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Perinatal HIV transmission tied to cognitive deficits – US meta-analysis
A detailed analysis of 35 studies suggests that perinatal transmission of HIV to newborns may be associated with serious cognitive deficits as children grow...
AFib rising among younger people – US study
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) – an abnormal heart rhythm that affects the heart’s upper chambers and can increase the risk of stroke and heart failure...
Personalised mRNA jab a 'game-changer' for cancer patients
The launch of patient trials involving the world’s first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma has been welcomed by experts for its “game-changing” potential...
Call to reduce antipsychotic medicines for dementia patients
Doctors are being urged to reduce prescribing of antipsychotic drugs to dementia patients after the largest study of its kind found they were linked...
Cheap diabetes drug may delay ageing, say US scientists
An inexpensive drug taken by millions of people to control diabetes may do more than lower blood sugar, with research suggesting it might have...
Diet change better at relieving IBS than medicine – Swedish trial
Adopting either a low FODMAP diet or one that was low in carbohydrates but still high in fibre relieved irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms...
Does what you eat affect your brain health?
Researchers, who have long been interested in finding out what diets optimise brain function, which is affected by dietary patterns and food choices, have...
No benefits from 'outdated' beta-blockers after heart attack
Swedish researchers have described as outdated the standard practice of prescribing beta-blockers after a heart attack to lessen the risk of a future cardiovascular...
Post-birth esketamine slashes depression by three quarters – Chinese study
Scientists recently found that a single dose of 0.2 mg/kg of esketamine soon after childbirth reduced major depressive events among women with prenatal depressive...
Diabetes drug shows promise in slowing Parkinson’s – French study
Researchers say findings that diabetes drug lixisenatide may slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease could be a major step forward, and provide hope for...
Prostate cancer cases could double by 2040 – global analysis
A recent analysis – the largest of its kind – suggests the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer worldwide could double to 2.9m...
Less invasive, new approach to diagnose heart disease – Irish study
A clinical trial that saw high resolution scanning technology used to identify heart disease has been welcomed as a potential game-changer for cardiac treatment,...
US analysis confirms dementia risk halved with Viagra
The erectile dysfunction drug Viagra could soon be recommended as a therapy to decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and help reduce the alarming...
CBD products don’t ease pain – UK, Canadian study
There is no evidence that CBD products reduce chronic pain, and taking them is a waste of money and potentially harmful to health, according...
Prolonged use of some hormone drugs tied to tumour risk
Researchers in France have suggested that prolonged use of certain progestogen hormone drugs might be associated with an increased risk of developing a type...
Autism risk may rise with in-utero anti-seizure meds – US study
A study by American researchers suggests that the incidence of autism spectrum disorder is higher among children exposed to topiramate in the second half...
Plunging global fertility rates will lead to big world divide
Fertility rates in nearly all countries will be too low to sustain population levels by the end of the century, and most of the...
Sugary drinks make boys more prone to diabetes than girls – US study
A long-term study of women and their children by Harvard University found sugary drinks increased insulin resistance and blood glucose levels in boys, but...
Genetic markers hold clue to meat-eating link to colon cancer
In one of the largest ever gene-environment interaction studies of red meat and colorectal cancer, researchers have identified two genetic markers that may help...
Acne drug not linked to higher suicide risk – meta-analysis
Users of the acne drug isotretinoin do not experience an increased risk of suicide, according to a recent meta-analysis, but may actually have a...
Covid virus lurks in the body for more than a year – US study
Recent research has offered potential clues as to why some people develop long Covid, and why the virus can persist in the blood and...
Weight loss drug approved for heart disease prevention
Wegovy is the first weight loss drug to be approved for major heart disease prevention, after the US Food & Drug Administration gave the...
Drawbacks to benefits of short fasting, study finds
Researchers have suggested that several possible health benefits of fasting – done properly and under medical supervision – might, in fact, not occur in...
Chemo regimen changes may help older patients – US analysis
Treatment modifications, like dose reductions, schedule changes, or less toxic regimens, can improve how older patients with advanced cancer and ageing-related conditions tolerate chemotherapy...
Ultra-processed foods linked to 32 health problems, large review finds
A recent, large-scale review of 45 meta-analyses of almost 10m people found that eating ultra-processed foods vastly increases the risk of developing or dying...
Sinusitis linked to later autoimmune disease – US study
A history of sinus congestion and drip may precede serious autoimmune disorders, a population-based study has suggested, with researchers finding rates of rheumatologic conditions...
Global study finds new genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes
The risk factors for type 2 diabetes are both environmental and genetic, and while researchers have identified many genetic risk factors thus far, the...
Scientists find possible Covid ‘brain fog’ cause – Irish study
The mystery surrounding the “brain fog” suffered by people with long Covid may finally have been revealed – with researchers saying that leaky blood...
Chronic fatigue condition biological, not psychological – US study
American researchers have found notable differences between the immune systems and other physiological functions of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and those...
Women need half as much exercise as men for longevity – US study
Women need to exercise only half as much as men to reap the same longevity benefits, suggests a recent study – with the researchers...
Best contender in decades in breast cancer fight – global study
For decades, hormonal treatment of breast cancer has had one aim – blocking oestrogen, but now a global study has discovered there may be...
Heart attack survivors could risk major health issues for years – UK study
A large British population study has suggested that survivors of heart attacks could face a greater risk of developing further serious health conditions for...
Covid jab study of 99m people links shots to rare risk of disorders
Covid vaccines have been linked to small increases in heart, blood and neurological disorders, according to the largest global study of its kind, in...
Positive results for resmetirom as first NASH treatment
Encouraging results from a phase 3 trial have set the stage for resmetirom to become the first drug approved for patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis...
Early death risk for workers who sit all day – Taiwanese study
People who spend most of their work time sitting have 16% more chance of dying earlier than normal, suggest scientists, with their risk of...
Scientists ID proteins that could predict dementia – US-China study
A simple blood test to identify patients at risk of dementia will speed up development of new treatments, say scientists, whose study of frozen...
New non-addictive drug cuts off pain at source, says Vertex
US-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals has developed an experimental drug that relieves pain, blocking pain signals before they get to the brain, but which unlike opioids,...
PCOS tied to cognitive decline, suggests US study
A team of American scientists has suggested that polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) – could be linked to potential cognitive dysfunction later in life.
PCOS refers...
Being fitter slashes prostate cancer risk – Swedish study
Men could reduce their risk of prostate cancer by more than a third if they improve their fitness levels by just 3% a year,...
Lifelong burden of childhood meningitis – Swedish analysis
Nearly one-third of adults in a Swedish cohort who contracted bacterial meningitis as children have permanent neurologic disabilities as a result, according to a...