Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The first study of its kind to compare cardiovascular risk in type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in both men and women shows…
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What does an IBD diagnosis mean?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is an umbrella term for a group of chronic conditions that cause inflammation and swelling in the digestive tract. It primarily…
Why losing weight or cutting alcohol isn’t always best after illness strikes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The health advice that keeps you from getting sick might actually harm you once you’re already ill. This counterintuitive medical reality has a new name: “Cuomo’s…
NZ children see marketing for unhealthy products 76 times a day
Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels Media headlines, industry figures and research confirm what many parents suspect: marketing to children has not only grown in scale but also in sophistication. It…
New immunotherapy approved in England for people with severe birch pollen allergies
Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Around 25% of hay fever sufferers in the UK are allergic to birch tree pollen. This means that for a good chunk of the population,…
The rise of effortless exercise
Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels It can look almost too easy: athletes gliding along on a bike, runners shuffling at a pace slower than most people’s warm-up, or someone strolling…
Diagnosing diabetes may soon be as easy as breathing into a bag
A team led by a researcher at Penn State has developed a sensor that can help diagnose diabetes and prediabetes on-site in a few minutes using just a breath sample. Credit:…
End-of-life care missing a key player: The psychologist
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Psychologists could play a vital role in helping Australians navigate voluntary assisted dying (VAD), but new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research shows there are significant barriers…
How lymphoma rewires the human genome
Engineered mantle cell lymphoma cells. Credit: Roser Zaurin/Centro de Regulación Genómica Translocations are chromosomal “cut and paste” errors that drive many lymphomas, a type of blood cancer and the sixth…
Study finds walkable communities lowered mental health stressors during COVID-19 pandemic
Number of census tracts per county. Credit: Health Economics (2025). DOI: 10.1002/hec.70013 Research out of the University of New Hampshire shows that communities that were easier for people to lace…
