by John McMillan | Oct 10, 2025 | COVID-19, Health
Keith Rochfort, Dublin City University As colder months set in, respiratory infections begin to climb: everything from the common cold and flu to COVID. It’s a time when healthy lungs matter more than ever. Yet the very tissue that lets oxygen pass from air to blood...
by John McMillan | Oct 10, 2025 | Health
Dipa Kamdar, Kingston University The bladder is easy to overlook – until it starts causing trouble. This small, balloon-like organ in the lower urinary tract quietly stores and releases urine, helping the body eliminate waste and maintain fluid balance. But just like...
by John McMillan | Oct 10, 2025 | Exercise, Health
Clodagh Toomey, University of Limerick Stiff knees, aching hips and the slow grind of chronic joint pain are often accepted as an unavoidable part of getting older. But while osteoarthritis is the world’s most common joint disease, experts say the way we treat and...
by John McMillan | Oct 10, 2025 | Immune Response
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University The 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine celebrates a discovery that answers one of medicine’s most profound questions: how does the immune system know when to attack, and when to stand down? Most of the time, our...
by John McMillan | Oct 10, 2025 | COVID-19
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan Mass vaccination campaigns against COVID created something unprecedented: uniform immune pressure across billions of people simultaneously. This sustained pressure may have exhausted the very T-cell defenses our bodies rely upon to...
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