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Living donors could save thousands of liver transplant patients

Living donors could save thousands of liver transplant patients  

A new international study has offered insight into resolving the imbalance between organ supply and demand, which is costing the lives of liver transplant...
Researchers find strong link between gut bacteria and metabolites

Researchers find strong link between gut bacteria and metabolites

According to research from Uppsala University and Lund University, there are strong links between gut bacteria and the levels of small molecules in the...
Diabetes in pregnancy linked to risk of cardiovascular disease

Diabetes in pregnancy linked to risk of cardiovascular disease

A study published in The BMJ, has suggested that women with a history of diabetes in pregnancy are at a significantly higher risk of...
autoimmune diseases

Long Covid may cause autoimmune diseases

Research performed by an international team of researchers suggests that long COVID potentially causes autoimmune diseases. Blood samples from long COVID patients still experiencing fatigue...
New research improves understanding of the causes of prostate cancer

New research improves understanding of the causes of prostate cancer

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have made an important discovery that may identify one of the key causes of prostate cancer. The study...
early signs of dementia

Bad dreams may be the early signs of dementia

New research from the University of Birmingham suggests that having frequent bad dreams in middle age may be one of the early signs of...
risk of type 2 diabetes

Night owls at higher risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease

Findings from a Rutgers University study suggest that people who are night owls are at an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular...
An arthritis drug may provide an affordable treatment for myasthenia

An arthritis drug may provide an affordable treatment for myasthenia 

Rituximab, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, can reduce the risk of deterioration in myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease that causes loss of...
Lifestyle interventions are needed to alleviate depression in teenagers

Lifestyle interventions are needed to alleviate depression in teenagers

The rate of depression in teenagers is on the rise, causing screening requirements to increasingly fall on paediatric care providers. New research has suggested...
Secondhand smoke can pass asthma risk through generations

Secondhand smoke can pass asthma risk through generations

According to research published in the European Respiratory Journal, children are more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to secondhand smoke...
Birth control pills linked to a higher risk of blood clots in obese women

Birth control pills linked to a higher risk of blood clots in obese women

A new study finds that obese women who use combined birth control pills have an increased risk of blood clots compared to non-obese women. Researchers...
Weight loss surgery benefits continue long after procedure

Weight loss surgery benefits continue long after procedure 

Improvements in pain, physical function, and work productivity are likely to endure for at least seven years after bariatric weight loss surgery, according to...
Can Europe do better when it comes to post-fragility fracture care?

Can Europe do better when it comes to post-fragility fracture care? 

The International Osteoporosis Foundation explains how the implementation of Fracture Liaison Services could improve secondary fragility fracture prevention in Europe.   In Europe, older adults sustain...
Meeting demands for mental health help

Demands for mental health help rise amid cost-of-living crisis

Lorna Rothery spoke to Vicki Nash, Associate Director of Policy, Campaigns and Public Affairs at UK charity, Mind, about how the cost-of-living crisis is...
Air pollution may cause heart arrhythmia in healthy teenagers

Air pollution may cause heart arrhythmia in healthy teenagers

A new study discovers that breathing particulate matter air pollution may cause heart arrhythmia in healthy teenagers. In new research published in the Journal of...
Researchers to conduct the largest genetic study of ME disease 

Researchers to conduct the largest genetic study of ME disease 

The University of Edinburgh is inviting people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) disease to partake in the world’s largest genetic study.  The new study named DecodeME...
Blood sugar levels are key to avoiding diabetes complications

Blood sugar levels are key to avoiding diabetes complications 

The levels of the long-term blood sugar, HbA1c, can be used accurately to determine the risk of diabetes complications in individuals, according to new...
Exercise hormone reduces Parkinson's disease symptoms 

Exercise hormone reduces Parkinson’s disease symptoms 

A new mouse study has found that a hormone secreted during exercise reduces Parkinson's disease symptoms.  Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Dana Farber...
A new cancer screening method could revolutionise treatment

A new cancer screening method could revolutionise treatment 

A new study, supporting the accuracy of multi-cancer early detection (MCED), could have significant implications for the future of cancer screening, care, and provision.   According...
Diarrhoea medication may treat autism symptoms

Diarrhoea medication may treat autism symptoms

A new study found that repurposing drugs, such as diarrhoea medication, could treat autism symptoms. Medication that treats core autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms are...

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