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Eating within 10-hour window may help stave off diabetes, heart disease
December 11th, 2019 In a collaborative effort, researchers from the Salk Institute and the University of California – San Diego School of Medicine found that a 10-hour time-restricted eating intervention, when combined with traditional medications, resulted in...
Worldwide surge in measles deaths a 'preventable outrage’ — WHO
December 11th, 2019 Worldwide more than 140,000 people died from a resurgence in measles in 2018, according to new estimates from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). The WHO's director general, Tedros...
Skiers have 50% lower incidence of depression and vascular dementia – but not Alzheimer's
December 4th, 2019 Half as many skiers have been diagnosed with depression, a delayed manifestation of Parkinson's, a reduced risk of developing vascular dementia – but not Alzheimer's. These connections were discovered by researchers when they compared 200,000...
Immunotherapy boosts survival in prostate cancer 'super survivors'
December 4th, 2019 Some men with advanced prostate cancer who have exhausted all other treatment options could live for two years or more on immunotherapy, a major clinical trial has shown. Researchers found that a small proportion of men were ‘super responders’...
36% of UK doctors suffer from workplace burnout
November 27th, 2019 Research led by Imperial College London has found that 36% of UK doctors may suffer from workplace burnout, rising to 43% of trainee doctors, reports Medical Xpress. Burnout is a condition triggered by long-term stress and overload at work, and in...
Immunotherapy better than 'extreme' chemotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer
November 27th, 2019 Immunotherapy is better than standard “extreme” chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced head and neck cancer and can keep some patients alive for more than three years, a major trial reports. Pembrolizumab either used alone or in...
Less sleep may harm bone health in women
November 27th, 2019 Research in post-menopausal women has found that those who slept for no longer than 5 hours per night were most likely to have lower bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoporosis. A team from the University at Buffalo, Nork York, led the study of...
Dangers of alternative medicine in advanced breast cancer
November 20th, 2019 Patients with advanced breast cancer that has spread to the skin are likely to cause more harm than good if they use complementary therapies to treat their skin lesions. Professor Maria João Cardoso, head breast surgeon at the Champalimaud...
Treatment innovations save lives in traumatic injuries with severe bleeding
November 20th, 2019 UK deaths from severe bleeding after major trauma have been reduced by 40% over the past decade through a programme of research and innovation led by Queen Mary University of London, Barts Health NHS Trust and NHS Blood and...
Rethinking old age: 70 is the new 65, says UK Office of National Statistics
November 20th, 2019 It may be time to rethink how we measure and define old age in the UK because more people are surviving into their late 80s and beyond. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) team says although 65 has traditionally been seen as the start of...
Copper beds in ICU significantly reduce bacterial infections
November 13th, 2019 A study has found that copper hospital beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) harboured an average of 95% fewer bacteria than conventional hospital beds, and maintained these low-risk levels throughout patients' stay in hospital....
CRASH-3: a win for patients with traumatic brain injury
November 13th, 2019 The CRASH-3 trial found a significant reduction in risk of head injury-related mortality when tranexamic acid was administered within 3 hours of injury to patients with mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI), but not in patients with severe...
'Weekend effect' linked to admission habits of junior doctors
November 13th, 2019 A UK study suggested that the "weekend effect" of increased hospital mortality was driven by junior doctors admitting a lower proportion of relatively healthy patients at the weekend compared with the weekday, thus diluting the risk pool of weekday...
Running as little as 50 minutes a week significantly lowers death risk
November 6th, 2019 An Australian research review, tracking over 232,000 people for up to 35 years, found that running for as little as 50 minutes a week can significantly lower the risk of death. Research from the Institute for Health & Sport at Victoria...
An avocado a day helps lower 'bad' cholesterol
November 6th, 2019 An avocado a day in a heart-healthy diet decreased oxidisedlow-density lipoprotein( LDL) in adults with overweight and obesity, and the effect was associated with the reduction in small density LDL. Move over, apples – research from Penn...