M&S bins 'use-by' dates on milk – in favour of the sniff test!

M&S bins ‘use-by’ dates on milk – in favour of the sniff test! Chain hopes move will stop millions of safe pints being needlessly poured away M&S milk will have ‘best before’ dates, with Brits told to use their judgement Around 490million pints are poured down the drain in the UK every year M&S has […]

Study: AI outperforms standard risk model for predicting breast cancer

In a large study of thousands of mammograms, artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms outperformed the standard clinical risk model for predicting the five-year risk for breast cancer. The results of the study were published in Radiology. A woman’s risk of breast cancer is typically calculated using clinical models such as the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) […]

Movement symptoms in dystonia found to be caused by spinal cord dysfunction

Many neurological conditions that involve involuntary muscle contractions have long been considered as diseases of the brain. However, both the brain and the spinal cord contain many nerve cells associated with movement. New research, published in Science Translational Medicine, used state-of-the-art mouse genetics to distinguish whether the brain or spinal cord was responsible for the […]

Breakthrough treatments for accelerated wound healing summarized

Patients who undergo skin injuries endure hospital stays, infection and/or succumb to death; therefore, advances in wound healing aim to improve clinical practices underlying macroscale healing to effectively intervene in microscale pathophysiology. As a result, strategies that optimize wound healing have motivated the design of new therapeutic products. In a new report in Science Advances, […]

Type 2 diabetes: Cutting out carbs in breakfast may help

About 422 million people globally have diabetes, with 90-95% of those cases being type 2 diabetes. Some people are able to reverse type 2 diabetes through changes to their diet and weight loss. Researchers from The University of British Columbia say cutting carbs at breakfast can help people with type 2 diabetes better control their […]