A study looking at peripheral neuropathy in people living with HIV has found links to both known and new variables including older age, longer duration of HIV infection, exposure to neurotoxic antiretrovirals and other chronic conditions. Dr Wei Tu’s research team at the University of Alberta used machine learning to improve data analysis. They found… Read More »
A new technology promises to make soldiers more difficult to see using infrared sensors. Kit 300 works by masking a soldier’s heat signature. The system would prevent infrared sensors from detecting individual soldiers, especially at night. The Israeli government has teamed up with a defense contractor to invent a new material matrix that can hide… Read More »
Research has found that besides being bad for blood pressure, a high salt diet is also bad for the immune system. Mice suffered from more bacterial infections of greater severity after being given a high-salt diet. Human volunteers consuming an extra 6 grams of salt a day experienced pronounced immune deficiencies. This amount is equivalent… Read More »
Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive disease in which malignant cells form in the tissues of the pancreas, a long and flat gland located behind the stomach that helps with digestion and blood sugar regulation. Because pancreatic cancer is difficult to detect early, it is associated with a low survival rate, accounting for just over 3%… Read More »
An American mum has become an online sensation after taking part in a TikTok challenge about things doctors have “completely ignored when there was clearly something wrong”. Mum-of-two, Brittany Jacobs, revealed that she had always had a suspicion that something wasn’t quite right with her, as she’d had two very painful periods every month, sex… Read More »
Underwater explorers have confirmed the identity of the sunken destroyer USS Johnston. Johnston and her sister ships saved the lives of thousands of sailors taking on a much larger Japanese force during the World War II Battle of Samar. The explorers positively identified the sunken warship in nearly 4 miles of water, where it’s protected… Read More »