What if you can’t hear after a cold? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions A bad cold three weeks ago has left me blocked up and extremely deaf, and the congestion does not seem to want to shift. Do you have any suggestions? Derek Jones, Coventry. Feeling blocked up in the days or weeks following a cold or any […]

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 19 cohort studies involving more than 1 million adults from eight countries finds that moderate consumption of black, green or Oolong tea is linked to a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The findings, being presented at this year's European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden (19-23 […]

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was declared early in 2020, following the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December of the previous year. Soon after that, observant analysts began to note the frequent reporting of anosmia or hyposmia, abnormalities of the sense of smell, among COVID-19 patients, especially since this is not a common […]

A topical gel that blocks the receptor for a metabolic byproduct called succinate treats gum disease by suppressing inflammation and changing the makeup of bacteria in the mouth, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry and published in Cell Reports. The research, conducted in mice and using human cells and plaque samples, lays the […]

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that an experimental drug first developed to treat kidney disease prolongs survival and improves muscle function in mice genetically engineered to develop a severe form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). According to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), DMD affects 1 in every 5,000 live male births and results in severe muscle wasting and weakness […]

Additional hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) treatments could be on the horizon with the news that both secukinumab and the investigational drug brepocitinib reduced the effects of the chronic and painful skin condition in separate trials. Around 40%-50% of patients exhibited a clinical response to these agents at 16 weeks, a leading HS expert reported at the the 31st Congress of the […]

Burning the candle at both ends never did anyone any favours – the ideal bedtime for energy and health is probably earlier than you think. For the past two years, I’ve made a firm commitment to myself to be in bed by 10pm. Ideally, I’d have already fallen asleep by the time the clock strikes double digits, but as long as […]

Receiving opioid use disorder-related telehealth care during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with lower odds of medically treated overdose and better retention using medications like methadone and buprenorphine, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.  The research used data from Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries ages 18 and older who had received a diagnosis for opioid use disorder based on ICD-10 […]

La última década ha sido testigo de una rápida expansión de las pruebas genéticas, que incluyen nuevos instrumentos para informar a las pacientes, a las que se les ha diagnosticado cáncer de mama, sobre el riesgo de recurrencia y para orientar su tratamiento. Pero la relevancia clínica de muchas de las mutaciones hereditarias que ahora pueden identificarse sigue sin estar […]

IBS (for those of who you clicked on this article out of sheer curiosity…hello and welcome) stands for irritable bowel syndrome and is pretty common, affecting between 10-15% of adults in the U.S. and sigh, twice as many American women than men. If you think you have IBS, your symptoms may include abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea or constipation (or a […]