Researchers from Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan, recently released data1 after studying the gut microbiome of centenarians living in Japan. What they discovered was a unique bacterium that produced a type of bile acid, which seemed to be common to most of the study participants. People have been searching for the proverbial… Read More »
Lauren Rafferty suffered the same level of bullying “any girl of her age does”. But the 12-year-old “had a greater sadness than any of us could fathom, which spiralled and deepened”, according to her devastated mum Rachelle. The Wagga Wagga Year 7 student went for a walk on Mother’s Day and never came home, making… Read More »
‘Thousands of lives’ needlessly lost to EU’s petty politics: Experts condemn deaths caused by AstraZeneca jab ban as countries begin humiliating U-turn following EMA report it IS safe A series of EU countries including France, Germany and Italy have reinstated the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine The European Medicines Agency ruled that it is a safe… Read More »
Black History Month Health (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images, COVID Black) COVID Black is a Black health data organization that uses data to tell stories about the Black lived experience to advocate for health equity. The goal of COVID Black is to honor and value each Black life that is lost to COVID-19. Read More:… Read More »
One of Ireland’s leading scientists in the field of immunology at Trinity College Dublin has launched a Vaccines Save Lives video-based campaign. Taking her youngest daughter to get her scheduled vaccines in the midst of the COVID-19 world pandemic prompted the Professor in Immunology to take a personal stance on the importance of protecting our… Read More »
Screening women for breast cancer from their 40s rather than their 50s could save lives without adding to the diagnosis of harmless cancers, a UK study has found. The research was based on 160,000 women from England, Scotland and Wales, followed up for around 23 years. Lowering the screening age could save one life per… Read More »
Until she died aged just 17, Scarlett Belle Marie Donnellan Feeley and her mother Kirsty Donnellan had enjoyed a particularly close relationship. I had her when I was young enough; I was 23,” her mother says now. “So we kind of grew together. We were more like best friends than a mother and daughter relationship.”… Read More »