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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: A couple of studies, discussed earlier this month at Alzheimer’s Research UK’s conference, provide fresh evidence of a link between the gut and the brain.

Drug overdose deaths, specifically caused by fentanyl, tore through the homeless community of San Francisco, a study by the University of California, San Francisco, finds.

The CDC published a report Friday finding that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is 31 percent effective at preventing infection for children aged five to 11 years old.

Patients with severe knee pain who took the supplement twice a day for six months reported fewer aches compared to a placebo group. The Swiss doctor who did the study called for further research.

Researchers at Clarkson University found that the make up of a person’s gut microbiome could have a major impact on their personality and how they act day to day.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said that his firm is planning to soon send data to the FDA for a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose, even as much of the world moves on from Covid.

Medics in Uzbekistan diagnosed the patient with the extremely rare penis duplication condition diphallia.

Up to half of patients stop taking their prescription or use the drug irregularly due to side effects such as muscle aches, trouble sleeping and headaches. But scientists in Poland say it’s the ‘nocebo’ effect.

The flu shot used during the 2021 to 2022 virus season was a poor match and did little to prevent circulation, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report finds.

As the pandemic subsides, loneliness has become the new affliction spreading through the Big Apple, with more than half of New Yorkers reporting feelings of loneliness in recent weeks.

Cutting out certain meat has long been billed as a way to lower blood pressure. But the new study by researchers in China suggests going veggie might have the opposite effect.

The CDC reports that more than 2.5 million students were ‘current’ users of tobacco products in 2021, a substantial increase over the previous year.

A Sheffield family only learned their three-year-old child had a rare form of childhood cancer after seeking medical help after the young boy began experiencing strange symptoms after a tick bite.

The WHO warns that the ‘Deltacron’ variant is starting to spread around Europe and some cases have even been detected within the U.S., only days before the pandemic’s two year anniversary.

British researchers found drinking chamomile, rose hip or spearmint tea helps control women’s hormonal changes. The teas all reduce pregnancy, menstruation and menopause issues.

The 50-year-old Indian man was taken to Medical Trust Hospital in Cochin, Kerala, after carers noticed him develop a thick carpet of hair-like fibres on his tongue.

A discussion has opened in the science world over whether convalescent plasma treatments are effective at preventing death and creating better outcomes for patients.

Researchers from Rice University have developed devices called ‘drug factories’ that can deliver the body cancer killing cytokines. In mice trials, they were able to cure cancer in one week.

Paxlovid, Pfizer’s highly effective antiviral COVID-19 drug, has begun Phase 2 and 3 trials for children between the ages of six and 17 years old, the company announced.

A visit from the dog-tor could be just patients needs. Canadian researchers found A&E patients who were visited by a therapy god scored lower on pain, anxiety and depression.

University of Bristol scientists tested the cushion with 129 volunteers aged between 18 and 36 years old. They found it led to lower stress levels than doing nothing.

Florida health officials revealed guidance on Wednesday recommending against children deemed to be ‘healthy’ receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

Experts have found rates of dementia are 11 times lower among the indigenous hunter-gatherer Tsimane community in the Bolivian Amazon, compared to westerners.

A driver suspected of drug-use ploughed into one-year-old Alice Polinska mother’s car head-on at a combined impact of 110mph in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, in December last year.

In a world first, Israeli researchers made eggs from a 40-year-old women resemble those of 20-year-olds by treating them with antiviral medication.

Austrian researchers have found shift workers have poorer mental performance in key areas like memory and impulse control compared to their 9-to-5 colleagues increasing accident risks.

A Chinese research team found that a person’s organs can age separately from one-another, and have drastically different ages despite being in the same body.