Vaccination halves risk of long Covid

Being vaccinated against Covid halves people’s risk of developing long Covid, according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Long Covid still affects some two million people in the UK, and new research published today reveals the risk factors associated with developing the condition. Overweight people, women, smokers and those over the age […]

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Vaccination halves risk of long Covid

Being vaccinated against Covid halves people’s risk of developing long Covid, according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Long Covid still affects some two million people in the UK, and new research published today reveals the risk factors associated with developing the condition. Overweight people, women, smokers and those over the age […]

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Dogs: Rethinking the status quo of nutrition

There are approximately 70 million domestic dogs and 74 million domestic cats in the United States. The next closest country in domestic dogs is Brazil, which has less than half as many as the United States of America. With so many domesticated animals in the United States, the pet food industry has grown into a […]

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Dogs: Rethinking the status quo of nutrition

There are approximately 70 million domestic dogs and 74 million domestic cats in the United States. The next closest country in domestic dogs is Brazil, which has less than half as many as the United States of America. With so many domesticated animals in the United States, the pet food industry has grown into a […]

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Ringing in your ears

New research reveals that over 37.1 million Brits (55%) have experienced constant noise in the ears, such as ringing, roaring, buzzing, hissing, whistling or humming – which is the most common symptom of the ear condition tinnitus. And far from being a condition that only affects the older demographic the study, commissioned by Bayfields Opticians […]

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Uncertainties over back pain relief

A new study by researchers at Brunel University London, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and UNSW Sydney, published in the BMJ, looked at 69 different medicines or combinations of analgesic medicines including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, paracetamol, opioids, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, skeletal muscle relaxants and corticosteroids to compare their effectiveness for adults with acute low back pain. The […]

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Uncertainties over back pain relief

A new study by researchers at Brunel University London, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and UNSW Sydney, published in the BMJ, looked at 69 different medicines or combinations of analgesic medicines including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, paracetamol, opioids, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, skeletal muscle relaxants and corticosteroids to compare their effectiveness for adults with acute low back pain. The […]

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NHS dentistry is ‘sinking ship’

NHS dentistry is ‘sinking ship’: The British Dental Association has warned the service is reaching the end of the road in evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into NHS dentistry today. The Committee heard how a failed NHS contract and chronic underfunding have fuelled an exodus from the service, and that in […]

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NHS dentistry is ‘sinking ship’

NHS dentistry is ‘sinking ship’: The British Dental Association has warned the service is reaching the end of the road in evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into NHS dentistry today. The Committee heard how a failed NHS contract and chronic underfunding have fuelled an exodus from the service, and that in […]

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