Bariatric Surgery Linked to Remission of Asthma in Obesity
In patients with obesity and asthma, remission of asthma and improvements in pulmonary function are seen following metabolic and bariatric ...
Occupational PTSD Typically Affects UK Men More Than Women
A 28-year surveillance study in the UK showed that occupational posttraumatic stress disorder most frequently affected men, with police and ...
Mirror life: Scientists clash over threat of lab-engineered bacteria
Microbes engineered in the lab could use mirror images of molecules found in natureTHOM LEACH/Science Photo Library / Alamy Microbes ...
We’re becoming more individualistic and it’s affecting our love lives
Falling head over heels in love may be a thing of the past, according to scienceimageBROKER.com/Alamy Individualism – prioritising your ...
Higher Abdominal Fat Linked to Faster Biological Aging
Higher abdominal fat is associated with accelerated biological aging across multiple measures, and metabolic aging explains much of the increased ...
Time-Restricted Eating Reshapes Gut Flora, Aids Weight Loss
Time-restricted eating alters the gut microbiota and serum metabolite profiles in young adults with overweight or obesity, with changes linked ...
Agios Scraps Blood Cancer Drug Program After Study Setback
Agios Pharmaceuticals said on Friday it will stop developing its experimental drug for a type of blood cancer after a ...
IBS: New Dietetic Guidance Advises to ‘Think Beyond Diet’
Updated BDA guidance moves away from a diet-first approach to IBS, urging dietitians to consider lifestyle, mental health, and non-dietary ...
Q-Day could destroy Bitcoin – and our retirement savings
Quantum computing could present a threat to cryptocurrenciesShutterstock/4K_HEAVEN My first exposure to Bitcoin was unglamorous. It was the early 2010s, ...
Pancreatic cancer halted by virus injection in three patients
A scanning electron micrograph of pancreatic cancer cellsANNE WESTON, EM STP, THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A virus has ...
New Scientist Book Club: Read an extract from The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The double helix structure of DNA, the genetic code that makes up genesShutterstock/Juan Gaertner Intelligent life on a planet comes ...
Femoral BMD May Reflect Broader Health in Older Women
An observational study suggests that bone mineral density may serve as a marker of systemic health. Medscape Medical News Source ...
Eye Inflammation Tied to Anti-Adalimumab Antibody Formation
Patients with autoimmune diseases who experience ocular inflammation while on adalimumab have an increased risk of developing antibodies against the ...
Which Patients With Early HCC Should Undergo Resection?
Analysis of 2869 patients suggest resection may improve overall and disease-free survival vs RFA/TACE in selected early multinodular HCC. Medscape ...
Glaciers in the ‘roof of the world’ have suddenly started melting
The Kongur Shan mountains in China, part of the Pamir rangeMark Andrews/Alamy One of the world’s last stable glacier regions ...
Only 20% of Sunscreens Meet Safety Standards, Report Shows
Share on PinterestThe EWG reports that only 20% of sunscreens meet safety standards. Image Credit: Ani Dimi/StocksyOnly about 20% of ...
‘I forgot what it’s like to be outside’: Intensive care ward opens on rooftop
Hollie Allan, 29, is in a hospital lift being transferred out of intensive care for the first time in two ...
‘I forgot what it feels like to be outside’ – First rooftop intensive care ward opens
The outdoor ward, at King's College Hospital in London, will monitor how much it boosts the recovery of seriously ill ...
Alzheimer’s Signs Hidden in Midlife Brains, Study Shows
Alzheimer's pathology appeared as early as midlife and correlated with poorer cognitive performance in a cohort study.Blood biomarkers identified Alzheimer's ...
FDA Panel Backs New COVID Vaccines Aimed at Dominant Strain
The FDA's vaccine advisors voted 8 to 0, with one abstention, in favor of a monovalent XFG vaccine for COVID-19 ...
