September 1st, 2021“Considerable evidence” suggests that e-cigarettes are an effective smoking-cessation tool for adults, according to a paper in the American Journal of Public Health,...
July 28th, 2021A UK biomarker study shows that 23% of elite adult rugby players had abnormalities in brain structure, and half showed an unexpected change in brain volume, writes...
May 26th, 2021Regular consumption of milk is not associated with increased levels of cholesterol, according to an almost 2m-person Mendelian analysis, published in the International...
May 19th, 2021Annual screening for ovarian cancer can detect tumours earlier but does not save lives, one of the largest studies ever conducted on the UK general population...
April 28th, 2021Those who persistently slept six hours or less per night were roughly 30% more likely to develop dementia, compared to those with normal sleep duration, according to A...
People discharged from hospital after COVID-19 appear to have increased rates of organ damage ("multiorgan dysfunction") compared with similar individuals in the general...
March 31st, 2021A medically reviewed Insider article that draws on three addiction experts describes six of the best apps dedicated to helping people who are recovering from alcohol...
Antibodies from individuals in South Africa who had recovered from a SARS-CoV-2 infection from the first wave of the epidemic are less effective at neutralising the new...Coronavirus Watch
Researchers reporting on two non-peer–reviewed studies followed up months after adults' COVID-19 hospitalisation and found that 55% to 71% have not fully recovered....Coronavirus Watch
Penny Moore was one of the first scientists to show that a coronavirus variant identified in South Africa could dodge the immune system. So, says a Nature report, the...
