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Morning or night for BP meds? It makes no difference, finds Scottish study
It doesn’t matter what time of day or night you take your blood pressure medication, a recent TIME study has found, contradicting previous research...
Doppelgängers: yours is out there and you probably share DNA
That person who looks just like you is not your twin, but if scientists compared your genomes, they might find a lot in common,...
Higher myocarditis risk in young males after mRNA jabs – Nordic cohort study of 23m
A massive cohort study of 23.2m people across four Nordic countries showed higher rates of myocarditis and pericarditis within 28 days after being vaccinated...
UWC study explores common carbohydrate as treatment for TB
A common and popular food industry carbohydrate is being researched as a possible treatment for cancer and other diseases, including tuberculosis, writes Professor Admire...
Reducing needle anxiety in children – Australian study
Tears, tantrums and distress – when it comes to needles, many children struggle with anxiety. But with vaccinations becoming more regular, finding ways to...
Drug delaying prostate cancer by more than a year gets approval in UK
British regulators have given the nod to a prostate cancer drug that can delay the progression of the disease in terminal patients for more...
Salt substitutes slash risk of CVD, death – Chinese-Australian meta-analysis
Dietary salt substitutes not only lower blood pressure but also have a clear impact on hard clinical endpoints, lowering the risk of myocardial infarction...
One single chemical could be cure for baldness – US study
A single chemical could be responsible for whether people go bald or not, a recent study has found, the discovery of which could not...
Nervous system retraining effective in treating chronic back pain – randomised trial
There’s finally hope for people suffering from chronic back pain, shows a randomised control trial of treatment focused on retraining how the back and...
UK study casts doubt on widespread lactose intolerance diagnoses
Despite our ancestors drinking milk for thousands of years, intolerance among Britons is rising, but is it as widespread as it seems? A recent...
Ultra-processed food linked to cognitive decline – Brazilian study
Consuming ultra-processed foods for more than 20% of your calorie intake every day could set you on the road to cognitive decline, a study...
Resistant starch effective in preventing wide range of cancers – global trial
A trial in almost 1,000 people with high hereditary risk of a wide range of cancers has shown a major preventive effect from resistant...
How skin oil turns infection-fighting cells into accomplices, making acne bacteria thrive – US study
Cutibacterium acnes, a crunchy bug that lives on human skin, loves the oily pocket around hair follicles. No face is quite as greasy as...
Fourth person cured of HIV, fifth success in the wings: AIDS 2022 conference
A 66-year-old man, diagnosed with HIV in 1988, has been in remission for more that 17 months after stopping antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the...
Leading Alzheimer’s study under investigation over possible manipulation
Critical elements of one of the most cited pieces of Alzheimer’s disease research in the past two decades, published in 2006, may have been...
Many commonly used insomnia drugs poorly tolerated and have adverse results – Oxford meta-analysis
Insomnia is a highly prevalent disorder, with a chronic course and heavy burden for patients and the healthcare system.
Although both non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions...
Boosting protein intake may be key to healthier eating, weight loss – US study
Protein is an essential component of a healthy diet, including among people on weight loss programmes. A recent study found that upping their protein...
Commonly used treatment for birth asphyxia linked to serious adverse events – US study
When a child is born with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, commonly called birth asphyxia – poor consciousness, not crying, not sucking, not breathing on their own...
Weekend exercise enough to stay fit – decade-long US cohort study
Good news for those who are desk-bound during the week and can only exercise on weekends: a US study has discovered that a big...
Experts believe name change may diminish stigma of schizophrenia
The term schizophrenia carries an incredible load. It is not just a moniker for a serious mental condition but also a tool to support...
Keto vs Mediterranean diet and diabetes – Stanford randomised trial
Both the ketogenic and Mediterranean diets successfully cut blood sugar levels in patients with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, according to a small randomised...
Psoriasis study shows promising new treatment strategy
As part of a study, a MedUni Vienna research team has now discovered a key starting point for inhibiting inflammation in both psoriasis and...
Badly-fitting school shoes give children foot deformities – SA study
South African children who usually go barefoot risk developing clawed and retracted toes, heel spurs and foot arthritis because school shoes sold here are...
Acupuncture relieves chronic headache – Chinese randomised trial
Acupuncture helped reduce the frequency of chronic tension-type headaches (CTTH), a randomised controlled trial in China found.
More than two-thirds (68.2%) of people with CTTH...
Study shows how psychedelics work on the brain to relieve depression
Up to 30% of people with depression don’t respond to treatment with anti-depressants – possibly due to differences in biology between patients and that...
Exposure to light during sleep linked to health risks – Chicago study
Researchers have found that sleeping with any type of light whatsoever, even dim light, can affect your health – and that any light exposure...
Top medications most often linked to headache – FDA database
Monoclonal antibodies, antivirals, immunomodulators and pulmonary arterial vasodilators top the list of drugs most frequently implicated as causes of headaches in a federal side...
Fibre-glass industry workers at high risk of chronic respiratory conditions – KZN study
A study carried out at a factory in Durban found that workers in the fibre-glass reinforcement industry are literally choking on plastic, with their...
Human cells less able to absorb protein from ‘vegan’ meat’ – Ohio study
Proteins in plant-based meat alternatives may not be as accessible to human cells as those from real meat, a study has suggested.
While plants rich...
Inability to balance on one leg linked to higher mortality risk – 12-year international study
If you battle to stand on one leg, it could be a sign of something more serious than you think, with research suggesting that...
Traditional Ayurveda medicines treat type 2 diabetes – UK meta-analysis
A team of medical specialists has suggested that several traditional medicines widely used in South Asia can be effective in helping patients with type...
Optimism link to longer life span of women of all races – Harvard study
Positive thought and optimism really do affect well-being, especially if you’re a woman. According to a recent study, higher levels of optimism were associated...
Milestone delays in babies exposed to COVID in womb – US cohort study
Lags in basic milestones of infancy – rolling over, reaching for objects or babbling – have been observed in babies whose mothers caught COVID-19...
Frozen eggs more efficient than IVF for older women – US study
The largest US report of elective fertility preservation outcomes to date found that 70% of women who froze eggs before they were 38 –...
Social isolation linked to later dementia – collaborative study
People who are socially isolated have lower grey matter volumes of brain regions involved in memory and learning, a team of researchers has discovered.
Their...
US cancer trial’s unexpected result: remission in every patient
It was a small trial, just 18 rectal cancer patients, all of whom took the same drug. But the results were astonishing. The cancer...
Inhaled steroids promote secretions which block treatment in severe asthma patients – US study
Patients with severe asthma produce special substances in their airways when taking medicine during an asthma attack that block the treatment from working.
Two different...
Gradual slower gait a sign of cognitive decline – Australian study
Walking more slowly as you age has always been a warning sign of increasing frailty that could lead to falls and other disabilities, experts...
Breastfeeding duration linked to cognition – Oxford study
Children who were breastfed for longer were linked to higher cognitive scores, right up to the age of 14, than those who were never...
Less TV time could slash coronary heart disease cases – joint study
Watching too much TV is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease regardless of an individual's genetic makeup, say scientists.
The researchers, from the...