Hope during COVID-19: Russian vaccine holds promise and other findings
While the pandemic is still ongoing, we continue to round up the scientific studies that offer encouraging results to help us envisage an end...
Asthma may not increase the risk of severe COVID-19
A recent review of research suggests that the proportion of all patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who also have asthma is similar to the prevalence...
Ultra-processed foods may accelerate biological aging
A study links the consumption of ultra-processed foods with the shortening of the body’s telomeres. Share on PinterestThe accelerated shortening of telomeres, a marker...
Can a drug mimic the life extending effects of calorie restriction?
A new study provides drug developers with clues about how to extend healthy lifespan without severely restricting calorie intake.Share on PinterestResearch is ongoing into...
Vitamin D levels may predict future health risks, death in older...
Advances in science are helping researchers find new ways to identify diseases earlier. A new breakthrough indicates that free, circulating vitamin D levels in...
Poverty linked to higher death rates from heart failure
A study in the United States demonstrates that mortality rates from heart failure are higher in counties where people face more poverty and social...
'Mumia': The strange history of human remains … as medicine
In their search for better ways of curing the human body, healers throughout history have tried some bizarre and, by modern standards, often disturbing...
Will the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter change science and...
Winston Morgan, Ph.D., is a reader in toxicology and clinical biochemistry at the University of East London, in the United Kingdom. In this opinion...
Antibodies fight off the new coronavirus, but what do T cells...
Our immune systems are primed to fight off viruses. As evidence about how our bodies react to SARS-CoV-2 emerges, we look at how different...
COVID-19: How a new blood test could help speed up vaccine...
In an interview with Medical News Today, James Hindley, Ph.D., from Indoor Biotechnologies explains how his company is developing a new T cell test...
