Dr. Bob Lahita, a professor of medicine at New York Medical College and the chairman of medicine at St. Joseph's Healthcare System, said Friday that deaths d...

Patients of more technically skilled surgeons, as assessed by review of operative video, have better long-term survival after surgery for the treatment of colon cancer, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

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A new study examined what factors could be contributing to inflammation, and they identified the inability to control HIV RNA production from existing HIV DNA as a potential key driver of inflammation.

UK ONS estimates The UK ONS estimates that 1 in 100 people in England have had covid-19; up from 1 in 130 the week before. They estimate that in England 51,900 new cases per day took place last week versus 35,200 the week before. The number of positive cases in all of the UK yesterday was 23,078.

The vaccine trial volunteers will be monitored over a period of 12 months

A new case report published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery provides one of the first known opportunities to directly visualize the permanent and fused connection (anastomosis) that is created with the minimally invasive Ellipsys® Vascular Access System.

Iceland further tightened its restrictions to curb a spike in coronavirus infections on Friday, lowering its limit on public gatherings to 10 people from 20 and suspending sporting activities and stage performances.

Findings from a new study have shown an under-recognised bacteria source – the hospital floor – that highlights the need for improved infection control procedures.

Rare infections are spreading in ICE centers that have crowded conditions and poor access to healthcare.

Maternal antibodies primed to react to specific allergens can cross the placenta, passing on transiently allergic reactions to offspring, according to new preclinical research. The finding hints at why infants exhibit allergies so early in life and suggests possible targets for intervention.

Italy has registered 31,084 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday, its highest daily tally since the start of the epidemic and up from the previous record of 26,831 posted on Thursday. The ministry also reported 199 Covid-related deaths, compared with 217 the day before. A total of 38,321 people have now died in Italy because of coronavirus, the second-highest death…

New York, Oct 30 (IANS) Researchers have claimed that dementia and other cognitive disorders now appear to be the risk factors for developing severe Covid-19.The findings, published in the journal 'Brain, Behavior and Immunity', highlight the need for special care for populations with these pre-existing conditions during the pandemic.We t

FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2020 Oct 28:fuaa057. doi: 10.1093/femsre/fuaa057. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCoronaviruses are a group of viruses causing disease

UK should follow European neighbours' lockdown approach

Almost everyone knows or has known someone, who had a stroke, died or struggled to recover from a stroke.World Stroke Week is commemorated from October 28 to November 3. The purpose of the commemorati

The findings, published in the journal 'Brain, Behavior and Immunity', highlight the need for special care for populations with these pre-existing conditions during the pandemic.

Immunity to COVID-19 infection lingers for at least five months, researchers reported — and probably longer than that.

It could be at least another year before things return to "normal."

Estimated 4.5million SA adults have diabetes, another contributor to kidney failure