News A new pre-print article looking at healthworkers in Qatar suggests those who had a flu jab stood a much better chance of dodging severe COVID-19. Prior to the development of specific vaccines,… [+5544 chars]
Having type 2 diabetes in middle age could mean being four times more likely to develop dementia. Diabetes is linked to dementia, with experts suspecting it can lead to the build-up of potentially h… [+5371 chars]
<ul><li>A study in mice suggests that the timing of meals is important to maximize the anti-aging effects of calorie restriction. </li><li>On a calorie-restricted diet, mice that only ate during the … [+6205 chars]
People who are highly responsive to food lost more weight and, importantly, were more successful at keeping the pounds off using a new alternative weight-loss intervention that targets improving a pe… [+4367 chars]
image: Protocol-based oral potassium supplementation to maintain serum potassium concentration in the range of 4-5 mEq/L appears to be safe and may reduce the risk of peritonitis in hypokalemic PD pa… [+2455 chars]
Brensocatib did not improve the clinical status of patients hospitalized with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in the double-blind randomized, placebo-controlled STOP-COVID19 multicenter clinical trial, a… [+3575 chars]
A provocative new study suggests that using anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids to treat an injury, such as a sprained ankle or wrenched back, increases the risk of developing chronic pain. The sho… [+3367 chars]