Low-meat and meat-free diets associated with lower overall cancer risk
Eating meat five times or less per week is associated with a lower overall cancer risk, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Medicine. Cody Watling and colleagues from the University of Oxford, UK investigated the relationship between diet and cancer risk by analysing data collected from 472,377 British adults who […]
Focus on emotions is key to improving heart health in people living with obesity
People living with obesity who attended a non-judgemental and personalised lifestyle modification programme improved their cardiovascular and mental health during just 10 weeks, according to a study presented today at EuroHeartCare — ACNAP Congress 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1 Participants lost weight and achieved benefits in anxiety and […]
Positive parenting can reduce the risk that children develop obesity
New research from Penn State found that children with positive, early interactions with their care givers — characterized by warmth, responsiveness, and a sitmulating home environment — were at reduced risk of childhood obesity. “A lot of the discussion around childhood obesity and other health risks focuses on identifying and studying the exposure to risk,” […]
Enzalutamide Rechallenge Yields Small PFS Boost in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
In patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who have progressed on enzalutamide (Xtandi), those who continued the treatment in combination with docetaxel and prednisolone saw improved progression-free survival (PFS), the phase IIIb PRESIDE study found. Median PFS was 9.53 months with the the enzalutamide-based combination compared with 8.28 months in those treated with placebo […]
Mental speed hardly changes over a lifespan: Study shows that the speed of cognitive information processing remains largely stable over decades
Mental speed — the speed at which we can deal with issues requiring rapid decision-making — does not change substantially over decades. Psychologists at Heidelberg University have come to this conclusion. Under the leadership of Dr Mischa von Krause and Dr Stefan Radev, they evaluated data from a large-scale online experiment with over a million […]
COVID Makes Everything Worse in Pregnancy
Pregnant women with COVID-19 had worse outcomes across the board, especially if the mother-to-be was also co-infected with HIV, according to a study from Botswana. Adverse birth outcomes, such as premature delivery and stillbirth, were observed in 31% of women who tested positive for COVID-19 compared with 26% of women who did not (adjusted RR […]
Darolutamide Improves OS in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Darolutamide (Nubeqa) combined with standard treatment significantly improved survival in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), the phase III ARASENS trial found. At data cutoff, patients who received darolutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and docetaxel had a 32.5% lower risk of death compared with the group who received placebo plus the standard (HR […]
Study shows differences between brains of girls, boys with autism
Brain organization differs between boys and girls with autism, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The differences, identified by analyzing hundreds of brain scans with artificial intelligence techniques, were unique to autism and not found in typically developing boys and girls. The research helps explain why autism symptoms differ […]
What Happens When You Have Mononucleosis? Mono Symptoms, Treatment
Once infected with mononucleosis, the virus may remain dormant in the throat and body fluids for the rest of your life. Mononucleosis is a contagious viral infection usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). It typically affects adolescents and young adults and is characterized by symptoms such as fever, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, and […]
ART-Free Strategy Could Control HIV in Some African Kids
Roughly half of young children with HIV in Botswana treated with two broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) were able to remain virally suppressed for 24 weeks, even in the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART), a researcher said. In a small proof-of-concept study of 25 children ages 2-5 years, 11 children (44%, 95% CI 24%-65%) who stopped […]