Author: Hippocratic Post

Novovax: Halal and kosher vaccine will accelerate UK vaccination once approved: News that the Novovax covid-19 vaccine – trialled in Bradford (England) – will shortly go before regulators, has been hailed as a “milestone for the UK ” by the clinician leading the local trials. Experts say it contains no animal products, a fact which […]

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‘Weak’ and ‘strong’ cells bonding boosts body’s diabetes fight: Scientists have broadened our understanding of how ‘weak’ cells bond with their more mature cellular counterparts to boost the body’s production of insulin – improving our knowledge of the processes leading to type 2 diabetes – a significant global health problem. Type 2 diabetes mellitus occurs when […]

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People with sleep disorders commonly have a misperception about their actual sleep behaviour. A research group led by Karin Trimmel and Stefan Seidel from MedUni Vienna’s Department of Neurology (Outpatient Clinic for Sleep Disorders and Sleep-Related Disorders) analysed polysomnography results to identify the types of sleep disorder that are associated with a discrepancy between self-reported […]

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New research has shown disadvantaged mothers’ mental health and wellbeing improved after regular maternal and child health nurse home visits during pregnancy, continuing up until the child turned two. The study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Pediatrics, found the benefits from maternal and child health nurse visits to new mothers were still evident […]

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Israel’s Rambam Hospital Joins Efforts to Develop Israeli COVID-19 Vaccine: Israel currently has the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the world, and the vast majority of Rambam’s approximately 5,300 employees have already received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Earlier this month, the Clinical Trials Unit at Rambam Health Care Campus (in Rambam’s Research & Development […]

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