By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Having too few “friendly” vaginal bacteria may increase a woman’s chance of ovarian cancer, and swabs can be used to spot this, say researchers. The team, led by University College London, hope the finding could be used to identify women at high risk of the cancer, which has no screening test. However, they...
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Our brain-computer interfacing technology uses music to make people happy
by Ian Daly, Eduardo R. Miranda And Slawomir Nasuto, The Conversation Whether it’s the music that was playing on the radio when you met your partner or the first song your baby daughter smiled to, for many of us, music is a core part of life. And it’s no wonder—there is considerable scientific evidence that foetuses experience sounds while in the womb,...
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Bone health not improved by increasing protein intake in healthy adults
by Natasha Meredith, University of Surrey Increasing protein intake beyond official recommendations has little to no benefit for bone health in healthy adults, new research in the journal Osteoporosis International reports. In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers from the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Surrey investigated if protein intake can impact bone health of adults and children. Examining 127 previous...
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Finger-prick blood test could help reduce antibiotic use for some patients
by University of Oxford A simple finger-prick blood test could help prevent unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics for people with the lung condition chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study by researchers from Cardiff University, University of Oxford and King’s College London. With funding from the National Institute for Health Research, the team demonstrated that using a CRP finger-prick blood test resulted in 20%...
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A near-fatal Valley Fever case opens doors to new treatment method
by Ryan Hatoum, University of California, Los Angeles Of the 8,000 Californians who will contract Valley Fever this year, most will recover without treatment, and those with more serious cases will require an antifungal medication that clears the infection. But a few will experience a life-threatening form of the disease that ravages the body for reasons unknown. Now, an experimental...
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Five Day Long Scan of Complete Brain Using Ultra Powerful MRI
JULY 11TH, 2019 MEDGADGET EDITORS NEUROLOGY, RADIOLOGY Two years ago the FDA issued the first clearance for a high-field MRI scanner, the Siemens MAGNETOM Terra. Featuring a 7 Tesla magnet, the device generates a magnetic field more than twice the strength of the 3 Tesla scanners that were previously the most powerful for clinical use. Now, a team of researchers,...
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Loss of multiple senses increases dementia risk
by Alzheimer’s Research UK Credit: CC0 Public Domain Two studies presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2019 have explored whether losing multiple senses, including hearing and sight, increases the risk of dementia. In 2017, an important report identified mid-life hearing loss as a major risk factor for dementia. As hearing loss is so widespread, treating hearing...
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Can computer use, crafts and games slow or prevent age-related memory loss?
New study looks at timing and number of mentally stimulating activities AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY MINNEAPOLIS – A new study has found that mentally stimulating activities like using a computer, playing games, crafting and participating in social activities are linked to a lower risk or delay of age-related memoryloss called mild cognitive impairment, and that...
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The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer’s
A high-carb diet, and the attendant high blood sugar, are associated with cognitive decline. In recent years, Alzheimer’s disease has occasionally been referred to as “type 3” diabetes, though that moniker doesn’t make much sense. After all, though they share a problem with insulin, type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, and type 2 diabetes is a chronic...
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Should you try allergen immunotherapy?
by Len Canter, Healthday Reporter This treatment is aimed at desensitizing you to your allergy triggers, providing long-term relief from allergies and reducing the risk for asthma. Recent advances have made this option more appealing. Allergy shots used to be the only immunotherapy treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but in recent years, sublingual immunotherapies have proven effective. This approach...