Category: Health News

Anxious people take fewer risks — this is not surprising. However, a team of psychologists from the German Friedrich Schiller University Jena, together with partners from Würzburg in Germany and the Canadian University of Victoria have succeeded in making this decision process visible in the brain, allowing them to predict the behaviour of individuals. They

New research suggests that if people perceive the rise of vegetarianism as a threat to their way of life they are more likely to care less for some animals. Researchers from the University of Kent in the UK and Brock University in Canada studied the impact of human supremacy beliefs and vegetarianism on whether people

Dogs are capable of understanding the emotions behind an expression on a human face. For example, if a dog turns its head to the left, it could be picking up that someone is angry, fearful or happy. If there is a look of surprise on a person’s face, dogs tend to turn their head to

Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are forced to recall 200,000 bottles of supermarket own-brand child cough syrups over fears they contain MOULD Parents were urged to return any affected own-brand bottles by the MHRA Syrups sold at Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are among those affected The MHRA warned a colouring agent in the syrups may

I’m relaxing in a hot bath sipping a glass of delicious Italian wine. It’s a fruity red, with a rather full body, and unusually thick legs… and that’s just what’s in the tub. Because I am immersed in a bath filled with Merlot and Sangiovese, enjoying the latest health craze – vinotherapy. And it’s absolutely

Getting robots to do things isn’t easy: usually scientists have to either explicitly program them or get them to understand how humans communicate via language. But what if we could control robots more intuitively, using just hand gestures and brainwaves? A new system spearheaded by researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are providing an increasing proportion of primary care, which is in short supply in many areas of the country. NPs deliver quality care in retail clinics, community health centers, rural clinics, and in primary care and specialty medical practices. In an article published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, University

Six months ago in December 2017, I didn’t trust myself walking near bridges, and I made plans with friends I believed I might not be alive for. Following one emotionally taxing weekend, I lost the resolve to fight back against those heavy thoughts. After too much to drink, I came home and wanted to stop

Are toothpaste and SOAP making you resistant to antibiotics? Chemical in everyday toiletry stops infections responding to drugs Chemical triclosan is found in many everyday hygiene products It has previously been linked to reduced heart health and an underactive thyroid Experts have warned antibiotic resistance poses ‘as big a risk as terrorism’ It is thought to

NHS is ‘nowhere near crisis point yet’: Ipsos MORI chief says it’ll take a ‘few more bad winters’ for true turmoil, just days after Theresa May promised £20 billion more for the health service Ben Page, chief executive of Ipsos MORI, made the controversial comments  His comments come days after Theresa May promised a cash

The importance of the human brown adipose tissue (BAT) has become clearer during the past ten years. Using positron emission tomography, PET, it was shown that adult humans have functional BAT. Coldness is an effective activator of the BAT metabolic function but, in rodents, eating has the same effect. Now, the researchers at Turku PET

Ever found yourself crushed in a metro station at rush hour? The mathematician Carlo Bianca and physicist Caterina Mogno, both from the engineering research lab ECAM-EPMI in Cergy-Pontoise, France, have developed a new model to study the movement of crowds exiting a metro station. In a recent study published in EPJ Plus, they have for

Binge drinking during adolescence can have long-lasting effects in the brain which may directly impact the first-generation offspring, a recent study has found. A rat model found that this preconception binge drinking may have negative consequences on the offspring’s growth, social interactions, and pubertal development. The study’s senior author, Toni Pak, Ph.D., of Loyola University

For thousands of years, sexual abstinence (and the resulting frustration) has been thought to boost performance and aggression. Both Muhammed Ali and Mike Tyson supposedly swore off sex in the weeks leading up to fights. And there’s that infamous scene in Rocky when Mick tells Rock to “lay off that pet shop dame” because “women

New preclinical research shows a gene already linked to a subset of people with autism spectrum disorder is critical to healthy neuronal connections in the developing brain, and its loss can harm those connections to help fuel the complex developmental condition. Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center report in Developmental Cell their data clarify

For every three individuals who have had a stent implanted to keep clogged arteries open and prevent a heart attack, at least one will experience restenosis — the renewed narrowing of the artery due to plaque buildup or scarring — which can lead to additional complications. Now, a team led by UBC electrical and computer

Daphne Oz is ready for a new week of healthy eating! The former cohost of The Chew had her third child, daughter Domenica, in December, and she’s working on getting back to her pre-pregnancy fitness. Oz, 32, shared a photo of her body on Monday, along with her meal plan for the day. “Here’s what

A new study by Professors Martti Juhola and Katriina Aalto-Setälä of the University of Tampere in Finland demonstrates that with the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, it is possible not only to accurately sort sick cardiac cell cultures from healthy ones, but also to differentiate between genetic cardiac diseases. iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes can be

BOSTON — Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Health, along with three other hospitals, are currently in the midst of a mega-merger to bring the organizations under one umbrella. But as with most providers, they’re operating with a wide range of EHR vendors and versions. There are three instances of Epic, three different versions

As if being pregnant weren’t stressful enough, with restrictions on what you can eat, morning sickness and of course the thought of pushing a human being out of you – there’s now the added worry of tooth damage. An old wives tale states that during pregnancy you ‘gain a child but lose a tooth’. While