by John McMillan | Mar 6, 2026 | Health
Fiona Newberry, University of Leicester The gut microbiome plays an important role in many aspects of health, from digestion and immune function to metabolic balance and neurological processes. Several diseases have even been associated with changes in the...
by John McMillan | Feb 27, 2026 | Health, Immune Response
Neil Mabbott, University of Edinburgh Vaccines have traditionally worked by teaching the immune system to recognise a specific virus or bacterium – in effect, showing it a wanted poster for a single suspect. But what if one vaccine could protect against dozens of...
by John McMillan | Feb 13, 2026 | Health
Manal Mohammed, University of Westminster Police in Scotland have launched an investigation into the deaths of six patients, including adults and children, believed to have contracted fatal infections at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. The inquiry...
by John McMillan | Feb 6, 2026 | Diet, Health
Charlotte Carlson, Colorado State University Eat this, not that. This one food will cure everything. That food is poison. Cut this food out. Try this diet. Don’t eat at these times. Eat this food and you’ll lose weight. With society’s obsession with food, health and...
by John McMillan | Jan 30, 2026 | Cancer, Health
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person. For years, epidemiologists have noticed that people with cancer seem less likely to develop Alzheimer’s,...
by John McMillan | Jan 23, 2026 | COVID-19, Health
Mark Russell, King’s College London When COVID hit, healthcare systems around the world were turned upside down. Hospitals cleared beds, routine appointments were cancelled and people were told to stay at home unless it was urgent. In England, visits to family...
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