Category: Health News

A study conducted in the UPV/EHU’s Department of Public Policy and Economic History reveals that people’s preferences with respect to public health services differ between regions, and recommends devolving decisions and management of public health care policies to regional governments. In any health care system, knowing what patients’ preferences are is essential in policy-making and

Conjoined Brazilian twins born with fused BRAINS are separated in 27-hour ‘space age’ surgery Three-year-old twins Bernardo and Arthur Lima were born with fused brains They were were separated by Great Ormond Street Hospital paediatric surgeon  Almost 100 medics operated on them for more than 27 hours in final surgery Brazilian twins who were joined

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Kim Rackley, 30, found a lump in early pregnancy but put it down to changes

Lorraine: Ranvir Singh shows her hair loss We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info While losing your hair can be normal, it

Put it away, girls – and spare us this parade of ‘toxic femininity’ at the gym, writes EVE SIMMONS It’s been more than a year since I last went to the gym. That visit, for a quick workout, was enough to put me off for life. A lot has been said about muscle-bound men leering

Science leaders demand crackdown on medical research fraudsters after allegations that pivotal Alzheimer’s study contained manipulated data – giving false hope to families and slowing the development of effective treatments Science leaders say medical research fraudsters pose a threat to public health It comes after allegations a key Alzheimer’s study contained manipulated results Some have

Jason Donovan reflects on filming final Neighbours episode We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Having always been open about his struggles

Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox-related deaths on Friday, marking what are thought to be the first fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa. Spain is one of the world’s worst-hit countries, with 4,298 people there infected with the virus, according to the health ministry’s emergency and alert coordination centre. “Of the

We may prefer them sweet 'n' yellow, but to keep cancer away it's best to eat an unripe green ’n’ starchy banana every day instead, according to a new study. Researchers gave almost a thousand people with a high hereditary risk of the disease a diet loaded with resistant starch, something the unripe fruit has

Elementary school-age children who get less than nine hours of sleep per night have significant differences in certain brain regions responsible for memory, intelligence and well-being compared to those who get the recommended nine to 12 hours of sleep per night, according to a new study led by University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM)

Clinicians should decide on a case-by-case basis whether adults without risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) should receive behavioral health counseling to promote a healthier diet and more exercise, according to new guidance from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The recommendations, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, are based

Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds has isolated the changes in pain-related brain activity that follow mindfulness training — pointing a way toward more targeted and precise pain treatment. The study, published today (July 27) in The American Journal of Psychiatry, identified pathways in the brain specific to pain regulation on

Two in five eligible children in India are missing out on preventive vitamin A supplementation designed to ward off the health problems associated with deficiency of the vitamin, finds an analysis of representative survey data, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. There are a large number of 'cold spots' in provision across

Humans have an evolutionary preference for sweetness. Sweet foods, like fruit and honey, were an important energy source for our ancestors. However, in the modern world, sweetened foods are readily available, very cheap and advertised extensively. Now, we are consuming too much sugar in foods and drinks—the kind that is added rather than sugar that

Omi-gone: Summer Covid wave appears to be over already as weekly infections FALL 16% to 2.6million in England — but one in 20 still had virus The summer wave of Covid infections appears to have peaked already as data shows cases fell for the first time in nearly two months last week. An estimated 2.6million

Side effects from pediatric drug treatment are responsible for nearly 10 percent of childhood hospitalizations, with nearly half of those being life-threatening. Despite the need to know more about these drugs and the adverse events they can have on children, little evidence is currently available. Clinical trials remain the gold standard for identifying adverse drug

Could melatonin give you dementia? Experts warn sleep-aid use in America is ‘out of control’ and taking more than 5mg a night over a sustained period could cause cognitive damage The number of Americans regularly using melatonin as a sleep aid has quadrupled over the last two decades to 2.1% of the U.S. adult population One

As a medical doctor, [I find that] the explosion of interest in alkaline water in recent years has been very concerning. Alkaline water consumption is projected to hit a market capitalization of $1.3 billion by 2023. No doubt this is driven by clever marketing advertising alkaline water as an easy way to “make your body

Liz Hurley says two friends found breast cancer after her campaign We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Remembering the date when

England’s GP crisis deepens: Staff numbers fall to lowest level on record, fewer than HALF of consults are with a qualified doctor and up to one in five appointments last just five MINUTES There were just 27,558 full-time, fully-qualified GPs working in England last month down 1.6% in a year   Nearly 47 per cent of