Lawmakers in the state of Louisiana have blocked a bill that would have required insurance companies to cover fertility preservation procedures for patients with cancer…
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How to deal with ‘pleasanteeism’, the toxic behaviour that’s harming our wellbeing at work
Do you tend to hide when you’re feeling stressed, anxious or upset at work? Here’s why that’s a problem – and what you can do to…
Scientists transplant human photoreceptors to successfully recover daylight perception in mice
Transplantation of photoreceptor cells is a promising intervention that in the future could help recover vision in people with blinding diseases. A team of researchers…
Social stress can speed up immune system aging
As people age, their immune systems naturally begin to decline. This aging of the immune system, called immunosenescence, may be an important part of such…
Do bacteria hold the key to their own defeat?
Pathogens are getting better and better at resisting current antibiotics, a medical crisis in the making. There is reason to believe that many bacteria contain…
Lifestyle changes key to boosting health of the nation, says Charles
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Study confirms heightened protection from Omicron-associated hospitalizations by COVID boosters
In a recent article posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, scientists assessed the efficacy of the primary and boosted regimens of the severe acute respiratory syndrome…
New mechanism in CD47 blockade treatment in HCC
China has the highest morbidity of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the world. For HCC patients in early stage disease, surgical resection is the best treatment…
Broadly neutralizing antibodies could provide immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants
Two broadly neutralizing antibodies show great promise to provide long-acting immunity against COVID-19 in immunocompromised populations according to a paper published June 15 in the…
Treating anal precancerous growths reduces risk of anal cancer by more than half in HIV patients
A large clinical trial of people living with HIV has found that treating anal precancerous growths known as high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, or HSIL, reduces…