The top heart symptoms you should never ignore include nausea with chest ache, being tired on waking and sweating with light exercise – according to a leading caridologist. Dr Ameet Bakhai, a consultant cardiologist at Spire Bushey Hosptial, revealed other indicators that your heart is in less than tip-top condition, including shortness of breath walking up stairs, heaviness in the […]

There is growing literature supporting a link between Alzheimer’s and obesity, but the connection remains poorly elucidated. Now new findings suggest a genetic link may be at play. Researchers still firmly believe, however, that changing lifestyle habits in midlife may stave off the risk of brain decline further down the line. A new body of research led by the University […]

The diabetes drug Ozempic has become a social media phenomenon for its weight loss properties, but its soaring popularity has led to global shortages and doctors warn about the potential side effects. Videos under the hashtag #Ozempic have nearly 600 million views on TikTok, where many users regularly update followers about their weight loss. “Losing 40 kilograms (88 pounds) in […]

University of Southampton researchers have recommended a method to help diagnose preschool age children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD). PCD is a rare, inherited condition that leads to chronic lung, ear and sinus infections. Children with PCD have a problem with mucus build-up, which leads to inflammation in the airways and infections in the lungs, nose, sinuses and ears. Most […]

By simulating early Earth conditions in the lab, researchers have found that without specific amino acids, ancient proteins would not have known how to evolve into everything alive on the planet today-;including plants, animals, and humans. The findings, which detail how amino acids shaped the genetic code of ancient microorganisms, shed light on the mystery of how life began on […]

Forgetting small things such as dates, and events and difficulty in recalling old information can be a normal part of aging. But at what point does it go too far? Do you have to worry every time your memory seems to fail you? It’s important to note that dementia is not part of the normal aging process and memory loss […]

Can children’s dreams foretell events that will happen nearly 40 years into the future? Yes, according to the results of my latest study published in the journal eClinicalMedicine. More specifically, it showed that children who experience regular bad dreams and nightmares between the ages of seven and 11, may be nearly twice as likely to develop cognitive impairment (the core […]

Bacterial proteins in the bleeding gums of patients with periodontal disease (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) enter the bloodstream and trigger immune responses that may contribute to RA pathogenesis and disease flares, a new longitudinal study suggests. The results suggest that PD involves repeated oral mucosa breakdowns with the release of citrullinated oral bacteria into the bloodstream and that these […]

Recently, a team led by Prof. DU Jiangfeng from the Key Laboratory of Microscale Magnetic Resonance of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a new method for deep electrical impedance tomography reconstruction without training, which paved a new way for applying electrical impedance tomography technology in determining lesion tissue specificity. This work was published in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis […]

A small team of mental health care researchers from St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University, both in Canada, has found evidence that suggests the effectiveness of cannabis for treating mental illnesses such as depression and insomnia may depend on the severity of symptoms. In their study, published in the journal Comprehensive Psychiatry, the group analyzed data from a group […]