2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (363+ words) Patients treated with medication for benign prostatic hyperplasia at the time of a severe acute heart attack experienced fewer serious complications from the attack, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg. Men likely suffer from more extensive heart…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (303+ words) Glioblastoma may have an unexpected weakness that could help existing treatments work better, after researchers identified a protein that appears to protect tumour cells from therapy. Scientists at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center found that a protein called…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (518+ words) Researchers at Flinders University have found new evidence that coffee and tea may have different relationships with bone health in older women. Published in Nutrients, the study tracked nearly 10,000 women aged 65 and older for 10 years. The researchers examined whether regular…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (290+ words) Weight loss surgery may do more than reduce body weight. A new study suggests it can also help restore regular periods and improve reproductive health in women living with obesity. Researchers from the University of Surrey followed 84 women aged 18 to…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (282+ words) Medical Dialogues cohort study published in eClinicalMedicine has found that the use of incretin-based therapies after bariatric surgery was associated with clinically meaningful additional weight loss The benefits appeared to be both dose-dependent and timing-dependent, suggesting that earlier initiation and…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (98+ words) USA: A new study has revealed that a once-nightly 0.75% phentolamine ophthalmic solution significantly improved visual acuity and reduced bothersome symptoms such as glare, halos, and starbursts in patients with difficulty seeing in dim light. By day 15, more than 20% of treated…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (92+ words) The researchers found that adverse events occurred more frequently in the liposuction group than in the case of conservative therapy, including serious complications that were only observed in the surgical arm of the study. They stress that, as in all…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (234+ words) Medical Dialogues USA: A pooled analysis of two randomized trials suggests that chronic sleep restriction may contribute to weight gain and reduced physical activity in adults with elevated cardiometabolic risk Participants who typically slept at least 7 hours per night gained…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (295+ words) A new global analysis projects a substantial rise in the burden of Type 1 diabetes (T1D) over the next two decades, with the number of people living with the condition expected to increase by 29% worldwide, from 9.4 million in 2025 to 12.1 million by 2049. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (97+ words) Bacterial DNA was extracted and sequenced using high-throughput 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to establish the exact taxonomic distribution, alpha (diversity within a sample) and beta (differences between groups) diversities. Sequencing data were carefully compared with clinically measured parameters of disease severity…...