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Canadian review: Aspirin not recommended for those not at risk of CVD
October 16th, 2019 Those who've never had a heart attack or stroke, should not be taking daily aspirin to prevent them, found a Canadian review of three large, randomised, placebo-controlled studies published in 2018, which showed the risk of major internal bleeding...
Energy-saver washing machines may fail to eradicate pathogens
October 16th, 2019 Repeated Klebsiella oxytoca contamination on the skin of premature babies in a German hospital's neonatal intensive care unit was eventually traced to the inability of energy-saving washing machines to properly eradicate pathogens. When...
Young rugby players: Blood-brain barrier damage may occur even with mild head trauma
October 9th, 2019 For the first time, researchers were able to detect damage to the blood-brain barrier (BBB) caused by mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), in martial arts fighters and adolescent rugby players, in a small US study. The researchers studied...
Epilepsy: Seizures not forecastable as expected
October 9th, 2019 Epileptic seizures can probably not be predicted by changes in brain wave patterns that were previously assumed to be characteristic precursors. This is the conclusion reached by scientists from the University of Bonn in a recent study. During...
AI 'at best' on a par with human experts when making image-based diagnoses - review
October 9th, 2019 Artificial intelligence (AI) is "at best" on a par with human experts when it comes to making medical diagnoses based on images, that a review has found. The potential for artificial intelligence in healthcare has caused excitement, with...
Three-in-one inhaler therapy improves lung function and reduces exacerbations
October 9th, 2019 Patients with severe asthma which is not controlled with standard treatment – leaving them at risk of severe asthma attacks – could benefit from using a single inhaler combining three, instead of two therapies, according to two phase 3...
Optimal CPR compression rate and depth for neurologically intact survival — NIH study
October 2nd, 2019 A study of more than 3,600 patients who experienced cardiac arrest outside the hospital., where compression rate and depth were being recorded as part of a clinical trial conducted by the NIH Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium, identified a likely...
Deaths halved among infarct patients attending ‘Heart School’
October 2nd, 2019 Patients who attend “Heart School”, as almost every patient in Sweden is invited to do after a first heart attack, live markedly longer than non-participating patients. This is shown in study by researchers at Uppsala University. Patient...
African American children respond differently to asthma medications
October 2nd, 2019 African Americans suffer asthma more often and more severely than Caucasian patients. However, clinical trials that have shaped treatment guidelines have included few African Americans. A new report demonstrates a shortcoming of that history....
Babies' gut bacteria affected by birth delivery method
September 25th, 2019 Babies born vaginally have different gut bacteria – their microbiome – than those delivered by caesarean, research has shown. Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University College London, the University of Birmingham and their...
For the planet, eating some meat better than going vegetarian
September 25th, 2019 A diet that involved reducing animal food consumption by two-thirds – – generally had a lower climate and water footprint than the more traditional lacto-ovo vegetarian diet, found a modelling study from Johns Hopkins. Achieving an...
Just do it: Happy introverts may simply choose to be extraverts
September 25th, 2019 If you are an introvert, force yourself to be an extravert — you'll be happier, found a small US personality study. That's the suggestion of the first-ever study asking people to act like extraverts for a prolonged period. For one week, the 123...
Migraines a significant risk factor for dementia
September 18th, 2019 Migraines were a significant risk factor for Alzheimer's Disease and all‐cause dementia, according to a Canadian five-year prospective cohort study. Dementia is the most common neurological disease in older adults, whereas headaches, including...
Once or twice weekly daytime nap linked to lower heart attack/stroke risk
September 18th, 2019 A daytime nap taken once or twice a week may be associated with significantly lower risk of a cardiovascular disease event, finds Swiss research. But no such association emerged for either greater frequency or duration of naps. The impact of...
After the honeymoon: Changing partners doesn't change relationship dynamics
September 18th, 2019 An eight-year study of 554 people in Germany showed that eventually, they had the same dynamics in new partnerships as in past broken relationships, after the glow of the honeymoon phase had faded. "Although some relationship dynamics may change,...