Health

Why scientists are starting to worry popular supplements could harm the aging brain The Washington Post

Early one morning in the late 12th century, Bishop Hugh of Lincoln arrived in the Hertfordshire village of Cheshunt. There, he was immediately surrounded by a crowd of people, who begged him to help one of their neighbours. And so, dismounting from his horse, he went to the man’s house, where he was confronted by … Read more

Got a migraine, acne or ear infection? Go to your chemist first BBCNHS rule change means you can get treated for 12 conditions without GP script The SunPharmacy First expanded to ‘ease pressure’ on general practice and A&E Nursing in PracticeNew Pharmacy First prescribing pathways announced thepharmacist.co.uk’We want NHS to be neighbourhood health service – … Read more

We usually think of Alzheimer’s as a brain disease, but a growing body of evidence shows it’s more complicated than that.Indeed, some of the damage caused by the condition appears to emerge not from inside the brain, but outside it.A new study published in Nature Neuroscience suggests that an immune response from beyond the brain … Read more

The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday.Lancaster County’s coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, said he told the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of his conclusions. CDC officials, however, have not said whether they will count either death … Read more

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A person with measles visited Strong Memorial Hospital’s emergency department earlier this month, potentially exposing about 100 people to the highly contagious virus.The infected person, who was not vaccinated and is not a Monroe County resident, was in the adult or pediatric emergency departments from 11 p.m. on Sept. 7 through 2 … Read more

Even a small amount of light exposure during sleep may change the shape and function of heart muscles, increasing the risk of future heart disease, a new study found. “Light pollution has emerged as a new risk factor for cardiovascular disease,” said senior study author Dr. Lu Qi, the HCA Regents Distinguished Chair and Professor … Read more

PPCG cohort, WGS and variant callingWe used data from the PPCG consortium of primary prostate cancer samples from a total of 1,001 prostate cancer donors with 1,172 tumour samples. Informed ethical consent was obtained at clinical follow-up, and was consistent with local research ethics and International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) guidelines (https://icgc.org/). Ethical approval was … Read more

Ozempic, the asthma buster? Research published earlier this week suggests it’s true. Scientists in the UK examined the medical records of people with airway diseases like asthma who started taking GLP-1 medications like semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy). Compared to people taking other diabetes drugs, GLP-1 users were significantly less likely to report flare-ups of their … Read more

Coverage of rising U.S. measles cases is often coupled with news about Americans’ declining confidence in vaccines. Scientists are quick to differentiate between correlation — when two things are related but not necessarily dependent on one another — and causation, when one thing causes another. But when it comes to vaccine trust and vaccination rates, data … Read more