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Women whose mid-pregnancy ultrasound scans show a potential foetal abnormality should be given an additional MRI scan, say researchers from the University of Sheffield.
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Sustained enjoyment of life over several years in older age is associated with lower mortality, and the longer a person reports enjoying life, the lower their risk of death, say
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Lowering the body temperature of adults who experience a traumatic brain injury can significantly improve chances of survival, new study results suggest.
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A high-sensitivity blood test, known as a troponin test, could predict the risk of heart attack and death and patients’ response to statins, say researchers from the Univer
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Cognitive therapy can be an effective treatment for children and adolescents with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), new study results suggest.
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The prescription of psychotropic drugs is associated with a strongly increased risk of falling among nursing home residents, say researchers in the Netherlands.
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Racquet sports, swimming and aerobics are associated with the best chance of staving off death, new study results suggest.
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Interventions aimed at preventing suicide among students should be designed separately for males and females, say UK researchers who studied more than 1,000 university stud
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Women living in developed Western nations with strong Catholic heritage are less likely to breastfeed that those in countries where Protestantism is predominant, new study resul
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Women with breast cancer who are more socially isolated have higher rates of recurrence and mortality than women with larger social networks, new study results suggest.
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Young people who drink heavily throughout their teenage years risk altering the development of the brain, say Finnish researchers.
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The likelihood of dying after emergency abdominal surgery is up to seven times higher for a child in a poor country than for a child in a rich nation, new research suggests.&nbs
Antipsychotic drug use is associated with a 60% increased risk of mortality among people with Alzheimer’s disease, new study results suggest.
A drug used to treat sleep disorder narcolepsy could help people who are addicted to food to lose weight, say UK researchers.
Starting testosterone treatment is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), that peaks within six months then gradually declines, new study results suggest.
UK fertility clinics are making unsubstantiated claims about the benefits of treatment beyond standard IVF procedures, say researchers from the University of Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.
Replacing major saturated fatty acids with unsaturated fats, whole grain carbohydrates or plant proteins is an effective approach for preventing coronary heart disease, say researchers.
Current evidence does not support the use of vitamin D supplements to prevent disease, say researchers from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
