November 13th, 2019
Spending an hour in talk therapy with a trained counsellor costs much more, and takes more time, than swallowing an inexpensive antidepressant pill. But for people with...
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...
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...
May 22nd, 2019Physical activity, including walking and muscle-strengthening activities, were associated with significantly reduced risk of cirrhosis-related death, according to...
Thoracoscopic lobectomy – video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) – combined with pulmonary artery sealing using an ultrasonic energy device reduced the risk of...
May 15th, 2019More doctors are being attacked online for recommending parents vaccinate their children as part of a coordinated effort by anti-vaccine groups. Fictitious patient...
April 24th, 2019There is now evidence that around 5% of people may wake up on the operating table, according to a report on Wellcome's Mosaic site. Although, due to the amnesiac...
Although neural tube defect risks may be higher with dolutegravir than efavirenz, dolutegravir will lead to many fewer deaths among women, as well as fewer overall HIV...
February 13th, 2019Men who have smoked marijuana at some point in their life had significantly higher concentrations of sperm when compared with men who have never smoked marijuana,...
Screening all hospitalised patients with HIV for tuberculosis (TB) using urine tests would improve life expectancy and be cost-effective in Malawi and South Africa,...
