Archive: 26/11/2015
Top priorities named in hearing loss research
Experts have published a list of the most urgent priorities for researching a debilitating condition that affects more than 10 million people in the UK.
Nov 26, 2015
Recent Western blood pressure guidelines may boost stroke risk in Asian patients
European and North American blood pressure guidelines, issued last year, may actually boost the stroke risk if used for Asian patients, particularly the elderly, suggests an expert opinion published online in the journal ...
Nov 26, 2015
More than one in four older Indians on low and middling incomes have midriff bulge
More than one in four middle-aged Indians on low and middling incomes now has an unhealthy midriff bulge, with women most likely to carry a spare tyre, reveal the results of a nationally representative survey, published in ...
Nov 26, 2015
Personally tailored diabetes care reduces mortality in women but not men
A follow-up study to assess the effects of personally tailored diabetes care in general practice has revealed that such care reduces mortality (both all-cause and diabetes-related), in women, but not men. The study is by ...
Nov 26, 2015
Molecular trigger for Cerebral Cavernous Malformation identified
Researchers in Italy, Germany and the United States have identified a regulatory protein crucial for the development of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation – a severe and incurable disease mainly affecting the brain microvasculature. ...
Nov 26, 2015