Children’s Bell’s palsy recovery

Bell's palsy

Children with Bell’s palsy, that causes temporary facial paralysis can recover without treatment. Most children with a condition that causes a temporary weakness or paralysis of the muscles in the face recover without medication within six months, according to a new study. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and published in Neurology, […]

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Covid-19: Expert comment on antibody tests

antibody

By Professor Georgina Ellison-Hughes, Dr Rocio Martinez-Nunez and Dr Rui Ribeiro Galao, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College London With promises of antibody tests being rolled out in the next few days to NHS and care staff in England, and retailers told not to send home-testing kits as their accuracy is questioned, it […]

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Feverish children – bacteria or virus?

The Hippocratic Post - infection

Every year, thousands of children throughout Britain are taken to their local GP or A&E with a high temperature. They may have no other symptoms but they are clearly unwell. The difficulty that the clinician faces is trying to make a rapid assessment as to whether the child has a virus – by far the […]

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