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While the delay to releasing the app is disappointing, it’s a chance to use behavioural science to optimise its design.
Dr Shaun Murphy, Dr House, Dr Virginia Dixon are all great characters. But their reality doesn’t always chime with my own.
Those with a diagnosis of schizophrenia may be more likely to interpret metaphorical thoughts literally.
In mice, we found that drugs developed to treat Alzheimer’s Disease could be re-purposed to prevent, or even reverse, the blood vessel damage caused by obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Many of the more formal models for predicting the pandemic try to understand why changes happen – but often it can be more accurate to ignore the reasons and simply look at the data.
Vaccines and antivirals aren’t the only game in town.
Local lockdowns in Italy and Germany have led to civil unrest. Could the same happen in the UK?
Scientists in Spain have reported finding traces of the novel coronavirus in wastewater dating back to March 12, 2019.
This decades-long study found that living in poorer communities changes how genes are regulated.
People ate on average 142 calories more after swimming than they did on their rest day.
CT scans reveal lung damage in people with no symptoms.
The future of periods could be sustainable and cheap – but action is needed.
There is a relationship between vitamin D and COVID-19, but taking too many supplements can be toxic.
Our oral microbiome is the second most diverse and equally important microbiota in the body.
Comparisons with the second world war are usually unhelpful – but the crisis changed UK nursing for the better. The pandemic offers a similar chance to rethink nursing is provided.
A mutating coronavirus has implications for vaccines, treatments, tests and your future plans.
Staff shortages and lack of training are placing healthcare workers in danger.
Dental care guidance from 16 countries around the world has been reviewed to help UK governments create policy that makes a trip to the dentist as safe as possible.
Balancing the benefits and harms of face-mask wearing.
Case reports suggest that COVID-19 might trigger new-onset diabetes. But more data is needed.
Poor desk posture is pretty similar to the posture astronauts naturally adopt during spaceflight.
The good news is: you’ll probably get it back.
Severe COVID-19 may leave lasting scars in the lungs, but some recovery could happen over time.
Contact tracing for sexual health has been taking place in England for many years. Why was this workforce ignored in the coronavirus response?