Any small wound or break in the skin is considered a potential entry point for blood or certain bodily fluids—vaginal fluids, semen, pre-seminal fluids, or rectal fluids—to transmit HIV. To reduce ...

The programme aims to supplement pre-schoolers’ day-to-day learning about nutrition with skills to make informed food choices, said Ms Thian Ai Ling, My First Skool’s general manager.

Now, research led by the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) has discovered a completely new type of bipotent progenitor cell with the potential to boost healing.

Drug treatments were easily added to the dressings, and the team found these modified dressings boosted wound healing better than traditional bandages. Compared with a control group with neutral ...

those who took vitamin D supplements over the course of 12 weeks experienced significant wound healing improvements compared with the placebo group. “Some people are more at risk of having very ...