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Cow milk while breastfeeding may reduce the child's food allergy risk
Children of mothers who drink relatively more cow's milk during breastfeeding are at reduced risk of developing food allergies, found a robust Swedish study...
Exercise beneficial for low back pain but no agreement why — Clinical trial review
Exercise is scientifically proven to provide relief from chronic low back pain (CLBP), but an Australian systematic new review found researchers are still unsure...
Many women could safely skip breast cancer chemo — RxPONDER Trial
More women with early-stage breast cancer may safely forgo chemotherapy, suggests an interim analysis that had a median follow-up of five years of the...
Up to 73% higher risk of serious knee replacement complications with tourniquet — evidence review
The risk of developing serious complications following a knee replacement could be up to 73% higher when a tourniquet is used, compared to surgery...
WHO: New guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour
The health harms associated with prolonged sitting can be offset by exceeding weekly recommended physical activity levels, says the World Health Organization (WHO) in...
Novel weekly dose of insulin as effective as daily for type 2 diabetes
A phase 2 trial reported in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a once-a-week insulin injection called icodec led to a...
Above normal BP in midlife linked to increased brain damage in later life
Higher than normal blood pressure, especially diastolic, is linked to more extensive brain damage in later life, according to a study in the European...
Older age no barrier to lifestyle management of obesity
Obese patients over the age of 60 can lose an equivalent amount of weight as younger people using only lifestyle changes, according to a...
Healthy sleep habits linked to 42% lower risk of heart failure —UK Biobank data
Adults with the healthiest sleep patterns had a 42% lower risk of heart failure regardless of other risk factors compared to adults with unhealthy...
Hyperbaric oxygen: Clinical trial reverses 2 cellular processes linked to ageing
An Israeli study indicates that hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT) in healthy ageing adults can stop the ageing of blood cells and reverse the shortening...
Iron supplement injection cuts heart failure re-hospitalisation by 26%
Heart failure patients who are diagnosed with iron deficiency appear to avoid return trips to the hospital if they are treated with intravenous ferric...
Updated CDC guidelines: Cloth masks protect wearers as well as others
Updated guidelines from the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States stress that cloth face masks help protect wearers from SARS-CoV-2, as...
A few kilograms' weight loss nearly halves the risk of diabetes — large UK clinical trial
Losing a few kilograms in weight almost halves people’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes – according to a large scale research study led...
A month's delay in cancer treatment may raise death risk up to 13%
People whose treatment for cancer is delayed by even one month have 6% to 13% higher risk of dying – a risk that keeps...
COVID-19 increases risk of new psychiatric disorders — Data analysis of 69m Americans
Nearly one in five people is diagnosed with a psychiatric condition within three months of contracting coronavirus – double the usual rate from other...
Need For Recovery among UK emergency care doctors at highest level yet
A survey of more than 4,000 UK emergency care doctors has shown that they need more support to recover from work pressures between shifts....
Positive outlook predicts less memory decline – 9-year longitudinal study
A US study found that people who feel enthusiastic and cheerful – what psychologists call "positive affect" – are less likely to experience memory...
Younger knee replacement patients more likely to require re-operation
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is increasing among patients 65 and younger. One study projects a potential 183% increase in the number of TKA and...
Weight-reduction surgery may prevent second heart attack and death
People with severe obesity (BMI >35) and a prior heart attack who undergo weight-reduction surgery may lower their risk of a second heart attack,...
New TB regimen reduces treatment time by a third — clinical trial
Lung health researchers have announced important developments in tuberculosis (TB) research at the Union World Conference. This includes promising data from a clinical trial...
Patient aggression towards dentists widespread – NYU study
Roughly half of New York dentists surveyed experienced verbal or reputational aggression by patients in the past year, and nearly one in four endured...
High-flavanol diet associated with lower blood pressure
In one of the largest studies to use nutritional biomarkers to estimate intake of bioactive food compounds, a UK study published in Nature found a...
Additive effects of green tea and coffee on mortality risk in type 2 diabetes patients
Green tea and coffee consumption is linked to a lower risk of dying from any cause among people with type 2 diabetes, suggests a...
Heart risk after major surgery significantly higher than previously thought
One in five high-risk patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery will develop one or more heart complications within a year, according to research published in the...
Some OTC mouthwashes neutralise human coronaviruses — Laboratory study
Some over-the-counter (OTC) oral antiseptics and mouthwashes may neutralise human coronaviruses, according to a Penn State College of Medicine laboratory study. The results indicate...
Sibling death markedly higher in low-and-middle-income African countries
In multiple sub-Saharan countries more than half of women reported having lost at least one sibling before the age of 25, found a large...
Over 80% of people testing positive were asymptomatic — University College London
86% of people who tested positive for COVID-19 during lockdown did not have virus symptoms (cough, and/or fever, and/or loss of taste/smell), finds a...
Pregnancy complications link to heightened risk of later CVD — Umbrella review
Pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, pre-eclampsia, diabetes in pregnancy (gestational diabetes) and pre-term birth are linked to a heightened risk of heart disease in...
Spinal cord stimulation reduces pain and motor symptoms in Parkinson's
A team of researchers in the US and Japan reports that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) measurably decreased pain and reduced motor symptoms of Parkinson’s...
Omega-3 intake link to reduced heart risk — Clinical trial meta-analysis
A Mayo Clinic meta-analysis of 40 clinical trials provides evidence for consuming more EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) omega-3 fats, improving cardiovascular...
The 'golden hour': Delays in trauma treatment and patient outcomes
A four-nation retrospective cohort study of more than 24,000 trauma patients supports the concept of the “golden hour” during prehospital care
Some clinicians consider that...
Virtual follow-up more convenient and equally beneficial to surgical patients
Surgical patients who participate in virtual follow-up visits after their operations spend a similar amount of time with surgical team members as those who...
Colorectal cancer prevention: BMJ evidence review of 80 meta-analyses
An evidence review in The BMJ examines 80 meta-analyses of interventional and observational studies of colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention using medications, vitamins, supplements and...
Early introduction of gluten may prevent coeliac disease in children
Introducing high doses of gluten from four months of age into infants’ diets could prevent them from developing coeliac disease, a study has found....
Weighted blankets can decrease insomnia severity – Karolinska Institutet
Weighted blankets are a safe and effective intervention in the treatment of insomnia, according to a randomised, controlled Swedish study among insomnia researchers patients with psychiatric...
Azithromycin in combination may increase risk for cardiac events
While azithromycin by itself is not associated with an increase in cardiac events, if the taken with certain other drugs cardiac events increased, found...
Cash incentives for GPs led to sharp fall in abortion rates
A scheme that gave GP surgeries cash incentives to tell women about long-acting reversible methods of contraception has been linked to a sharp fall...
New CDC guidelines for S aureus prevention and control in NICUs
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new recommendations for the prevention and control of Staphylococcus aureus in neonatal intensive...
Plantar fasciitis and overuse injuries may link to toe spring in shoes — Harvard
Toe springs, a pervasive feature in athletic shoes especially, may contribute to weakening of the foot muscles and possibly to increased susceptibility to common...
Kruger Park study: Human activity promotes disease-spreading mosquitoes
Disease-spreading mosquitoes may be more likely to occupy areas impacted by human activities like pesticide use and habitat destruction, than they are areas less...