by John McMillan | Jan 10, 2025 | Diet, Health
Dipa Kamdar, Kingston University One of the most popular new year’s resolutions is making a commitment to healthier eating. Whether that’s eating more fruits and vegetables, cutting down on meat consumption or even becoming a vegetarian or vegan a few days a week....
by John McMillan | Jan 10, 2025 | Disease, Health
John Houghton, University of Leicester Imagine putting your socks on one morning and noticing your big toe, which has been painful for a few weeks, has started turning black. A trip to your doctor ends in being referred urgently to a specialist. They tell you a bypass...
by John McMillan | Jan 10, 2025 | Disease, Health, Virology
Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia In the last few days there have been reports of yet another infectious disease rapidly spreading in China. This time the virus is human metapneumovirus, abbreviated to HMPV. There have been claims in some media outlets that this...
by John McMillan | Jan 10, 2025 | COVID-19, Immune Response
Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan The scene in Chinese hospitals today brings back haunting memories of early 2020. Nurses rush between beds, faces masked but eyes revealing the strain of double-digit shifts. Parents clutch feverish children, wheelchair bound...
by John McMillan | Dec 13, 2024 | Aging, Ethics
Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford Following the second reading (and parliamentary support) of Labour MP Kim Leadbetter’s terminally ill adults (end of life) bill on November 29, much of the public debate in England and Wales will now shift to questions around...
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