A West Australian woman who suffered a rare blood clot after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is recovering well after a period in intensive care. The woman in her 40s presented at the emergency department of a regional WA hospital about a fortnight after receiving the jab in mid-March. She was then flown to Royal… Read More »
Screening for sexually transmitted infections in people coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C during or shortly after completing direct-acting antiviral treatment to cure hepatitis C may predict which patients are at higher risk of hepatitis C reinfection, a study carried out in San Diego reports. The study found that people who became reinfected after being… Read More »
Help is at hand if recent weather events have created havoc with your pool. How rain affects pools During a rainstorm, leaves, dirt and algae spores get delivered into pool water. Phosphates get deposited into the water and chlorine, salt and minerals get diluted. Combined with sunlight, these conditions are perfect for algae to grow… Read More »
Bad breath, also termed as halitosis, is an oral condition due to poor dental and unhealthy lifestyle habits. In cases where dentures are not properly cleaned, the odor-causing bacteria and food particles cause bad breath. There are many other conditions in which people experience bad breath after tooth extraction and wisdom teeth removal. Tooth extraction… Read More »
UCD Professor Dolores Cahill is facing calls from the Students’ Union to be the subject of investigation, after she spoke openly at an anti-lockdown event in Dublin’s Herbert Park, on St Patrick’s Day. Prof Cahill, a professor at the UCD School of Medicine and chair of the Irish Freedom Party, was recorded at the event,… Read More »
Breadcrumb Trail Links World News Health Canada This month marks the one year anniversary of Canada swiftly moving into lockdown after the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic Author of the article: National Post Staff, The Canadian Press Article content On March 8, Canada recorded its first death from COVID-19, and just a… Read More »