July 24th, 2019When new rules capped training hours for US medical residents at 80 hours per week in 2003, critics worried that the change would leave physicians-in-training unprepared...
July 24th, 2019More than one in 20 (6%) of patients are affected by preventable harm in medical care, of which around 12% causes permanent disability or death, finds a large UK study....
July 17th, 2019The body-mass index (BMI) is a notoriously inadequate predictor of morality and disease, reports The Atlantic. An emerging body of evidence is finding useful and cheap...
June 26th, 2019Eating two or more weekly servings of yoghurt is associated with lower risk of developing the adenomas which precede the development of bowel cancer – at least in men...
Controversially, the World Health Organisation has decided that while the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo - with new cases this week in Uganda - does...Neurology
Professional US football players appear to have a somewhat elevated risk of death, including higher risk of succumbing to cardiac and neuro-degenerative diseases,...
May 22nd, 2019Physical activity, including walking and muscle-strengthening activities, were associated with significantly reduced risk of cirrhosis-related death, according to...
March 20th, 2019Taking a high dose of icosapent ethyl – a pure and stable prescription form of the omega-3 fatty acid known as EPA – significantly reduces the occurrence of first,...
March 13th, 2019Part of the research at the University of Cape Town's new new Aerobiology TB Research Facility involves measuring the amount of air individuals exchange, which may...
A recently published modelling study estimates that there are almost 400,000 new cases of childhood cancer annually, while current records count only around 200,000. The...
