Most cancer cases in England occur in White individuals, with some notable exceptions, new data show. White men and women are more than twice as likely to develop melanoma and esophageal, bladder, and lung cancers in comparison with individuals from Black, Asian, or mixed ethnic backgrounds. The major exception: Black men are two times more likely to develop prostate cancer, […]

Global warming is likely to increase the number of people requiring hospitalization due to critically low sodium levels in the blood, a condition known as hyponatremia. A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden projects that a temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius would increase the burden on hospitals from hyponatremia by almost 14 percent. The findings are published in […]

An investigation into how human nerve cells differ from animal cells has provided researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Advanced Pain Studies (CAPS) with important clues in the pursuit of more effective treatments for chronic pain. Dr. Ted Price BS'97, Ashbel Smith Professor of neuroscience in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) and CAPS […]

Parents are always looking for ways for their children to stay happy and healthy – and food is a huge part of this. It’s a topic that’s more relevant than ever, too – with the pandemic contributing to soaring rates of childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes and blood pressure, mostly linked to an increase in takeaways and super-processed foods. But […]

Close the blinds, draw the curtains and turn off all the lights before bed: Exposure to even moderate ambient lighting during nighttime sleep, lamictal vs gabapentin compared to sleeping in a dimly lit room, harms your cardiovascular function during sleep and increases your insulin resistance the following morning, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published in PNAS. The results from […]

Survivors of opioid abuse and relatives of victims delivered emotional and stinging rebukes on Thursday to members of the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, accused of fueling the US addiction crisis. As part of Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement, members of the Sackler family were compelled to listen at an extraordinary court hearing to the stories of opioid victims and […]

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has claimed over six million deaths to date around the world. Many of these fatalities occurred in long-term care (LTC) facilities of high-income countries, with a mortality rate of 10-40% recorded among these LTC facility residents. For example, Swedish LTC residents […]

This Morning: Dr Nighat on physical impacts of mental health We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info From the beginning of the pandemic, mental health conditions have […]

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