The availability of vaccines has brought hope for the end of the pandemic. Yet COVID deaths and cases are still surging around the world. As we try to immunize the world, the most likely scenario for the next few years is ...
Apr 21, 2021
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Exercise intensity appears to make no difference to risk of mortality among older adults, suggests a randomised controlled trial from Norway published by The BMJ today.
Oct 7, 2020
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Clinical trials are under way around the world, including in Australia, testing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.
Jun 3, 2020
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The first study to report use of the rheumatoid arthritis drug anakinra to treat COVID-19 patients found that high-dose anakinra was safe and was associated with respiratory improvements and reduced signs of cytokine storm ...
May 8, 2020
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Children with Dravet Syndrome given fenfluramine experienced a greater reduction in convulsive seizures, compared to patients given a placebo for a 14-week treatment period, according to a randomized controlled trial published ...
Dec 18, 2019
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Researchers at Linköping University have developed a treatment for depression among people with cardiovascular disease. The results, recently published in JMIR Mental Health, show that cardiovascular disease patients who ...
Dec 4, 2019
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A University of Otago study has found that using mindfulness meditation applications (apps) on phones is associated with improvements in people's mental health.
Nov 15, 2018
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ScreenMen is a mobile web app that educates, motivates and empowers men to undergo evidence-based health screening. It was developed rigorously based on theories, evidence and needs assessment. It is currently undergoing ...
Sep 25, 2018
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The study entitled "Long term extension of a randomised controlled trial of probiotics using electronic health records" led by researchers in the Swansea University Medical School and the College of Human and Health Sciences, ...
May 16, 2018
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Suggestions that aspirin may help treat venous leg ulcers have been rebutted by University of Auckland research, leaving the sufferers with compression therapy, a treatment known since the 17th Century.
Nov 28, 2017
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