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“Exercising and keeping active can slash the risk of depression by a third, research claims,” The Sun reports. Researchers who pooled information from 49 studies from around the world, found that people who did the most physical activity were less likely to get depression than those who did the least. Information about more than 266,000
“Nearly 90% of women at risk of breast cancer shun preventative drugs due to fear of side effects and ‘fate’,” reports the Independent Online. Current guidelines recommend that women thought to be at increased risk of developing breast cancer because they have a family history of the condition should be offered a drug called tamoxifen.
“Men with low levels of testosterone are more likely to get a chronic illness,” says the Mail Online, reporting on a US health survey. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey looked at nearly 2,400 men during 2011-12, collecting information about their health and social background, and carrying out blood tests for a number of
The Mail Online reports that “junk food-loving bacteria” in your gut, rather than excess weight, could be linked with osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis, often referred to as “wear and tear arthritis”, can cause joint pain and stiffness, and has been linked to both ageing and obesity. Researchers carried out a fairly complex animal study to further investigate
“Keeping donated livers ‘alive’ with a machine prior to transplants boosts the chances of a successful operation, a landmark trial has found,” reports BBC News. Liver transplantation is a last-resort treatment for individuals with end-stage liver disease when other treatments can’t help. Once a liver is taken out of the body, it begins to experience
“‘White coat syndrome’ is real,” reports The Daily Telegraph. Researchers have long suspected that so-called “white coat” hypertension – when people get a spike in blood pressure when having it taken by a doctor, but they don’t have high blood pressure most of the time – means that one-off testing produces less reliable results. Twenty-four-hour
“British women are woefully unprepared for pregnancy because they’re living unhealthy lifestyles, new research has found,” reports the Metro. The coverage follows the publication of a series of reviews assessing the importance of nutrition prior to getting pregnant. The reviews generally support our understanding that adequate nutrition through a balanced diet, and avoiding unhealthy behaviour
“Pregnant women who take painkillers could be harming the fertility of their unborn sons,” states the Mail Online’s report on a new study about the potential effects of exposure to painkillers during pregnancy. It would obviously be unethical to subject pregnant women and their unborn babies to potential harms, so the researchers used animals and
“Lifesaving jab denied to millions of boys in Britain could slash the risk of prostate cancer,” reports the Mail Online. The headline comes from the findings of a review that summarised existing research on links between the human papilloma virus (HPV) and prostate cancer. Despite the headlines, this wasn’t research into whether the HPV vaccine
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