chars]
Doctors may be able to spot the risk of a heart attack in cardiovascular disease patients by listening to the way they speak, a study suggests. A computer algorithm was able to detect the heart dis… [+5331 chars]
A recently published study by academics from the University of Cape Town (UCT) has signaled a paradigm shift in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), which could encourage more … [+5790 chars]
