Health
Olympic athletes live much longer than 'average Joes'—but elite AFL and rugby union players don't
You would assume athletes who dedicate their lives to keeping fit and healthy would generally live longer lives.
Oct 29, 2024
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antifungal resistance is not getting nearly as much attention as antibiotic resistance despite similar risks
Fungi are known for causing superficial infections of the nails, skin and hair, but they can also cause systemic infections that can have much more serious health implications. Indeed, over 6.5 million people are infected ...
Oct 21, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Older people more prone to relocating after dementia diagnosis, study shows
A new diagnosis of Alzheimer's or other dementia often spurs a person to move from their home, new research shows.
Oct 17, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Severe mental illness tied to higher fragility fracture risk in over-50s
People over the age of 50 who have severe mental illness are more likely than the general population to experience fragility fractures but may be less likely to get a diagnosis for osteoporosis, finds a new study led by UCL ...
Oct 15, 2024
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Immunology
Natural killer cells that live in the lungs can rapidly respond to a sugar rush, making them especially effective
Trinity College Dublin researchers based at St James's Hospital have provided important insights into the behavior and metabolic function of a previously largely unknown but crucial natural killer (NK) immune cell resident ...
Oct 10, 2024
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Addiction
Hospitalizations involving alcohol withdrawal syndrome common
In U.S. adults, hospitalizations involving alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) are common, according to a study published online Oct. 8 in JAMA Network Open.
Oct 10, 2024
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Medications
Dupilumab for COPD tied to improvement in health-related quality of life
Dupilumab improves health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type 2 inflammation, according to a study presented at CHEST 2024, the annual meeting of the American ...
Oct 7, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Biomarker can help health care assess severity of COVID-19
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the University of Gothenburg have identified a biomarker that could become an important tool for health care in assessing patients with acute COVID-19 infection. The researchers have ...
Oct 4, 2024
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Health
Eliminating tobacco smoking could help increase life expectancy by 2050, study suggests
Accelerating the decline in tobacco smoking globally, by decreasing smoking prevalence from current levels to 5% everywhere, could increase life expectancy and prevent millions of premature deaths by 2050, according to a ...
Oct 2, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Viruses found hiding in lungs' immune cells long after initial illness
Doctors have long known that children who become seriously ill with certain respiratory viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are at elevated risk of developing asthma later in life. What they haven't known is ...
Oct 2, 2024
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