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Smartphone ownership at age 12 was linked to higher rates of eating disorder symptoms by age 14 in a study of nearly 9,000 US adolescents. Among children who owned a phone at 12, 24 per cent reported at least one eating disorder symptom two years later. By comparison, less than 16 per cent of those [...]
A trial of a potential world-first approved C. diff vaccine is expanding across the UK, aiming to recruit more people aged over 65. Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, is a bacterial infection of the bowel that can cause severe diarrhoea and dehydration. The vaccine is in the final stage of testing and is being studied [...]
A new research centre will investigate chronic inflammatory diseases and develop treatments aimed at lasting remission or cure. The Medical Research Council is investing £50m over 14 years in the Centre of Research Excellence in Restorative Immunology, led by the University of Birmingham. The programme will study immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, conditions in which the immune [...]
AOVO, a private nephrology research facility on the Gold Coast, has reduced core clinical trial workflows from 30 to 45 minutes to under five using ORCA Opti Assist, while a single morning’s billing review also surfaced tens of thousands of dollars in unclaimed items. AOVO operates a private nephrology research facility on the Gold Coast, [...]
GLP-1 use was linked to fewer customer visits by 16 per cent of 300 Scottish hospitality businesses surveyed by the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA). The trade association surveyed pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels for its summer on-trade market insight report. The survey found 22 per cent of businesses also said customers had become more [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for tighter ethics oversight of AI health research, warning that existing safeguards may not always be equipped to address novel risks. The organisation says artificial intelligence is changing how health data are analysed, research is conducted and new technologies are developed and evaluated. It warns that AI-related research [...]
AI scribes cut doctors’ documentation time by 69.1 per cent during simulated primary care appointments, a study of nine physicians found. The digital tools can record audio and use it to generate structured, regulatory-compliant clinical notes for patients’ medical charts. The research, led by University of Toronto PhD student LaShawn Murray, involved nine physicians completing [...]
Centre for Sight study reports excellent visual outcomes correcting astigmatism with implants that increase range of focus A new international study co-authored by Centre for Sight founder and Medical Director Sheraz Daya has reported excellent visual outcomes for patients with astigmatism undergoing cataract or refractive lens exchange surgery. Published on 11 August, the multicentre study [...]
Researchers warn social media may be driving healthy people to take Alzheimer’s blood tests, risking anxiety over markers that may never lead to dementia. Blood-based biomarker tests such as p-tau217 and p-tau181 detect biological signs associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive brain disorder and the leading cause of dementia. The tests look for abnormal proteins [...]
Eye scans may reveal retinal changes linked to atrial fibrillation about four years before hospital diagnosis, a study of more than 90,000 people found. Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder and affects more than 1.5m people in the UK. It raises the risk of stroke, heart failure and death. Because [...]
