With each breath, humans exhale more than 1,000 distinct molecules, producing a unique chemical fingerprint or “breathprint” rich with clues about what’s going on inside the body.
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- Health & Wellness
- Health & Wellness
Telemedicine Consistently Outperforms In-Person Visits for Cancer Care When Both Are Available
Telemedicine experiences were compared to in-person visits during and after the height of the Covid pandemic.
Researchers found that children with MIS-C have biomarkers indicating damage to multiple organs, the lining of blood vessels and the nervous system.
disturbed sleep patterns in patients hospitalised with Covid was likely to be a driver of breathlessness.
- Health & Wellness
Deaths Soared 6.2% in 2022, Despite Covid killing 45,000 Fewer People: Expert Calls for Increased Testing
The death registration statistics for 2022, which the Government has just released, reveal a shock 6.2% increase over the five-year average.
Mortality rates with cancer as a contributing cause were higher in 2020 compared to 2019, reversing the decreasing trend from prior years.
Globally, those who professed to hold traditional values tended to adhere more closely to coronavirus prevention measures than those who considered themselves more liberal.
Omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, have shown an uncanny knack for evading antibodies produced either by vaccines or exposure to earlier versions of the virus.
Research deepens our understanding of Covid immunity in pregnant women.
Lessons learned in the Covid pandemic about how to ramp up vaccine production could help ease Africa’s cholera outbreak.
- Family & Relationship
Rutgers Study Reveals Increased Intimate Partner Violence Among LGBTQ Community During Covid Pandemic
LGBTQ people who experienced intimate partner violence in their current relationship before Covid had an increase in the frequency of victimisation after the pandemic began.
Is the tendency to share with other people linked to political orientation? And in which way?
- Health & Wellness
High Spring Pollen Count Will Increase Allergies and Covid Cases, Warns Medical Testing Expert
The “double-whammy” of global warming and a wet March means there is an increased chance of high pollen levels this April.
Trust in scientists has hugely increased overall since the Covid pandemic, but attitudes have also become more polarised.
- Health & Wellness
Researchers Find Tobacco Users in Canada Are Exposed to Higher Levels of Cyanide Than Other Regions
Tobacco users in Canada are exposed to higher levels of cyanide than smokers in lower-income nations.