4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (425+ words) You finish work and now there is no urgency. There is nowhere you need to be. So you sit down, and almost immediately, a small voice starts asking: Shouldn't I be doing something? It is one of the stranger habits…...

7+ min ago   (609+ words) Large-scale food fortification has long been celebrated as one of the most cost-effective public health tools available for combating hidden hunger, the widespread deficiency in vitamins and minerals that affects billions of people worldwide....

16+ min ago   (646+ words) For millions of women undergoing fertility treatment, the medical burden of conception is only half the struggle. The other half is psychological: the quiet shame of failing to meet social expectations, the grinding anxiety of repeated treatment cycles, and the…...

35+ min ago   (90+ words) For hundreds of millions of people worldwide, allergic rhinitis is more than a seasonal nuisance. The sneezing, congestion, itching and watery eyes that define the condition erode sleep, concentration and quality of life, and conventional therapies—from antihistamines to nasal…...

43+ min ago   (722+ words) A new study from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna has provided one of the most detailed portraits yet of haemolytic uropathogenic Escherichia coli circulating in companion animals. By analysing 51 haemolytic E....

44+ min ago   (711+ words) Carbapenems are supposed to be the final line of defense, the antibiotics clinicians reach for when nearly everything else has failed against a dangerous bacterial infection....

44+ min ago   (33+ words) The First Seven Days of Stopping Drinking: What to Expect and How Your Approach Makes All the Difference Understanding the First Week and the Journey Beyond It Today, we’re going to be talking …...

53+ min ago   (664+ words) Chronic hepatitis B remains one of the world’s most stubborn infectious diseases, affecting an estimated 283 million people and contributing to roughly 550,000 deaths each year through cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality globally....

15+ hour, 10+ min ago   (344+ words) Ellie Leach said her first smear test led to abnormal results, an HPV positive result and an LLETZ procedure. She spoke on Good Morning Britain on September 11, after first sharing the health scare in July. The 25-year-old said the appointment…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (82+ words) Scientists have identified a previously unknown genetic cause of chronic brain edema in children, tracing the disorder to a single faulty transporter protein that normally helps astrocytes manage acidity in the brain. The finding, published in Annals of Clinical and…...