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The biggest health story right now is: NI Doctors Strike Over Stormont Budget Pay Delay. Hospital doctors in Northern Ireland announced two strikes in November after the Stormont executive's seven-month budget impasse left them without a 3.5% pay uplift already given to UK colleagues, with nurses now balloting for industrial action.
Based on the latest health coverage: NI Doctors Strike Over Stormont Budget Pay Delay; Noise-cancelling headphones prevent vomiting after surgery; Study Finds 'Protective' Brain Cells May Fuel Decline. See the latest articles below for the full breakdown, with each story linked to its primary source.
Based on the latest health coverage: NI Doctors Strike Over Stormont Budget Pay Delay; Noise-cancelling headphones prevent vomiting after surgery; Study Finds 'Protective' Brain Cells May Fuel Decline. See the latest articles below for the full breakdown, with each story linked to its primary source.
Based on the latest health coverage: NI Doctors Strike Over Stormont Budget Pay Delay; Noise-cancelling headphones prevent vomiting after surgery; Study Finds 'Protective' Brain Cells May Fuel Decline. See the latest articles below for the full breakdown, with each story linked to its primary source.
Hospital doctors in Northern Ireland announced two strikes in November after the Stormont executive's seven-month budget impasse left them without a 3.5% pay uplift already given to UK colleagues, with nurses now balloting for industrial ac
Wearing noise-blocking ear defenders during surgery cut the rate of post-operative nausea and vomiting from 52% to 35% in a 192-patient trial, researchers reported at an anesthesiology conference in San Diego.
University of Edinburgh researchers published in Nature Medicine evidence that aging oligodendrocytes—the myelin-producing brain cells traditionally viewed as protective—turn dysfunctional, producing abnormal myelin that damages nerve fiber
UC Berkeley scientists mapped the brain circuitry connecting deep sleep, growth hormone release, and wakefulness, uncovering a feedback loop that helps explain how the body balances physical recovery with alertness.
Stanford scientists developed a label-free microscope that resolves structures inside living cells at approximately 120 nanometers by combining interferometric scattering with array detector technology, enabling real-time observation withou
Michigan Medicine researchers report that the experimental compound DT-109 reversed severe fatty liver disease (MASH) in animal models by reducing harmful gut bacteria and restoring the intestinal barrier, pointing to a treatment strategy t
Pope Leo XIV was discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital just four days after a 90-minute operation removed a cancerous growth and the lower lobe of his right lung, with doctors citing "steady improvement" and the Vatican confirming he will
A Suffolk County jury awarded ousted scientist and former MIT professor David Sabatini $6 million in damages, finding his accuser Kristin Knouse had defamed him and interfered with his ability to earn a living.
Representatives from 69 countries voted at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures to abolish leap seconds, replacing them with a 'leap hour' system that lets coordinated universal time drift up to an hour from astronomical time be
Duke-NUS researchers pin age-related muscle decline on DEAF1, a single gene that goes hyperactive with age and drives excessive mTORC1 signaling, choking off the cell's ability to clear damaged proteins. Exercise reverses the effect, the PN
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