The nature of the monkeypox outbreak might be muddled by gender self-identification, according to experts, as it emerged that the one percent of infected female individuals in the UK could in fact be biologically male. An Infectious Disease Behaviorist told The Epoch Times that while it’s true for accuracy that data on both sex and…
Gender Self-Identification Could Be Muddling Monkeypox Surveillance Data in UK
Ancient Herbal Supplement Shows Promise Against Cancer
June 23, 2022
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Berberine’s effect on lung cancer has just been published in the journal Pharmaceutics, showing potent anticancer activity in a study that crosses the divide between Eastern and Western medicine. While the natural compound found in plants such as turmeric and barberry has been used in traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years, it has…
Australian University Invents New Tech Helping People With Aphasia Write Their Stories
June 22, 2022
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Scientists from Australia’s Monash University have worked out a new technology to help people with aphasia to communicate. Teaming up with Monash Health speech pathologists and their patients, students from the Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME) and Monash Young Medtech Innovators (MYMI) have designed Project QWERTY, a free website that offers a high-tech but…
Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Detected in London Sewage Samples
The UK’s health authorities on Wednesday called on parents to have their children updated on polio vaccines as they investigate a possible outbreak of the disease. The UK Heath Security Agency (UKHSA) said several closely-related polioviruses were found in sewage samples taken between February and May from the London Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, which serves around…
Gay Men With Multiple Partners Top Priority in UK’s Monkeypox Vaccination Campaign
Gay men, especially those with multiple partners or who have participated in group sex, will be the main target in the UK’s monkeypox vaccination campaign, the Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. In a vaccination strategy published on Tuesday, the agency said although anyone can contract monkeypox, the current outbreak is “primarily in gay, bisexual, and…
A Single Brain Scan to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease
An algorithm is now able to diagnose Alzheimer’s from a single brain scan, the modeling can even diagnose individuals at an early stage of the disease, normally a difficult task, according to a UK study. “Currently no other simple and widely available methods can predict Alzheimer’s disease with this level of accuracy, so our research…
Vaccination Increases Risk of COVID-19, But Infection Without Vaccination Gives Immunity: Study
June 21, 2022
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Having two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine has been linked with negative protection against the disease, scientists say, while a previous infection without vaccination offers around 50 percent immunity, according to a study analyzing the Omicron wave in Qatar. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on June 15, examined the Omicron…
Vaccination Increases Risk of COVID-19 Infection, But Infection Without Vaccination Gives Immunity: Study
June 21, 2022
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Having two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine has been linked with negative protection against symptomatic infection with the disease, scientists say, while a previous infection without vaccination offers around 50 percent immunity, according to a study analyzing the Omicron wave in Qatar. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on June 15,…
HHS Gives Further $115 Million to Reduce HIV Infections in US
June 19, 2022
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gave out a further $115 million in funding on Thursday as part of the Biden administration’s plan to reduce the number of new HIV infections in the United States by at least 90 percent by 2030. Nearly $103 million was given to 39 metropolitan areas and…
New Study Suggests Hypnotherapy Can Help Relieve IBS Symptoms
June 17, 2022
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), one of the most common chronic disorders, is estimated to affect at least one in ten people globally and as many as one in five Americans have symptoms of IBS. Emotional disturbance and stress caused by today’s fast-paced lifestyles have been linked to a wide range of digestive problems, including IBS,…
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