Disease
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General anesthesia unlikely to have lasting effects on the developing brains of young children
Feb 16, 2019A single hour of general anesthesia in early infancy—longer than is necessary to perform the most common types of minor surgeries in childhood—does not result in measurable neurodevelopmental or behavioural problems up to the age of... -
At least 922 children and young adults died of measles in Madagascar
Feb 15, 2019At least 922 children and young adults have died of measles in Madagascar since October, despite a huge emergency vaccination program, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. The number of deaths is based on... -
Obesity-related cancers increasing in young US adults
Feb 5, 2019An observational study using data covering more than half of the US population suggests that incidence rates of cancers linked to obesity are increasing most rapidly in young adults. The findings, published in The Lancet Public... -
Statin therapy reduces risk of major cardiovascular events irrespective of age
Feb 5, 2019Statin therapy reduces major vascular events, and a new meta-analysis shows this is the case even in patients over 75 years of age. The research, published in The Lancet, summarises evidence from 28 randomised controlled trials,... -
Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads southwards into an area with high security risks
Jan 25, 2019Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread southwards into an area with high-security risks, the World Health Organization said. The outbreak, the country’s worst, has killed 439 of the 713 people believed to have caught... -
Obesity responsible for about 4 percent of all cancer cases worldwide
Dec 21, 2018Excess body weight is responsible for about 4 percent of all cancer cases worldwide and an even larger proportion of malignancies diagnosed in developing countries, a recent study suggests. As of 2012, excess body weight accounted... -
One in 10 cancer patients treated with chemotherapy may be hospitalized for serious kidney injury
Dec 18, 2018Nearly one in 10 cancer patients treated with chemotherapy or newer targeted drugs may be hospitalized for serious kidney injury, a Canadian study suggests. The study involved roughly 163,000 patients who started chemotherapy or targeted therapies... -
Type 2 diabetes associated with a decline in brain function in older people
Dec 16, 2018New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes ) shows that in older people living in the community, type 2 diabetes (T2D) is associated with a decline in verbal memory... -
People with inflammatory bowel disease more likely to have a heart attack
Dec 16, 2018People with inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis may be up to 12 times more likely to have a heart attack, a U.S. study suggests. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) involves chronic or recurring... -
People with heart failure who get flu shots less likely to die prematurely
Dec 15, 2018People with heart failure who get flu shots may be less likely to die prematurely than their counterparts who don’t get vaccinated, a Danish study suggests. Researchers followed more than 134,000 patients with heart failure between...
