May 1st, 2019A New Zealand-Australian study has delivered "robust" evidence for emergency medicine doctors to manage children with prolonged seizures without reverting to intubation...
October 10th, 2018Vitamin D supplements do nothing for bone health and the UK government should ditch its advice that everyone should take them throughout the winter months, according to...
Consuming extra antioxidants through foods or supplements may not reduce muscle soreness after exercise, s a research review of 50 studies suggests.
Reuters Health...Reproductive Medicine
An add-on treatment commonly offered to female IVF patients to improve their chance of success has been shown in a large randomised trial to be of no value. "Endometrial...Obstetrics
A pregnant mother sleeping on her back during late pregnancy may cause problems for the foetus, according to research. This is the first study to monitor unborn babies...Rheumatology
Researchers report that the drug febuxostat reduced gout flares in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 314 adults with early gout. Febuxostat treatment also...Infectious Diseases
Hopes to fight untreatable strains of gonorrhoea have risen after it emerged that a new vaccine against meningitis unexpectedly reduced the risk of people getting the...
July 5th, 2017
In patients with stable coronary artery disease, persistent psychological distress of at least moderate severity is associated with a substantial increase in...
Monthly high-dose vitamin D supplementation does not prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD), a large University of Auckland randomised trial found.
Studies have...
October 26th, 2016GPs who raise the issue of their patients’ obesity in the surgery will not offend them and are likely to help them reach a healthy weight, a UK study has shown.
The...
