A new research report published today by the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC) and commissioned by MSD urges charities, public health groups and local communities to work together to increase routine vaccination uptake in people who are “at-risk”, such as those with asthma, COPD, diabetes, cancer, HIV, chronic heart disease and chronic kidney disease in the […]
New research highlights the impact of lockdown on Scottish eye care: The study from the University of Aberdeen has highlighted the damaging impact of Covid-19 restrictions on Scottish eye care and the potential for long-term sight damage and reduced detection of other health conditions. A study, led by Prof Alexandros Zangelidis, Personal Chair in Economics, […]
Histamine could be a key player in depression, according to study in mice. Bodily inflammation dampens levels of a ‘feel-good molecule’ and antidepressants’ ability to boost them, according to new research in mice. The findings, from researchers at Imperial College London and University of South Carolina, add to mounting evidence that inflammation, and the accompanying release […]
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Clinical trial provides new approach for people with eye disease to increase NHS capacity: A UK-wide study, led by Queen’s University Belfast, has shown how a new surveillance pathway for people with stable diabetic eye disease is safe and cost-saving, freeing up ophthalmologists to evaluate and treat people requiring urgent care. The new health care surveillance pathway may help ophthalmic units across the world to improve their capacity whilst saving patient’s sight. It is already having a positive impact on the re-design of […]
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When rats are fed a high fat diet, this disturbs the body clock in their brain that normally controls satiety, leading to over-eating and obesity. That’s according to new research published in The Journal of Physiology. The number of people with obesity has nearly tripled worldwide since 1975 (1). In England alone, 28% of adults are […]
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A student nurse has praised the ‘superhero’ nurses she worked alongside at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust during the COVID-19 pandemic and says she wants to become as skilled as them. Coventry University student Olivia Aston was inspired to pursue a career in nursing by her grandmother, who was a nurse at […]
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More than 700 million people with untreated hypertension. The number of people living with hypertension has doubled to 1.28 billion since 1990. The number of adults aged 30-79 years with hypertension has increased from 650 million to 1.28 billion in the last thirty years, according to the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, […]
A potential improved treatment for two of the leading causes of blindness – age and diabetes-related eye problems – has been demonstrated in research involving a University of Queensland expert. Professor Di Yu of the UQ Diamantina Institute collaborated with scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Chaoyang Hospital to address an issue affecting approximately 450 […]
Encouraging young women to quit smoking has taken on added importance after University of Queensland research showed associations between smoking, early menopause and lung cancer. Professor Gita Mishra and colleagues from UQ’s School of Public Health found women who experienced early menopause at age 45 or younger had an increased risk of lung cancer, although the risk was […]
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Drink three cups of tea daily for maximum wellness benefits, says new study: New research review reveals tea wellness benefits across the age divide A new review, published in Nutrition and Food Technology[1] and commissioned by the Tea Advisory Panel (TAP), has discovered that drinking tea offers wellness benefits from childhood to old age. Using the World […]
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