More parents are seeking professional help to give their children an early advantage.
Community health workers can help protect pregnant women and their babies from malaria
Community health workers can make a great difference in increasing the number of pregnant women who receive life-saving preventive antimalarial treatment, according to a study conducted in four sub-Saharan African countries and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by “la Caixa” Foundation.
TikTok health information videos on Mpox often inaccurate and of poor quality
Health information on M(onkey)pox, posted on the social media platform TikTok, is often inaccurate, incomplete, and of poor quality, finds a recent analysis of relevant videos, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.
Mediterranean diet cuts women’s cardiovascular disease and death risk by nearly 25%, finds study
Sticking closely to a Mediterranean diet cuts a woman’s risks of cardiovascular disease and death by nearly 25%, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence—the first of its kind—published online in the journal Heart.
High blood caffeine level might curb amount of body fat and type 2 diabetes risk
A high blood caffeine level might curb the amount of body fat a person carries and their risk of type 2 diabetes, suggests research published in the open access journal BMJ Medicine.
Clinical practice guideline on respiratory management of patients with neuromuscular weakness
The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) recently released a new clinical guideline on respiratory management of patients with neuromuscular weakness. Published in the journal CHEST, the guideline contains 15 evidence-based recommendations, a good practice statement and an ungraded consensus-based statement.
Standardized packaging on vapes found to reduce appeal to teenagers
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Action on Smoking and Health has found that standardizing e-cigarette (vape) packaging, by removing brand imagery, is associated with a decrease in vapes appeal among teenagers.
MTAP loss in metastatic breast cancer patients: Genomic landscape
A new research paper titled “Genomic landscape of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients with methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) loss” has been published in Oncotarget.
Mexico to use traditional medicine, more Cuban doctors
Health authorities in Mexico said Tuesday they will use more traditional medicine and more Cuban doctors in the country’s woefully under-equipped public hospital system.
Common cold may give children immunity against COVID-19, reveals study
During the pandemic, medical doctors and researchers noticed that children and adolescents infected with COVID-19 became less ill than adults. A possible explanation for this is that children already had a prior level of immunity to COVID-19 provided by memory T cells generated by common colds.