In a recent study published in the Medical Journal of Australia, researchers assessed the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on influenza vaccination. Study: Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: increasing the uptake of influenza vaccination by health and aged care workers. Image Credit: Emmy1622/Shutterstock The target rate for the influenza vaccine uptake to be received by […]
Coffee is a popular beverage for many people and is associated with various health benefits. New research suggests that drinking a moderate amount of sweetened or unsweetened coffee is associated with lower mortality risk. Based on the study’s observational nature, the findings cannot conclusively prove that coffee lowers the risk of death. Many people like […]
In a Phase II clinical trial, immune checkpoint blockade before surgery was associated with favorable responses and outcomes in undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) and recurrent dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS), researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported today at the 2022 American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. After a minimum of […]
The primary causes of liver cancer are well known: viral (hepatitis B and C), alcohol and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a condition in which fat builds up in the liver, resulting in chronic inflammation and damage. But in a paper published June 3, 2022 in Cell Metabolism, an international team of scientists, led by researchers at […]
A multi-center study of more than 3,000 people with high blood pressure and brain aneurysms found that the use of RAAS inhibitors, a class of blood pressure lowering medications, reduced the risk of an aneurysm rupture by 18%, according to new research published today in Hypertension, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association. An […]
Diabetes, especially when uncontrolled, is strongly associated with progression to overt heart failure in patients with preclinical signs of heart failure, a new study shows. “Until now, studies of diabetes and heart failure have mainly been done in patients with overt heart failure. The novelty of this study is that we looked at the influence […]
Australian doctors are more likely to be sued for medical negligence if they are unhappy, overworked, working in rural areas, or if they have suffered a recent injury or illness according to new research from the University of Melbourne. Published today in the British Medical Journal, the Australian-first study also found that doctors with an […]
Youth with bipolar disorder (BD) have a high risk of eating disorders (EDs), new research shows. Investigators studied close to 200 youth with BD and found that more than 25% had a lifetime ED, which included anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and an ED not otherwise specified (NOS). Those with comorbid EDs were more […]
It’s time we talk about perimenopause. Your mother, your grandmother, and her grandmother probably referred to this transition to menopause as “the change” if they mentioned it at all. Today, with research underway, and acknowledgement of the importance and uniqueness of women’s health, there’s a lot to discuss. “Perimenopause is like puberty but can seem […]
Poor sleep is associated with a significantly increased risk of life-threatening flare-ups in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The risk for these flare-ups—sudden bouts of worsening breathing—was 25% to 95% higher in people who experienced poor sleep than in people […]
