Sugary drinks tax may have prevented over 5,000 cases of obesity a year in year six girls alone
The introduction of the soft drinks industry levy – the ‘sugary drinks tax’ – in England was followed by a ...
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New research shows poor insecticide policy led to countless needless malaria cases
Study shows children sleeping under bed netting treated with two pesticides contract malaria at less than half the rate of ...
Ask for customer reviews at the right time: in many cases, sooner may not be better
Researchers from University of Nevada Las Vegas, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Arizona State University, and KAIST College of Business published ...
Evening hot spring soaks lower cases of hypertension in older Japanese adults
Fukuoka, Japan—Nothing beats a good soak in a hot bath, and when it really hits the spot, you can almost ...
National study confirms breakthrough COVID cases are less severe than COVID in unvaccinated adults
INDIANAPOLIS -- Individuals who, despite having been vaccinated against COVID-19, develop the disease and are hospitalized are less likely to ...
Screening all older adults aged 40-70 years would find undiagnosed type 2 diabetes cases at least two years earlier
Using a standard diabetes test to screen all UK adults aged 40-70 years would find undiagnosed cases of type 2 ...
World Stroke Day 2022: Study reveals sharp rise in stroke cases among young adults in Oxfordshire
New research - funded by the Medical Research Foundation - has shown a sharp increase in the incidence of stroke ...
Developmental-behavioral pediatricians can diagnose most autism cases in young children without ADOS testing, finds study
Trained developmental-behavioral pediatricians can generally diagnose autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in young children without the need for additional Autism Diagnostic ...
Self-teaching AI uses pathology images to find similar cases, diagnose rare diseases
Rare diseases are often difficult to diagnose and predicting the best course of treatment can be challenging for clinicians. Investigators ...
Positive effects of omega-3 on the immune system in cases of severe COVID-19
Intravenous treatment with omega-3 fatty acids in elderly hospitalised patients in intensive care due to COVID-19 seems to have positive ...
As few as 1 in 5 COVID cases may have been counted worldwide, mathematical models suggest
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 27, 2022) – Mathematical models indicate that as few as one in five cases of COVID-19 which ...
Genetic variation explains racial disparity in esophageal cancer cases
Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is a type of cancer affecting the mucus-secreting glands of the lower esophagus — the tube connecting ...
University of Colorado researcher describes first cases of encephalomyelitis resulting from monkeypox virus
As the monkeypox outbreak continues to spread around the globe, a rare but potentially serious complication of the virus has been discovered ...
Lung cancer screening increases percentage of Stage I cases detected, while reducing percentage of Stage IV cases
Denver—September 7, 2022—Implementing lung cancer screening at four diverse healthcare systems resulted in an 8.4 percent increase in the number ...
Voting in the 2020 Italian constitutional referendum led to more Covid-19 cases in Italy
In September 2020, during the height of the first wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, Italians voted on a constitutional amendment ...
No long-term effect of COVID-19 on surgical cases for urology trainees
August 23, 2022 – After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, urology training programs saw a precipitous drop in opportunities for residents ...
1 g cut in daily salt intake could ward off nearly 9 million cases of stroke/heart disease in China
A modest cut of just 1 g in daily salt intake could ward off nearly 9 million cases of heart ...
1 g cut in daily salt intake could ward off nearly 9 million cases of stroke/heart disease in China
A modest cut of just 1 g in daily salt intake could ward off nearly 9 million cases of heart ...
Prostate cancer cases risk being detected too late due to misleading focus on urinary problems, say Cambridge experts
Men with early, curable stages of prostate cancer are missing opportunities to have their cancer detected because national guidelines and ...
Junk food advertising restrictions prevent almost 100,000 obesity cases and is expected to save the NHS £200m
A restriction on junk food advertising across the Transport for London (TfL) network in 2019, has resulted in 94,867 fewer ...