by John McMillan | May 2, 2025 | Exercise, Health
Lawrence Hayes, Lancaster University and John Fernandes, Cardiff Metropolitan University Only 2% of people over the age of 70 strength train at least twice a week. This is worrying, as age-related muscle loss can increase risk of social isolation, falls, loss of...
by John McMillan | May 2, 2025 | Health, Heart Disease
Steven W. Kerrigan, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences The mouth is often described as a window to overall health – and for good reason. A growing body of research reveals a significant link between poor dental hygiene and cardiovascular disease. While...
by John McMillan | May 2, 2025 | Health
Donal O’Shea, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Gerry McElvaney, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences A US teenager was recently reported to have developed the oddly named medical condition “popcorn lung” after vaping in secret for...
by John McMillan | May 2, 2025 | COVID-19, Medical Research
Dr. Phlip McMillan, John McMillan Four years ago, Belgian virologist Geert Vanden Bossche argued that mass vaccination could drive the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants capable of evading our immune defences. The idea sounded remote in 2021, but the continuous...
by John McMillan | Apr 25, 2025 | Ethics
Jacques Wels, UCL and Natasia Hamarat, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Euthanasia has been legal in Belgium since mid-2002, and in the past two decades, the number of reported cases has risen sharply. In 2003, only 236 cases were recorded, but by 2023, this had...
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