Surgeons should prepare to face more abortion complications post-Wade

Experts call for profession to denounce ‘incredibly harmful' decision  Acute care surgeons should prepare to treat complications of forced pregnancies and unsafe abortions following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade in the USA in 2022, argue experts in an opinion piece published in the journal Trauma Surgery ...

2024-06-04T10:23:11+00:0031 January 2023|Press release, Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open|

Fewer known risk factors, but heightened risk of cardiovascular disease in people with coeliac disease

Further research needed to unearth drivers, including role of gluten free diet, say authors People with coeliac disease might have fewer known risk factors for cardiovascular disease, but still have a heightened risk of developing it, finds a study led by researchers from Oxford Population Health, published online in the ...

2024-06-04T10:24:12+00:0031 January 2023|BMJ Medicine, Press release|

Common eye infection antibiotic may clear up treatment-resistant STI

Chloramphenicol cleared up Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis in one patient An oral antibiotic tablet used to treat common eye infections may prove an effective medicine for a sexually transmitted bug that has become resistant to usual recommended treatment, suggest doctors in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. They successfully treated a young ...

2024-06-04T10:24:39+00:0031 January 2023|Press release, Sexually Transmitted Infections|

Midlife obesity linked to heightened frailty risk in older age

Frailty often wrongly perceived as purely wasting disorder, say researchers Findings highlight importance of keeping trim throughout adulthood to minimise risk Carrying far too much weight, including a midriff bulge, from mid-life onwards, is linked to a heightened risk of physical frailty in older age, finds research published in the ...

2024-06-04T10:24:15+00:0024 January 2023|BMJ Open, Press release|

Lack of sleep during teenage years may heighten subsequent MS risk

Clocking up enough hours of restorative sleep while young may help ward off condition Insufficient and disturbed sleep during the teenage years may heighten the subsequent risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), suggests a case-control study published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Clocking up enough hours of ...

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