Researchers investigated the incidence of memory concerns and mild cognitive impairment over 10 years among United Kingdom healthcare providers. They found that while memory concerns have remained stable, reports of cognitive impairment more than doubled between 2009 and 2018. They say this is likely due to a series of healthcare strategies to better identify and
Delirium is a serious change in brain function that affects up to 64% of older medical patients and up to 50% of older surgical patients. It can manifest as sudden confusion, agitation, memory loss or hallucinations and delusions. Estimated to cost the U.S. health care system as much as $182 billion annually, delirium is linked
Colon cancer is one of the most common types of cancer. Particularly in advanced stages of disease, the treatment still largely relies on traditional chemotherapy. The new generation of cancer treatments, so-called immunotherapies, has only been effective in a small subgroup of colon cancers. TU Dresden scientists led by Prof. Sebastian Zeissig have now identified
A team of researchers unpacks a series of biases in epidemic research, ranging from clinical trials to data collection, and offers a game-theory approach to address them, in a new analysis. The work sheds new light on the pitfalls associated with technology development and deployment in combating global crises like COVID-19, with a look toward
Inadequate exposure to microbial organisms, which are essential for healthy human development, may help to explain the reduced life expectancies experienced by people of “low socio-economic status” (SES), according to a new review by a UCL researcher. Around the world, households and individuals of low SES, which are defined by very low income/wealth and low
Type 2 diabetes can be a 'devastating diagnosis' says expert 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 Diabetes is a lifelong condition
Children and adults with asthma that is severe or poorly controlled are at greater risk of hospitalization with COVID-19, a major study shows. The research, from Imperial College London, the University of Edinburgh and the Office for National Statistics, also shows that children and adults with mild or well controlled asthma are not at an
What's the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest? 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 During a heart attack, tissue
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fewer than half of ischemic stroke patients whom guidelines say should get dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) actually receive the treatment, a new study suggests. Analysis of data from more than a million ischemic-stroke patients in the U.S. revealed that after the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association released their updated
Dr Chris reveals how eyes can indicate high cholesterol levels 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 High cholesterol doesn’t end with
Say goodbye to back pain: Shoppers say this high-tech t-shirt helps ease their aches and pains – and we have a discount code PERCKO have created the first back relief T-shirt registered as a medical device The Lyne Up t-shirt works by engaging your posture, realigning your spine and reducing pressure on your vertebrae You
The U.N. Population Fund says new research shows that nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide—121 million annually—are unintended, which it calls “a neglected crisis.” In its annual State of World Population Report 2022 released Wednesday, the fund said over 60% of unintended pregnancies end in abortion and an estimated 45% of abortions are unsafe, causing
The introduction of lung cancer screening in the US in December 2013 is associated with more patients being diagnosed at an earlier stage and improved survival, finds a study published by The BMJ today. The findings show a 3.9% per year increase in early (stage I) detection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and an
Each year in the US, more than 300 children and young adults under 24 and more than 3,000 adults die of asthma—attacks that are often preventable. “The number is likely higher, however. A person might suffer a fatal asthma attack outside of a hospital, but if they were in cardiac arrest upon arrival at the
Scientists at the University of California San Diego are hard at work on new genetic technologies intended for use in curbing mosquito populations, fighting the spread of malaria and mitigating the hazards associated with the deployment of gene-editing systems in the wild. That work is now being bolstered by a $1.4 million grant from the
To understand cancer in humans, researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) are turning to our distant relatives from 425 million years ago: fish. A lot has evolved since then: Fish use their fins to swim, whereas we use our hands to play Wordle. But there remains a deep similarity, explains Richard White, a physician-scientist
The health benefits of probiotics explained 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 Scientists postulated that the bacteria living in the intestinal
More than 6 million people have died worldwide as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Around 64% of the global population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine despite the availability of approved and emergency use authorization (EUA) vaccines. In
A study published in the journal eBiomedicine identifies new biomarkers that predict the presence of subclinical atherosclerosis. The study was carried out by scientists from the Spanish cardiovascular research network (CIBERCV) working at the CNIC and the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (IIS-FJD-UAM), in partnership with other institutions. “Atherosclerosis is a
Dr Zoe Williams discusses visceral fat on This Morning 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 Visceral fat, also called belly fat,