Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cancer patients who continue smoking after their diagnosis have a nearly doubled risk of heart attack, stroke or death due to cardiovascular disease compared with non-smokers,…
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Digital support can significantly reduce anxiety among autistic adults
Credit: University of Plymouth A digital innovation that provides autistic adults with 24/7 support and practical tools to manage the challenges of everyday life has been shown to significantly reduce…
Research suggests no difference in health outcomes, care costs for patients treated by traditional MDs or osteopaths
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New UCLA-led research suggests that patient mortality rates, readmissions, length of stay, and health care spending were virtually identical for elderly hospitalized patients who were treated…
Low dose colchicine associated with lower incidence of total knee and hip replacements
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An exploratory analysis of the LoDoCo2 (Low-Dose Colchicine 2) randomized, controlled, double-blind trial found that daily therapy with a low dose of colchicine was associated with…
Don’t worry, be happy? It’s not that simple, according to research
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Is happiness something to work hard towards and accumulate over time or is it something transient and fleeting that should be savored in the moment? Past…
Medical row in France over unauthorised COVID trial
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain French medical bodies on Sunday called on authorities to punish researcher Didier Raoult for “the largest ‘unauthorized’ clinical trial ever seen” into the use of hydroxychloroquine…
US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms
This undated, colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, indicated in yellow, emerging from the surface…
Chronic pain can be objectively measured using brain signals—new research
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using a brain implant that can record neural signals over many months, my research team and I have discovered objective biomarkers of chronic pain severity in…
Social vulnerability tied to higher assault-related firearm death rates for youth
States with restrictive gun laws have lower rates of assault-related firearm deaths among youths, but youths from socially vulnerable communities are disproportionately impacted across the spectrum of state gun laws,…
New parents left unprepared due to UK Government health failures, report warns
Mothers and fathers left unprepared for parenthood by government health failures. Credit: University of Southampton Expectant mothers and fathers are being failed by the UK Government’s outdated public health plans…
