The CEO of a major airline suggested during a congressional hearing this week that face masks provide little value on
Month: December 2021
Surging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021
U.S. officials intensified calls Friday for unvaccinated Americans to get inoculated in the face of the new omicron variant that
Egypt reports first cases of Omicron variant
Egypt on Saturday said it had detected its first three cases of the coronavirus Omicron variant, at the height of
Physicians over-relying on a commonly used laboratory test can miss liver cirrhosis
A recent study at the Medical University of South Carolina’s (MUSC) Digestive Disease Research Core Center (DDRCC) provides insight into
Why are some COVID cases more severe than others? ‘Humanized’ mice offer a clue
Why do 80 to 90% of people infected with COVID-19 experience only mild cases while 10 to 20% face more
A more targeted therapy to treat inflammatory bowel disease
Biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, propose a way for drugs to be more effective against inflammatory bowel
General anaesthesia impacts brain functioning less than other patient risk factors, data spanning 12 years suggests
After surgery under general anaesthesia, older patients often experience a decline in cognitive function that can last for months or
Critically ill COVID patients with acute kidney injury more likely to die than those with pre-existing chronic disease
New research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC), held
Are opioid painkillers needed weeks after heart surgery? Maybe not
Recovery from heart surgery can bring some pain. But a new study suggests patients don’t need potentially addictive prescription opioids
Addiction relapse driven by drug-seeking habit, not just drug
Why are some individuals able to use recreational drugs in a controlled way, whereas others switch to the compulsive, relapsing
