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Human sperm rapidly affected by diet — small Swedish study
Sperm are influenced by diet and the effects arise rapidly. This is the conclusion of a study by researchers at Linköping University, in which...
Simple cardiac blood test before surgery can predict adverse outcomes
A common cardiac blood test done before surgery can predict who will experience adverse outcomes after most types of surgery, says an international study...
Half the amount of chemo still prevents recurrence of testicular cancer
Testicular cancer can be prevented from coming back using half the amount of chemotherapy that is currently used, a clinical trial has shown. In...
Higher cow's-milk fat intake associated with 40% lower risk of childhood adiposity
A systematic review and meta-analysis led by St Michael's Hospital of Unity Health Toronto found children who drank whole milk had 40% lower odds...
BPA levels in humans dramatically under-estimated — study
Researchers have developed a more accurate method of measuring bisphenol A (BPA) levels in humans and found that exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical is...
Eating within 10-hour window may help stave off diabetes, heart disease
In a collaborative effort, researchers from the Salk Institute and the University of California – San Diego School of Medicine found that a 10-hour...
Worldwide surge in measles deaths a 'preventable outrage’ — WHO
Worldwide more than 140,000 people died from a resurgence in measles in 2018, according to new estimates from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and...
Skiers have 50% lower incidence of depression and vascular dementia – but not Alzheimer's
Half as many skiers have been diagnosed with depression, a delayed manifestation of Parkinson's, a reduced risk of developing vascular dementia – but not...
Immunotherapy boosts survival in prostate cancer 'super survivors'
Some men with advanced prostate cancer who have exhausted all other treatment options could live for two years or more on immunotherapy, a major...
36% of UK doctors suffer from workplace burnout
Research led by Imperial College London has found that 36% of UK doctors may suffer from workplace burnout, rising to 43% of trainee doctors,...
Immunotherapy better than 'extreme' chemotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer
Immunotherapy is better than standard “extreme” chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced head and neck cancer and can keep some patients alive for more...
Less sleep may harm bone health in women
Research in post-menopausal women has found that those who slept for no longer than 5 hours per night were most likely to have lower...
Dangers of alternative medicine in advanced breast cancer
Patients with advanced breast cancer that has spread to the skin are likely to cause more harm than good if they use complementary therapies...
Treatment innovations save lives in traumatic injuries with severe bleeding
UK deaths from severe bleeding after major trauma have been reduced by 40% over the past decade through a programme of research and innovation...
Rethinking old age: 70 is the new 65, says UK Office of National Statistics
It may be time to rethink how we measure and define old age in the UK because more people are surviving into their late...
Copper beds in ICU significantly reduce bacterial infections
A study has found that copper hospital beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) harboured an average of 95% fewer bacteria than conventional hospital...
CRASH-3: a win for patients with traumatic brain injury
The CRASH-3 trial found a significant reduction in risk of head injury-related mortality when tranexamic acid was administered within 3 hours of injury to...
'Weekend effect' linked to admission habits of junior doctors
A UK study suggested that the "weekend effect" of increased hospital mortality was driven by junior doctors admitting a lower proportion of relatively healthy...
Running as little as 50 minutes a week significantly lowers death risk
An Australian research review, tracking over 232,000 people for up to 35 years, found that running for as little as 50 minutes a...
An avocado a day helps lower 'bad' cholesterol
An avocado a day in a heart-healthy diet decreased oxidisedlow-density lipoprotein( LDL) in adults with overweight and obesity, and the effect was associated...
AI outperforms clinicians in triaging post-operative patients for ICUe
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of a machine-learned algorithm correctly triaged the vast majority of post-operative patients to the intensive care unit in...
Social media's impact on mental health: An 8-year longitudinal study
However, research led by Sarah Coyne, a professor of family life at Brigham Young University, found that the amount of time spent on social...
Doubled fat burn by exercising before breakfast
According to a small study, health scientists at the Universities of Bath and Birmingham found that by changing the timing of when you eat...
Repeated febrile convulsions linked to epilepsy and psychiatric disorders — large Danish study
The risk of febrile convulsions increases with the child's fever, and approximately 4% of Danish children suffer from febrile convulsions. A study from the...
Interstitial cystitis medication may be toxic to the retina
A drug widely prescribed for a bladder condition for decades, now appears to be toxic to the retina, the light sensing tissue at the...
Home genetic testing kits may deliver 'wrongly reassuring' results
Consumer genetic tests could be giving false reassurance to those at heightened risk of cancers, a study, by clinical genetic testing company Invitae, revealed....
Widely available drug reduces head injury deaths by up to 20% — large trial
A low cost and widely available drug could reduce deaths in traumatic brain injury patients by as much as 20%, depending on the severity...
Heart failure and the obesity paradox
While obesity significantly increases the chances of developing heart failure, for those with established heart failure overweight may confer a survival benefit compared with...
Canadian review: Aspirin not recommended for those not at risk of CVD
Those who've never had a heart attack or stroke, should not be taking daily aspirin to prevent them, found a Canadian review of ...
Energy-saver washing machines may fail to eradicate pathogens
Repeated Klebsiella oxytoca contamination on the skin of premature babies in a German hospital's neonatal intensive care unit was eventually traced to the inability...
Young rugby players: Blood-brain barrier damage may occur even with mild head trauma
For the first time, researchers were able to detect damage to the blood-brain barrier (BBB) caused by mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), in martial...
Epilepsy: Seizures not forecastable as expected
Epileptic seizures can probably not be predicted by changes in brain wave patterns that were previously assumed to be characteristic precursors. This is the...
AI 'at best' on a par with human experts when making image-based diagnoses – review
Artificial intelligence (AI) is "at best" on a par with human experts when it comes to making medical diagnoses based on images, that a...
Three-in-one inhaler therapy improves lung function and reduces exacerbations
Patients with severe asthma which is not controlled with standard treatment – leaving them at risk of severe asthma attacks – could benefit from...
Optimal CPR compression rate and depth for neurologically intact survival — NIH study
A study of more than 3,600 patients who experienced cardiac arrest outside the hospital., where compression rate and depth were being recorded as part...
Deaths halved among infarct patients attending ‘Heart School’
Patients who attend “Heart School”, as almost every patient in Sweden is invited to do after a first heart attack, live markedly longer than...
African American children respond differently to asthma medications
African Americans suffer asthma more often and more severely than Caucasian patients. However, clinical trials that have shaped treatment guidelines have included few African...
Babies' gut bacteria affected by birth delivery method
Babies born vaginally have different gut bacteria – their microbiome – than those delivered by caesarean, research has shown. Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger...
For the planet, eating some meat better than going vegetarian
A diet that involved reducing animal food consumption by two-thirds – – generally had a lower climate and water footprint than the...
Just do it: Happy introverts may simply choose to be extraverts
If you are an introvert, force yourself to be an extravert — you'll be happier, found a small US personality study. That's the...