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Plant-based gels ease swallowing of paediatric pills – MIT collaboration
For most children, and even some adults, swallowing pills or tablets is difficult. To make it easier to give those medicines, researchers have created...
New DoH guidelines for mother, baby care during COVID
The National Department of Health has released new guidelines relating to mother and newborn care. Writing in The Conversation, Jeannette Wessels and Ute Feucht...
Lab study raises intriguing questions about the ‘irreversibility of death’
Retina cells reacted to light and even communicated five hours after death, raising the possibility that other cells within the system could be activated...
Cranberries could improve memory, fight dementia – British collaborative study
Adding cranberries to your diet could help improve memory and brain function, and lower “bad” cholesterol, say researchers, who hope their findings have implications...
To expose a liar, introduce multi-tasking into the equation – UK study
It is well documented that lying during interviews takes up more cognitive energy than telling the truth. Investigators can use this finding to their...
Promising dementia treatment stabilises behaviour – Australian study
Sodium selenate may slow cognitive decline and neurodegenerative damage that is the hallmark of many dementias, including Alzheimer’s Disease, found an Australian clinical trial.
A...
Omicron infection improves immunity more than boosters – 2 US studies
People who are vaccinated and then get infected with Omicron may be primed to overcome a broad range of coronavirus variants, early research, not...
Dementia risk reduced with higher blood levels of two carotenoids – NIH study
Higher serum levels of two kinds of carotenoids were tied to lower risk of developing dementia over time, with dementia risk associated with blood...
Underweight odds likelier with vegetarian diet children – Canadian cohort study
A study of nearly 9,000 children found those who eat a vegetarian diet had similar measures of growth and nutrition as meat-eating kids. However,...
Seven hours is ideal amount of sleep in middle-age and older – UK-China study
Seven hours is the ideal amount of sleep for people in their middle age and upwards, with too little or too much sleep associated...
HRT should be given earlier as menopause ‘reshapes the brainʼ – Nature Scientific Reports
Hormone replacement therapy should be seen as a “protective” measure for peri-menopausal women to halt “rewiring” of the brain and should be prescribed earlier,...
Vegan diet linked to fewer rheumatoid arthritis symptoms in women – Small study
A small study of women suggests that adopting a low-fat vegan diet and then eliminating remaining trigger foods may dramatically reduce symptoms of rheumatoid...
Wearing dentures may negatively affect nutritional intake – US study
Dentures may have a significant negative impact on a person’s overall nutrition, according to research from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Dentistry....
US highway death toll messages have opposite effect, cause more crashes
Displaying the highway death toll on USA message boards is a common awareness campaign, but research has shown that this tactic actually leads to...
Anti-depressants not linked to better quality of life, over time – Saudi study
A study by a team in Saudi Arabia has found that in the long run, using anti-depressants is not associated with a significantly better...
FDA authorises breath test to detect COVID-19 in three minutes
A breath test that can pick up COVID-19 infections in patients in less than three minutes has been granted emergency use authorisation by the...
Mystery of why humans die around 80 may finally be solved – Cambridge study
The mystery of why humans die at around 80, while other mammals live much shorter or longer lives, may finally have been solved by...
Sleep apnoea breathing pauses reduced with sulthiame – Swedish trial
A University of Gothenburg study has paved the way for the first drug treatment for sleep apnoea. Compared with before receiving the treatment, breathing...
COVID-19 link to 5x higher risk of thrombotic events – Swedish cohort study
A large Swedish study has linked COVID-19 with greater risk for various of thrombotic events in the months after infection, that of deep vein...
People with epilepsy live 10-12-years shorter lives – Danish cohort study
Excess mortality is particularly pronounced among people with epilepsy and mental disorders, shows research from Aarhus University in Denmark.
The study shows that people with...
Avocado consumption associated with significantly lower CVD risk – Harvard
A Harvard prospective study that followed more than 110,000 men and women for more than 30 years suggests that eating just two servings of...
Largest yet Ivermectin trial fails to show benefit in COVID outpatients
Early treatment with Ivermectin did not result in a lower incidence of medical admission to a hospital due to progression of COVID-19 or of...
GPs worldwide harshly impacted psychologically by pandemic – Meta-analysis
The pandemic has left many GPs worldwide feeling depressed, anxious and burned out, found a systematic review led by the University of York and published...
False positive readings for 50% of 3D mammograms over a decade of screening
Half of all women getting 3D mammograms will experience a false positive over a decade of annual screening, according to a study published in...
Harassment of US public health officials widespread in pandemic – Johns Hopkins
More than a third of local and state public health officials in the US who resigned or were fired in the first 10 months...
Microplastics found in human blood for first time – Dutch study
Microplastic pollution has been detected in human blood for the first time, with Dutch scientists finding the tiny particles in almost 80% of the...
Ketamine for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders – Meta-analysis
An Anglo-Canadian study found “strong evidence” that iketamine provides rapid and robust anti-depressant and anti-suicidal effects, but the effects were relatively short-lived. “However, repeated...
ALTAR trial supports antibiotic alternative for recurrent urinary tract infections
The results of the ALATAR randomised clinical trial in the UK suggest a non-antibiotic antiseptic treatment may be as good as antibiotics for preventing...
Firearms overtake car crashes as cause of years of potential life lost in US trauma deaths
Firearms are now the leading cause of years of potential life lost (YPLL) in US trauma deaths, overtaking motor vehicle crashes (MVC) since 2017,...
Muscle-strengthening associated with lower NCD incidence and mortality risk – Meta-analysis
Muscle-strengthening is associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality and major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and lung cancer, found a...
Height should be considered a risk factor for colorectal screening – Meta-analysis
A meta-analysis by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers adds to evidence that taller adults may be more likely than shorter ones to develop colorectal cancer...
Pet ownership associated with slower cognitive decline, reduced disabilities in older people
Owning a pet, especially for five years or longer, may be linked to slower cognitive decline in older adults, according to a preliminary study...
Optimal number of daily steps to reduce all-cause mortality varies by age – Meta-analysis
A meta-analysis of 15 studies involving nearly 50,000 people from four continents offers new insights into identifying the amount of daily walking steps that...
Obesity in women significantly increases risk for airway obstructive diseases
A population-based cohort study in Korea has suggested that obesity may put women at a higher risk for airway obstructive diseases like chronic obstructive...
Supplementation: Vitamin D3, but not D2, stimulates human immune system
Contrary to widely held views, there are significant differences between the two types of vitamin D, with D3 appearing to boost the immune system...
Dentistry: No endocarditis increase with end to antibiotic prophylaxis – Karolinska Institutet
Sweden is one of few countries to have removed the dental health recommendation to give prophylactic antibiotics to people at a higher risk of...
Norwegian study: More confirmation of soccer headers’ effect on brain activity
Repetitive ‘headers’ and accidental head impacts in soccer lead to changes in blood patterns linked to brain signalling pathways and potential alterations, shows a...
Study of 4m people shows statin intolerance is over-estimated and over-diagnosed
As many as one in two patients stop taking statins, reduce the dose, or take them irregularly because they believe the cholesterol-lowering drugs cause...
Social isolation and loneliness linked to 27% higher CVD risk in older women
Social isolation and loneliness were associated with substantially increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) among older women in the US, found a study...
Sustained dietary change can add almost a decade to lifespan – Norwegian study
A sustained dietary change may give substantial health gains for people of all ages, adding up to 9 years to lifespan, a Norwegian modelling study...