Nearly a third of U.S. teens have prediabetes, CDC says
About 1 in 3 young people who are 12 to 17 years old have prediabetes, new national data…
Thousands of Ozempic scripts written for under-18s, data show
Under-18s are receiving scripts for the blockbuster semaglutide drug Ozempic despite it not being TGA-approved for children or…
Is this extreme intermittent fasting the key to a long life?
Intermittent fasting — which involves restricting when you eat, most commonly consuming food within an eight-hour window and…
High blood pressure to diabetes: Best foods for common health issues, according to a top US doctor |
Dr. Saurabh Sethi highlights the medicinal power of food, suggesting dietary changes for common health issues. He recommends…
New gene editing approach targets mutation behind common genetic heart disease
Fourteen million people worldwide suffer from enlarged hearts, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disease that thickens the…
Pancreatitis, Ozempic and exaggerated headlines: A UK alert raises concerns about drug abuse | Health
Last week, many media outlets reported on a press release from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory…
Health effects associated with consumption of processed meat, sugar-sweetened beverages and trans fatty acids: a Burden of Proof study
Monteiro, C. A. et al. Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them. Public Health Nutr.…
Harnessing saliva for precision medicine and early disease diagnosis
A research team led by the University of the Basque Country (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, EHU) has identified hundreds…
Hepatologist calls Satvic Movement ‘utter nonsense’; explains why people should stop falling for influencer sweet talks | Health
Dr Cyriac Abby Philips, aka The Liver Doc (a hepatologist), criticised the Satvic Movement, popularised on social media…
Research Project Studies High Doses of an Opioid Use Disorder Medication Among Veterans
Anne Black, PhD Credit: Yale A team of researchers at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) is helping determine…