Playing golf may be just as healthy or better than Nordic walking for older people

Regular rounds of golf are particularly good aerobic exercise for older adults, study suggests Older adults may gain more health benefits from playing golf than participating in regular or Nordic walking, suggests a study published online in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. The health advantages of aerobic ...

2024-06-04T10:24:12+01:008 February 2023|BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, Press release|

Being married may help people maintain lower blood sugar levels

Even cohabiting relationships under strain may help people avoid high glycemic levels, study suggests People living with a spouse seem to have a higher likelihood of being healthy in terms of maintaining lower blood sugar levels regardless of how harmonious or acrimonious their relationship is, suggests a study published online ...

2024-06-04T10:24:12+01:008 February 2023|BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, Press release|

Most antidepressants ineffective for common pain conditions

Overview adds to mounting evidence challenging the use of medicines for pain Some antidepressant drugs are effective for some pain conditions, but most are either ineffective or the evidence is inconclusive, despite being used for a range of pain conditions, finds an overview of the latest evidence published by The ...

2024-06-04T10:24:37+01:008 February 2023|Press release, The BMJ|

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+01:0031 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+01:0031 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+01:0031 January 2023|Press release, Sexually Transmitted Infections|
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