Medicine

Why Do Women Feel the Cold more than Men?

A woman feeling the cold inside a house. Credit: iStock.We all have distinct preferences for when it is the correct time to draw out winter blankets. And the thermostat's setup frequently forms the basis of office debates between women and men concerning the "appropriate" temperature for it to be configured.Between the sexes, there is...

Scent Dogs Detect Coronavirus Accurately from Skin Swabs

Dogs to detect COVID-19. Credit: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.A current research by the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital affirmed that scent detection dogs can be taught to recognize people with a coronavirus infection from skin swabs. In the experimental set-up at Finland's Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport, the dogs' accuracy in...

Exercise and Lengthy COVID Syntoms

Research study: Signs and symptom variant, connections, and relationship to physical activity in Long Covid: an intensive longitudinal study. Credit: The Science Advisory board.In a recent study posted to the medRxiv preprint web server. Researchers reviewed associations between physical activity as well as long coronavirus disease (COVID) signs.History Post-acute sequelae of COVID 2019 (COVID-19)...

Infant Infections May Expand the Possibility of Heart Illnesses Later in Life

A study led by the Murdoch Children Research Institute (MCRI) found that multiple infections in infancy could put adults at a higher risk of heart disease, obesity, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.A possible relation between infant infections and the chance of heart disease has been discoveredNewborns have weakened body immune systems. Therefore, they are...

Scientists Target Protein to Lower the Risk of Prostate Cancer Proliferation

Prostate cancer cells. Credit: NIH Image GalleryProteins and prostate cancerAccording to a study led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators, targeting a particular protein that is often overexpressed in prostate cancer can help avoid or postpone the disease from infecting other parts of the body.The research study, released in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications, opens up...

Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Linked With Raised Risk of Carditis (Heart Inflammation)

Illustration of a healthy human heart. Credit: Liya Graphics/ ShutterstockRegardless of reduced absolute risk, Pfizer/BioNTech BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine linked with a raised risk of carditis.Considerably increased risk in teenagers after the second dosage may call for sophisticated vaccination strategies.A case-control research study found an elevated relative risk of carditis associated with BNT162b2 (also known...

IHU Covid-19 New Variant – More Infectious than Omicron

IHU Covid-19 New Variant - More Infectious than OmicronIt was just recently that the new variant of covid-19, Omicron, was recognized first in South Africa multiply promptly around the globe, one more new Covid-19 variation is being reported from France which is believed to be increasingly more contagious than Omicron. Scientists have called the...