Fewer cases of children’s cancer picked up during COVID pandemic
A study of cancer in children and young adults in England has found that fewer patients were diagnosed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research, presented...
Call for removal of misleading sugar claims on baby and toddler sweet snacks
A new product survey by Action on Sugar—based at Queen Mary University of London—has exposed the alarming amounts of sugars found in many baby and...
Genetic study of heart defects and autism finds new causative genes
Researchers identified almost two dozen genes that contribute to heart defects by studying genetic data from people born with congenital heart disease or autism. Hongyu...
A possible mechanism of lymphocyte deficiency in patients with COVID-19
Scientists from RUDN, National Medical Research Centre for Hematology, and Lomonosov Moscow State University have uncovered one of the possible pathogenetic mechanisms of severe lymphopenia...
Screen time linked to risk of myopia in young people
A new study published in The Lancet Digital Health has revealed a link between screen time and higher risk and severity of myopia, or short-sightedness,...
Unraveling the mystery of why we overeat
Eating is one of life's greatest pleasures, and overeating is one of life's growing problems. In 2019, researchers from The Stuber Lab at the University...
An injection of own blood fixed agonising knee pain, STEVE BACKSHALL
An injection of my own blood fixed my agonising knee pain, says Strictly’s STEVE BACKSHALL after pain gave him hell on BBC show Latest Strictly...
7 Types of yoga
The different types of yoga have helped contribute to its sustained popularity over thousands of years. With so many ways to practice this ancient form...
How the puzzle of viral vector vaccines was solved, leading to today’s COVID-19 shots
How would you go about solving a puzzle if you didn't know what pieces to use, how many you would need, how it was supposed...
The potential of natural extracts to reduce the reproductive capacity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València has just published a study analyzing the potential of plant extracts and/or natural compounds to inhibit the...