December 23, 2024
Health & Fitness
December 23, 2024
Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening …
In crowded Kinshasa, two strains of mpox are sweeping through a community that relies on selling sex. Hundreds of thousands of vaccines sent to the country have not been used. Source link
December 23, 2024
Royal Papworth Hospital ‘lungs in a box̵…
Royal Papworth Hospital The machine, nicknamed “lungs in a box”, is designed to mimic the human body A new machine which keeps lungs alive outside of the body could “transform” the number of people
December 23, 2024
South Korean team develops ‘Iron Man’ robot …
Kim Seung-hwan, who is himself a paraplegic and part of the Exoskeleton Laboratory team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), demonstrates the prototype of exoskeleton robot ‘WalkON Suit F1’ at
December 23, 2024
Doctors issue warning over water bead Christmas gi…
Emergency doctors in the UK have issued a safety warning over water beads, which could be given to children as gifts over Christmas. The brightly-coloured soft plastic beads, also known as jelly balls, sensory
December 22, 2024
A Woman With a Rare Gene Mutation Fights to Avoid …
A mutant gene is coming to steal Linde Jacobs’s mind. Can she find a way to stop it? Source link
December 21, 2024
Democrats highlight a casualty of the spending fig…
Democrats highlight a casualty of the spending fight: funding to combat pediatric cancer. Source link
December 21, 2024
As Drugstores Close, Older People Are Left in ‘Pha…
Shuttered drugstores pose a particular threat to older adults, who take more medications than younger people and often rely on pharmacies for advice. Source link
December 21, 2024
Rare genetic condition where patients can never sl…
A representational image of a man sleeping. — Unsplash/file Fatal familial insomnia, a rare genetic disease that causes sleeping difficulties, dementia and involuntary muscles twitching, has no cure and gets worse over time. The symptoms
December 20, 2024