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Middle-age and older people living in more disadvantaged neighbourhoods — areas with higher poverty levels and fewer educational and employment opportunities — had more brain shrinkage on brain scans and showed a faster decline on ...
COVID-19 has unfairly impacted some people more harshly than others, exacerbating existing inequities in health and welfare within and between countries. For World Health Day, WHO is therefore issuing five calls for urgent action to improve ...
Elizabeth and Bruce Dunlevie have made an $80 million gift to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the Stanford University School of Medicine to launch a bold new clinical and research program that will transform the health of mothers ...
Australians are set to benefit from a central resource ‘hub’ of authoritative information to increase awareness and understanding of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and stroke, and improve their prevention, early detection and management. The new ...
Julie Fisher, a 50-year-old mother of four and author from Langwarrin Victoria, would never have expected the journey she would go on when her son Darcy was diagnosed with Down Syndrome in 2006. Tough as ...
Healthcare startups have raised $111.4B in total funding to help with the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic put enormous pressure on the healthcare industry, forcing pharmaceutical giants and institutions to roll out clinical trials for ...
Epidemiologists are always the first on the scene to investigate when diseases or outbreaks occur. Six months ago, you may not have known what an epidemiologist’ exact job description is. For those fixed to the ...
Copper-infused clothing has been trending for the past few months. Rory Donnelly, clinical director of research of Copper Clothing, examines copper-infused clothing’s potential for wound dressings after a randomised study showed they created a major ...
The AMA today released its Position Statement on Genetic Testing and Genomics in Medicine 2020, which is an update of the AMA Position Statement on Genetic Testing 2012. The AMA has updated its policy ...
An Ecuadorian couple has proven they withstood the test of your time, almost eight decades after their disapproving families refused to be present for his or her wedding vows. Julio César Mora and Waldramina ...
A new study reveals that cells in the human immune system store coronavirus information, so that they can battle it again. Not every infection is similarly unforgettable for the immune system. But the cells in ...
Dr. Ward offers the following tips to help a senior manage their behavioral health and ensure they are provided with the physical and mental care they require. Organize a medical file, digital or printed, for ...