May 12th, 2021Vegetarians have a healthier biomarker profile than meat-eaters, and this applies to adults of any age and weight, and is also unaffected by smoking and alcohol consumption, according to a study in over 166,000 UK adults, according to research...
May 12th, 2021Adults who reported severe psychological distress — such as depression or anxiety — after suffering a heart attack were more than twice as likely to suffer a second cardiac event within five years compared with those experiencing only mild...
May 5th, 2021Stress induced from working long hours and making high-stakes decisions translates to a shorter life and faster aging for CEOs, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper.
In the March study, researchers focused on wealthy...
May 5th, 2021Research finds that children who were breastfed scored higher on neurocognitive tests. Researchers in the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester Medical Centre (URMC) analysed thousands of cognitive tests taken by nine...
May 5th, 2021A WHO-funded systematic review that concluded that firm conclusions could not be drawn about the airborne transmission of COVID-19 is “concerning“, according to correspondence in The Lancet. The scientists cite 10 streams of evidence that...
April 28th, 2021Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have reported findings from a Phase IIb trial of a candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, which demonstrated high-level efficacy of 77% over 12-months of follow-up.
In their findings...
April 28th, 2021Those who persistently slept six hours or less per night were roughly 30% more likely to develop dementia, compared to those with normal sleep duration, according to A University College London study.
Lead author Dr Séverine Sabia (University...
April 28th, 2021Research has found that small but significant decreases in the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among females – but not males – who took multivitamins, vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids, or probiotics.
Researchers at King’s College London analysed...
April 21st, 2021There is a significant protective benefit of fish consumption in people with cardiovascular disease, as well as with significant improvements in multiple other health outcomes.
An umbrella review of meta-analyses found that increased fish...
April 21st, 2021High intensity interval training (HIIT) of under 15 minutes – inclusive of warm up and cool down – yields comparable improvements to interventions meeting the current World Health Organisation guidelines that are unattainable for many, finds an...
April 14th, 2021Psychosocial stress – typically resulting from difficulty coping with challenging environments – may work synergistically to put women at significantly higher risk of developing coronary heart disease, according to a study by researchers at...
April 14th, 2021Immunotherapy together with an experimental cancer drug could offer a new way of treating some patients with aggressive brain cancers, promising early results from a Phase I trial suggest. Two of the first 10 patients treated for a highly aggressive...
April 14th, 2021A meta-analysis presented at the IBD Liver Disease Conference found that coffee drinkers had up 47% lower risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and was also associated with a 27% reduction in the likelihood of developing advanced...
April 7th, 2021Over a 6-year period, a Canadian study of 1000 patients younger than 60 years who returned to work after a first myocardial infarction (MI) found that those working 55 hours a week or more had a twofold increased risk for recurrent coronary heart...
April 7th, 2021Pregnancy outcomes for mothers and babies have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, with stillbirth and maternal mortality rates increasing by approximately one-third during the pandemic, according to a review of data from 40 studies representing...
April 7th, 2021Emerging, although still limited, evidence suggests that frequent consumption of meals prepared away from home is significantly associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality, as well as increased risk of chronic diseases, such as obesity and...
