While everyone is being urged to get the flu vaccine as soon as possible, some pregnant women avoid it in the belief that it may harm their babies. A large new study confirms that they should be much more afraid ...
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New Discovery Offers New Treatment for Epilepsy
New drugs derived from components of a specific diet used by children with severe, drug-resistant epilepsy could offer a new treatment, according to research published in the journal Neuropharmacology. Scientists from Royal Holloway, in collaboration with University College London, have ...
Read More »Do Men and Women Experience Flu Differently?
Are men unfairly castigated for having “man flu” and running to their sick beds at the merest sign of a sniffle? Research suggests that women are at greater risk of getting flu than men because they tend to spend more ...
Read More »New Vaccine May Give Lifelong Protection from Flu
In a first for any infectious disease, a vaccine against flu has been made out of messenger RNA (mRNA) – the genetic material that controls the production of proteins. Unlike its predecessors, the new vaccine may work for life, and ...
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