Archive: 10/02/2021

More deaths in England and Scotland may be due to obesity and excess body fat than smoking

Obesity and excess body fat may have contributed to more deaths in England and Scotland than smoking since 2014, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Public Health.

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Jeremy Hunt: 'I was too slow to boost the NHS workforce'

With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing an already stretched NHS workforce to new levels of stress, burnout, and trauma, Jeremy Hunt says he regrets not acting earlier to expand numbers of doctors and nurses during his time as ...

Feb 10, 2021

No links between opioids or certain antibiotics in pregnancy and major birth defects

Two studies published by The BMJ today find no links between prescription opioids or macrolide antibiotics taken during pregnancy and risk of major birth defects.

Feb 10, 2021

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'Gamechanger' drug for treating obesity cuts body weight by 20%

One third (35%) of people who took a new drug for treating obesity lost more than one-fifth (greater than or equal to 20%) of their total body weight, according to a major global study involving UCL researchers.

Feb 10, 2021

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Watch your heart rate, but don't obsess about it

Keeping track of your heart rate is probably a good thing. Obsessing about it probably isn't.

Feb 10, 2021

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Tight-fitting masks can slash COVID transmission by 95%, CDC says

(HealthDay)—It's known that face masks help protect against COVID-19 infection, but U.S. health officials said Wednesday that the tighter the mask, the better.

Feb 10, 2021

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Study finds U.S. first responders have mixed feelings about COVID-19 vaccine

Firefighters and emergency medical services workers are at high risk of exposure to COVID-19 while on the job and pose an additional risk of transmitting the virus to others. Although vaccines are a promising public health ...

Feb 10, 2021

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Computational medicine—moving from uncertainty to precision

Individual choices in medicine carry a certain amount of uncertainty.

Feb 10, 2021

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New targets for the development of a drug treatment for obesity and type 2 diabetes

The GIP receptor in the central nervous system plays a crucial role in the regulation of body weight and food intake. This is shown by a recent study by Helmholtz Zentrum München, ETH Zurich and the German Center for Diabetes ...

Feb 10, 2021

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Substance in the blood of pregnant women fights pathological immune reaction

A team of scientists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University with their colleagues from the Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Perm) studied the ...

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