When IS the ideal time to have your flu jab?
When IS the ideal time to have your flu jab? Bookings have already started, but some medics are now asking
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UK Covid policies may have disproportionally impacted ethnic minorities at the end of life
Published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, the research aimed to develop insights into the response of palliative care services
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Athletes may have more than twice the risk of irregular heart rhythm
Athletes appear to be almost two and half times more likely than non-athletes to experience irregular heart rhythms (atrial fibrillation),
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These 12 individuals have a rare genetic quirk that prevents ‘self-eating’ in cells
Scientists uncovered a rare genetic quirk in 12 people, from five different families, that leaves their cells unable to properly
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Why do some animals have sperm 20 times the length of their bodies?
All sperm perform the same basic job: They fertilize egg cells. But in a new study, researchers have figured out
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Preterm babies may have higher stroke risk as young adults
Babies born prematurely may have significantly higher risk of stroke as young adults—and the earlier the birth, the greater the
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School nurses have a big job—is 1 for every 750 kids really enough?
When many people think of a school nurse, they imagine a person who hands out Band-Aids for boo-boos. But school
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HALF of children who develop MIS-C have neurologic symptoms
HALF of children who develop inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19 have neurologic symptoms including hallucinations and brain damage Researchers looked
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Have introverts really fared better in lockdown?
Since the onset of the pandemic, everyone from newspaper columnists to Twitter users has advanced the now idea that extroverts
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Lockdown: Mobile data suggests Europeans may not have followed rules as strictly in the second wave
Looking around, it sometimes seems like COVID-19 restrictions aren’t being adhered to like they were a year ago. In the
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