Enhancing brain health through optimising dementia care and diagnosis
Owen Miller of Alzheimer Europe outlines why improvements in global education, policy and practice are urgently needed to improve dementia care.
With global dementia cases...
Population data: Powering healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic
Professor Aziz Sheikh OBE, Director of the University of Edinburgh’s Usher Institute, explores how data can be utilised to improve healthcare processes and how...
GRAM report: Antimicrobial resistance involved in five million deaths
In a truly harrowing development, the highly-anticipated GRAM report has shockingly revealed that 1.2 million deaths were directly caused by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in...
Machine learning model predicts the likelihood of recovering from Covid
A new study has found that 14 proteins in the blood of critically ill patients are associated with recovering from Covid.
A single blood sample...
Levels of depression and anxiety increased over Christmas in the UK
A new study by the University College London (UCL) found that the prevalence of depression and anxiety rose sharply over December in the UK.
The...
New MRI machine technique could improve diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
A new MRI machine technique has been used as part of a research project that could lead to a quicker assessment of disease activity...
Increased survival rate in prostate cancer patients with hormone therapy
Researchers have found a consistent improvement in overall survival in men with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer with the addition of hormone therapy to...
Study finds infants born in cities have an increased mortality rate
In Tanzania, infants born in cities surprisingly have an increased mortality rate in their first month of life compared to babies born in rural...
Cutting-edge technique effectively repairs peripheral nerve damage
A collaborative endeavour between Irish researchers and their international partners has devised an innovative method for remedying peripheral nerve damage.
The team that comprises experts...
Introducing healthy lifestyle habits in preschool lowers heart disease risk
Implementing school-based programs aimed at teaching healthy lifestyle habits as early as preschool can achieve lasting lifestyle changes in children.
Healthy lifestyle habits can include...
BIPOC representation essential in vaccine clinical trials
Dr Michele Andrasik, Senior Staff Scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, outlines the importance of BIPOC representation in vaccine clinical trials.
Black, Indigenous, and...
Severe symptoms of COVID-19 reduced by a genetic variant
A new Swedish meta-study has discovered that a particular gene variant can protect against severe symptoms of COVID-19.
The research, pioneered by experts at the...
Could a concussion diagnosis be monitored through urine samples?
A concussion diagnosis is hard to define with injuries not appearing on routine brain scans and no definitive diagnostic test available. It is usually...
The link between brain cell development and psychiatric disorders
Scientists from Keele University and Cardiff University have discovered new links between the breakdown in brain cell development and the risk of schizophrenia and...
The benefits of exercising at different times of the day
Recent research has shown that exercising at different times across the day benefits the body in unique ways.
Exercising improves health and fitness, and research...
The growing landscape of lifestyle medicine in Europe
Dr Alicja Baska, Executive Director and co-founder of the Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine, provides an introduction to lifestyle medicine in Europe.
The last few...
The impact of being unvaccinated from Covid in pregnancy
A new study showed that being unvaccinated from Covid in pregnancy increases the likelihood to have poor birth outcomes.
People who contracted Covid in pregnancy...
Phthalates: The ubiquitous chemicals that could be harming your health
Health Europa speaks to Dr Lariah Edwards from George Washington University, lead author of a new study which investigated the presence of phthalates and other...
One in ten people may still be infectious after ten-day covid isolation
One in 10 people may have clinically relevant levels of potentially infectious SARS-CoV-2 past the ten-day COVID isolation period, according to new research.
The research...
Causes of a stroke may be triggered by anger and heavy physical exertion
A global study into causes of a stroke found that some survivors experienced anger, upset and heavy physical exertion before the event.
A study co-led...