Eating meat five times or less is associated with lower cancer risk
A new study finds that eating meat five times or less a week reduces overall cancer risk.
Cody Watling and Colleagues from the University of...
FluoretiQ achieves £1.1m funding round for antibiotic stewardship project
UK based diagnostic company, FluoretiQ, has announced they have completed a funding round worth £1.1m for their antibiotic stewardship technologies.
FluoretiQ is an award-winning start-up...
Exposure to air pollution may be a cause of ADHD in children
A groundbreaking study has potentially uncovered a new cause of ADHD in children, finding that exposure to high levels of air pollution and limited...
Did travel quarantine rules in England reduce the spread of COVID-19?
A new UK study has comprehensively analysed the effectiveness of the travel quarantine rules in England during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts from the University of...
Identifying risk of death after a heart attack with C-reactive protein
Measuring C-reactive protein using blood tests could better identify whether heart attack patients are at risk of dying within the next three years.
In the...
Maternity Disparities Taskforce to reduce maternity care inequalities
The UK Government has announced a new Maternity Disparities Taskforce designed to mitigate the inequalities experienced by women from ethnic minority groups and people...
Exploring bariatric surgery to reduce obesity-associated breast cancer
New studies aim to explore the potential role of bariatric surgery in reducing the risk of breast cancer in people who classify as obese.
Bariatric...
Smoking during conception is linked to delayed embryonic development
Smoking by mothers in the period around conception is linked to a delay in embryonic development, small foetuses at the 20-week ultrasound and lower...
Infertility treatment may increase vascular complications in pregnancy
Women receiving infertility treatment may be at increased risk for vascular and pregnancy-related complications, new research has found.
Assisted reproductive technology (ART), is the overarching...
Addressing post-pandemic demand for mental healthcare
A recent briefing from the Mental Health Network, an NHS Confederation, addresses the need for change in mental healthcare and services following the COVID-19...
Stem cell transplant potentially cures patient of HIV
In a groundbreaking clinical trial, a patient living with HIV has been seemingly cured after receiving a blood stem cell transplant.
The individual initially received...
Study shows upper teens with high BMI at risk of severe COVID-19
A study has found that men with a high BMI in their upper teens had an elevated risk of severe COVID-19, requiring hospitalisation later...
How do natural killer cells respond to COVID-19 infection?
Scientists based in Sweden have performed an investigation to reveal how the immune system’s natural killer cells respond to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Research on how natural...
UK Aid funding for the development of a Zika virus vaccine
Scientists in Nottingham have been awarded £462,462 for the development of a Zika virus vaccine from UK Aid funding for research into vaccines for...
Effects of vaping impact male heart health more than female
Research from the US suggests that the long-term effects of vaping are far worse on the cardiovascular health of adult males than females.
A mouse...
Vaccine hesitancy significantly influenced by social media misinformation
Using a cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) method, a team of researchers has identified that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is severely impacted by misinformation on social...
The effect of antibiotics after birth on gut microbes of babies
A new study has uncovered that treating babies with antibiotics in the first week of life affects their gut microbes, the ability to digest...
Cardiovascular disease risk not reduced by high vegetable consumption
A new collaborative study suggests that consuming a diet rich in vegetables does not lower cardiovascular disease risk.
Performed by researchers from the Nuffield Department...
How insomnia symptoms translate from childhood into adulthood
Children with insomnia symptoms are likely to persist with them as young adults and are significantly more likely to develop an insomnia disorder in...
Vitamins and supplements do not lessen the chances of COVID-19 mortality
A new study of COVID-19 hospitalisation data found that taking vitamins and supplements do not lessen the chance of COVID-19 mortality.
A meta-analysis of 26...