Did you know that the anxiety experienced by moms during the postpartum period, specifically around going back to work, has a name? “Return to work syndrome” is a real thing, and it’s felt by new mamas far and wide — including some of your favorite celebrities. Related story Khloé Kardashian Is Reportedly Standing Firm on Whether or Not She & […]

In a recent article published in the Food and Function Journal, researchers performed a cross-sectional study among 525 healthy volunteers who previously participated in nine clinical studies conducted between 2017 and 2021 at King's College London to understand the relationship between (poly)phenol consumption and cardiometabolic health. Study: (Poly)phenol intake, plant-rich dietary patterns and cardiometabolic health: a cross-sectional study. Image Credit: DanijelaMaksimovic/Shutterstock.com Background […]

There are record numbers of doctors and nurses working in the NHS helping to deliver extra appointments, speed up diagnoses and tackle the Covid backlog, according to data published today by NHS England. There are over 1.27 million full-time equivalent staff working in NHS trusts and commissioning bodies in England – over 51,500 more people compared to a year ago […]

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A large international study that is drawing mixed reviews suggests that managing a patient’s mean arterial pressure (MAP) during surgery through medication reduces the risk of a stroke or cardiac arrest within the next month. The study, which was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine this week, suggests that pulling blood pressure or maintaining medication for hypertensive and hypotensive […]

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Research at the University of Queensland could eventually help develop viable treatments—and ultimately a cure—for motor neuron disease (MND). Dr. Adam Walker and co-authors Dr. Rebecca San Gil, Dr. Wei Luan and Ph.D. student Sean Keating from the Queensland Brain Institute have identified biochemical changes in a protein that is affected by MND. Their research has been published in Molecular […]

Doctors are zapping the heart with radiation normally reserved for cancer, a bid to better treat people with life-threatening irregular heartbeats who’ve exhausted other options. While it’s highly experimental, surprising early research suggests it may reprogram misfiring heart cells to control heartbeats more like younger, healthier cells do. “It may actually rejuvenate sick tissue, and that’s pretty exciting,” said Dr. […]

Rosie Jones is on a mission: to be the person she never saw when she was a child. “When I was little I would turn on the TV, read a book or open a magazine and not see anybody disabled,” says the 32-year-old stand-up comedian, writer and actor. “The comedy world had some brilliant women. My heroes were Victoria Wood, […]

The COVID-19 pandemic entailed exceptional circumstances posing major challenges to the majority of people. Here, health care workers were particularly concerned. A relevant question was: Were physicians able to overcome these extreme stress situations in their professional lives? Or was their mental health afflicted? To approach these issues Prof. Andreas Goette, cardiologist at St. Vincenz‐Krankenhaus Paderborn, Germany, and Prof. Karl-Heinz […]