Author: Hippocratic Post

Three quarters of children (76.2%) who were diagnosed with autism also had traits of other neurodivergent neurotypes – including traits associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), learning and motor differences – according to a new study. The research – led by the University of Glasgow and published in PLOS One – found that more […]

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Innovation in healthcare and biomedicine is in decline, with few tools to assist researchers and entrepreneurs to generate innovative solutions to their problems. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and the University of Oxford have successfully demonstrated how problem-solving techniques used in engineering, known as Innovation […]

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Patients who suffer from takotsubo commonly known as ‘broken-heart syndrome’ have a worse survival rate than the general population and are just as vulnerable as patients who have suffered a heart attack. In the first ever study to compare takotsubo patients with heart attack patients and the general population over more than 5 years, results […]

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Is too much screen time bad for our eyes? Ben Knight from UNSW newsroom investigates: As our daily lives become increasingly entwined with screens, our vision could suffer – particularly children’s. In the modern world, it’s clear that screens dominate our lives. But is excessive screen time having an impact on our eyesight? Evidence shows […]

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Blue Monday 2024: 18 million days lost at work to mental health • New research reveals that 18 million days are lost at work on average to mental health conditions • The study looked at data from the Office for National Statistics to see which demographics are more likely to call in sick to work […]

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