Although gum disease occurs in the mouth, previous research shows it can affect health in other parts of the body, such as the heart and bones. Researchers from King’s College London recently found that metformin —a common type 2 diabetes drug—may help improve clinical outcomes for non-diabetic people with gum disease. The same study also […]
A study led by UCLA researchers found that the children of parents who experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)– such as abuse, neglect, violence in the home, or loss of a parent—are at increased risk of arrests and convictions by young adulthood. The authors report that their findings suggest that there is a crucial need for […]
TOPLINE: User-friendly transjugular intracardiac echocardiography (TJ-ICE)–guided transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) lowers the rate of atrioventricular block requiring permanent pacemaker implantation (PPMI) and has minimal complications, results of a new study suggest. Researchers developed TJ-ICE–guided TAVR to facilitate implanting a heart valve at an optimal depth, guided by direct visualization of the membranous septum (MS) […]
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Published in the BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a study unexpectedly found that pregnancies in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) patients were associated with a 12% risk of pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes. This was five times and 2.7 times higher in IIH patients than in the general population respectively. The pre-eclampsia risk for […]
Research led by the Bruyère Research Institute, Canada, has looked into cannabis-related hospitalization rates before and after cannabis legalization in Canada. In a paper, “Changes in Cannabis-Attributable Hospitalizations Following Nonmedical Cannabis Legalization in Canada,” published in JAMA Network Open, the team finds links between rapid commercialization and the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found 105,203 hospitalizations […]
Although more than half of men between the ages of 40-70 experience erectile dysfunction (ED), there is a lot of misinformation about the condition. With that in mind, Dr Neel Patel, GP at LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor, has dispelled myths about ED – including whether 'too much' masturbation can cause it. But what actually is ED? […]
A team of European researchers has developed a new test that can accurately measure biological aging in a clinical setting. The discovery was made while studying patients for the aging effects of chronic kidney disease. The new test is an epigenetic clock—a type of biochemical assessment that looks at DNA to understand how well the […]
Researchers from HSE University and the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (AIRI) have successfully lowered the latency between a change in brain activity and the presentation of the corresponding neurofeedback signal by a factor of 50. The results were obtained by employing a neural network trained in low-latency filtering of brain activity signals from diverse individuals. […]
Reviewed Herbicides are the most used class of pesticides worldwide, with uses in agriculture, homes and industry. Exposures to two of the most popular herbicides were associated with worse brain function among adolescents, according to a study led by researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of […]
