May also offer other health benefits, but longer trials are needed to confirm this Intermittent fasting diets appear to have similar benefits to traditional calorie-restricted diets for weight loss, suggests an analysis of trial evidence published by The BMJ today. Alternate day fasting also demonstrates greater benefits compared with both calorie restriction ...
Treat it like tobacco: don’t criminialise it, discourage it, and protect bystanders, says editorial Cannabis use is linked to a doubling in the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, with significantly heightened risks of having a stroke or acute coronary syndrome—sudden reduced or blocked blood flow to the heart—finds a ...
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal account for almost half of all such births Despite overall progress in bringing down low birthweight numbers across India over the past 30 years, rates remain stubbornly high in certain states, with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal, accounting for almost half of ...
Although risk much lower than some other progestogens and disappeared one year after stopping treatment Taking the progestogen-only contraceptive pill desogestrel continuously for more than five years is associated with a small increased risk of developing a type of brain tumour called an intracranial meningioma, finds a study from France ...
More individuals are seeking treatment for ketamine addiction Greater awareness, research, and treatments are needed The rise in non-prescribed ketamine use across the UK in recent years is a cause for concern, say doctors in The BMJ today. Irene Guerrini at South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and colleagues warn that ...
And they mostly prefer symptom relief at end of life rather than prolongation of life But preferences vary according to their jurisdiction’s legislation on assisted dying When it comes to advanced cancer or Alzheimer’s disease, over half of doctors would consider assisted dying for themselves, but preferences seem to vary ...
..to curb global toll taken by the disease, especially in the rest of Africa and Asia High levels of aflatoxin contamination in dietary staples of maize and peanuts With one of the highest rates of liver cancer in Africa, Ghana represents critical case study There’s an urgent need to quantify ...
Prevalence twice as high among those still puffing away as those who have never smoked Figures suggest that 40% of 25 million adults experience some level of functional difficulty Around 1 in 7 of US adults who currently smoke may have some degree of disability, suggests the first study of ...
Rates highest among black beneficiaries and those living in more deprived neighborhoods New cases of dementia in the United States declined from 2015 to 2021, but the number of people living with the condition continued to rise due to population ageing, with nearly 2.9 million traditional Medicare beneficiaries (around 12%) ...
t also boosts wellbeing and quality of life, suggests umbrella review of pooled data analyses Findings lend weight to its routine inclusion in cancer treatment protocols, say researchers Exercise can counter the detrimental effects of cancer treatment, such as heart and nerve damage and brain fog, suggests an overarching review ...
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