New experimental coronavirus vaccine prevented severe disease in mice after two doses of the jab boosted their antibody levels 90-fold Researchers genetically modified vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), which causes a mild illness in livestock, to become a vaccine The team took out a gene from VSV and inserted the spike protein from the coronavirus, which… Read More »
You can have your cholesterol tested using a simple blood test. An HDL level of 60 or above is associated with a lower risk of heart disease, and below 40 is associated with a higher risk. See “Lipid levels in adults. After the age of menopause, women’s LDL bad cholesterol levels tend to rise. They… Read More »
The bottom number refers to your blood pressure when your heart muscle is between beats. It’s important to use an appropriate-sized arm cuff. Doctors suspect a link between hypertension, or high blood pressure, and diabetes, and each condition can make the other worse. Diastolic blood pressure, the bottom number, measures the force your heart exerts… Read More »
PHOTOS: Air quality in the Central Tablelands has been listed as hazardous AIR quality has been listed as hazardous in the Central Tablelands with a health warning issued to residents On Monday morning the numerical air quality rating for the region was 1294 which ranks as ‘hazardous’ on the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and… Read More »
Knowing your cholesterol levels is really important as it could save your life. It doesn’t matter whether you are in your 20s, 30s or 40s, high cholesterol happens at any age and the only way to diagnose it is by conducting a blood test. If you’ve never in your life had cholesterol levels tested or… Read More »