Digital event: “Baby Bust”: The Impact of COVID-19 on Declining Fertility Rates: Thursday June 10, 2021 9:00am – 10:30am ET RSVP U.S. and global fertility rates have been in decline for years and the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified this trend—possibly with lasting consequences, particularly for women. Decreasing fertility rates and lower desire to have children can have serious […]
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Jeff Brazier gets naked to encourage grieving men to open up as part of #BareYourself @StrongMenOrgUk social media movement. Actors, sportsmen, comedians all bare themselves to encourage men to talk as 47% of UK men lack the confidence to show their emotions. Jeff Brazier, alongside footballer Bobby Zamora, Corrie favourite, Antony Cotton, and Ronan Keating have taken their clothes […]
Our diet after Brexit and COVID-19: What has changed and who is affected? Join this webinar to review the status of the British diet following the disruption of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. How have we coped? How has the nutrition and health status of the population changed? What else needs doing? This interactive webinar will […]
Don’t be that person. Would vaccines have saved Melbourne from this very concerning outbreak? Quite possibly. So don’t be that person who says they’re going to ‘just wait and see what happens’ By Professor Nathan Grills, University of Melbourne. (This article was published in Pursuit). Victoria is back in lockdown. Would vaccines have saved Melbourne from […]
Funding boost gives hope to vulnerable Australian cardiac patients: A Curtin University research team has been awarded almost $1.5million in Federal Government funding to coordinate Australian trials of a high-flow oxygen delivery strategy to reduce complications for vulnerable cardiac surgery patients, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The project, led by Associate Professor Edward […]
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How Medical Detection Dogs can sniff out the virus and help in the pandemic by Emma Hammett of First Aid For Life. “Exciting medical news shows dogs are proving their worth yet again, this time at the frontline of the war against disease. Specially trained dogs can already sniff out cancer, diabetes sugar changes and […]
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Coventry University has collaborated with national disability charity Motability to recruit and sponsor a number of doctoral candidates to undertake research into accessible transport at the university’s National Transport Design Centre (NTDC). The collaboration combines Coventry University’s strong tradition of design transport teaching and Motability’s objective to support and develop innovative solutions to meet the […]
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Results of the COLCORONA study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine – Colchicine could be considered as a treatment for non-hospitalized patients diagnosed with COVID-19 by PCR test and at risk of complications: The Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) announces that the COLCORONA study results are published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. The article, which is […]
COVID-19 screening tool can detect the virus from a cough: Scientists have created a rapid primary screening tool for COVID-19 which can accurately diagnose people with the virus just by the sound of their cough. This research, led by the University of Essex and published in the IEEE Transactions on Service Computing, could herald a quicker, […]
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AROUND 20 MILLION UK ADULTS currently have signs of tooth decay – according to new data – even though it is entirely preventable. More than one-in-three (36%) British adults have had toothache during the pandemic – one of the leading signs of tooth decay. The Oral Health Foundation, a charity working to improve oral health […]