Biological implications of adolescent drinking

Adolescent drinking is associated with changes in the metabolite profile, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows. Some of these changes were found to correlate with reduced brain grey matter volume, especially in young women who are heavy drinkers. The findings, published in the journal Alcohol, shed new […]

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Biological implications of adolescent drinking

Adolescent drinking is associated with changes in the metabolite profile, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows. Some of these changes were found to correlate with reduced brain grey matter volume, especially in young women who are heavy drinkers. The findings, published in the journal Alcohol, shed new […]

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Patient-centred care does not improve quality of life

Patients who are involved in the planning and delivery of their care for multiple conditions say that they are more satisfied, but it doesn’t seem to make any difference to their quality of life. In the largest ever trial of an intervention to treat people with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity) in primary care, researchers at […]

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Patient-centred care does not improve quality of life

Patients who are involved in the planning and delivery of their care for multiple conditions say that they are more satisfied, but it doesn’t seem to make any difference to their quality of life. In the largest ever trial of an intervention to treat people with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity) in primary care, researchers at […]

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Financial incentives to reduce antibiotic use

Financial incentives help to drive down unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions from GPs and could reduce the amount of antibiotics in the community, according to a paper published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. This, in turn, could help to curb drug-resistant infections. The findings show the number of patients prescribed antibiotics by their GP for a common […]

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Financial incentives to reduce antibiotic use

Financial incentives help to drive down unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions from GPs and could reduce the amount of antibiotics in the community, according to a paper published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. This, in turn, could help to curb drug-resistant infections. The findings show the number of patients prescribed antibiotics by their GP for a common […]

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New parents and social media

Does linking up with other new parents on Facebook and Instagram make us happier? The answer it would seem is not. A survey by the Priory Group , the mental healthcare specialists, found that as many as half of parents think that social media sites like Instagram and Facebook create unrealistic and unattainable expectations of […]

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New parents and social media

Does linking up with other new parents on Facebook and Instagram make us happier? The answer it would seem is not. A survey by the Priory Group , the mental healthcare specialists, found that as many as half of parents think that social media sites like Instagram and Facebook create unrealistic and unattainable expectations of […]

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Gut microbes could warn of early liver disease

Gut bacteria markers could be a ‘smoking gun’ for liver disease, according to new research. The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, hint at the potential for chemical by-products produced by the microbes living inside us to be used as early warning signs of disease, which could be detected using a simple blood test. An […]

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Gut microbes could warn of early liver disease

Gut bacteria markers could be a ‘smoking gun’ for liver disease, according to new research. The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, hint at the potential for chemical by-products produced by the microbes living inside us to be used as early warning signs of disease, which could be detected using a simple blood test. An […]

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