Dr Michael Mosley has confessed to loving pasta, despite the popular dish pumping up his blood sugar. Fortunately, the health guru has a “wonderful way” of making pasta friendlier to his blood glucose. Speaking on his podcast Just One Thing, Dr Mosley said: “By taking pasta, cooking and cooling it, it turns into something called resistant starch. “Resistant starch acts […]

A mechanism that led some patients to experience cases of deadly clotting following some types of COVID-19 vaccination has been identified in new research. In a paper published in Blood Journal, scientists from the University of Birmingham have been able to identify how deadly blood clots, in the disease known as Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis (VITT), occur. Previous studies […]

Reviewed Predicting sudden cardiac death, and perhaps even addressing a person's risk to prevent future death, may be possible through artificial intelligence (AI) and could offer a new move toward prevention and global health strategies, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Resuscitation Science Symposium 2023. The meeting, Nov. 11-12, in Philadelphia is a premier […]

What is anastrozole? What are the side effects? And am I eligible for the breast cancer drug? All your questions answered Clinical trials suggest the drug can slash cancer risk in post-menopausal women READ MORE: At-risk women will be offered breast-cancer medicine on the NHS Women with a higher risk of developing breast cancer are set to be offered a pill that […]

Swapping animal-based foods such as processed or red meat and eggs for plant-based foods such as nuts, legumes, and whole grains is associated with reduced risk of death and health conditions such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. This systematic review, published in BMC Medicine, provides further support for an overall shift from animal- to plant-based diets to promote […]

The human brain is made up of two kinds of matter: the nerve cell bodies (gray matter), which process sensation, control voluntary movement, and enable speech, learning and cognition, and the axons (white matter), which connect cells to each other and project to the rest of the body. Historically, scientists have concentrated on the gray matter of the cortex, figuring […]

Patients with cancer whose oncologists receive payments from industry appear more likely to receive some non-recommended and low-value treatments, finds a US study published by The BMJ today. This finding raises potential concerns about quality of care, and the researchers say it may be appropriate to re-examine the current status of personal payments from the drug industry to physicians. Research […]

From vitamin D deficiency to potassium deficiency, your body could alert you to missing nutrients in many ways. Fortunately, Dr Eric Berg has shared what to look out for on his YouTube Channel. 1. Excessive yawning While yawning could be just a sign of being tired or out of shape, it could also be an iron deficiency, according to the […]

Reviewed Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that affects more than 80 million people worldwide every year, has become resistant to almost all known antibiotics. That makes it notoriously difficult to treat, but left untreated, an infection could lead to serious or even fatal complications. It also increases a person's risk of contracting HIV. A new study suggests artificial intelligence […]

TOPLINE: Exposure to air pollutants is linked to emergency hospital admissions for stroke shortly after the exposure, with the risk being pronounced in men and individuals aged <65 years. METHODOLOGY: Limited studies have investigated the association between hourly exposure to air pollutants and specific stroke subtypes, especially in regions with moderate to high levels of air pollution. The multicenter case-crossover […]