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Around 5–10% of people with COVID infections go on to experience long COVID, with symptoms lasting three months or more. Researchers have proposed several biological mechanisms to explain long COVID. … Read More
Measuring your blood pressure at home means you can take readings over several days to get a better picture of your health, instead of one-off measurements at the doctor’s clinic. … Read More
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Among the current generation of kids, many are growing up with their mother or father confined to bed or confined to bed themselves. According to a study by ANU, long … Read More
Researchers have created an early version of a map of some of the human body’s cells. The human body has an estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has … Read More
Family handout Zak was diagnosed with leukaemia after being treated for an injured toe A mother says her “world was turned upside down” when her two-year-old son was diagnosed with … Read More
George Dagerotip on Unsplash+ The first new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years has been tested by British scientists. The injection is more effective than the current method of … Read More
It’s immunization season, meaning health agencies and medical centers are urging Americans to prep for winter by getting their COVID, flu, RSV, and pneumonia shots. Public health experts are … Read More
Music is woven into the fabric of our everyday lives. Whether it’s lifting our spirits, pushing us to run faster or soothing us to sleep, we can all recognise its … Read More
A Fresno County woman died after being bitten by a rabid bat in the middle school classroom where she taught art, according to public health officials and published reports. The … Read More
