BBC News reports that a “cheap drug could save thousands of lives a year”. This follows a large trial, carried out across 29 countries, which used the medicine tranexamic acid to treat people with traumatic brain injury. Tranexamic acid helps to stop bleeding by enabling blood to clot. It comes as a tablet or as
“Smoking just a few cigarettes each day is just as bad for your lungs as burning through two packets,” reports the Mail Online. The headline reports a study that pooled the results of 6 population-based studies from the US including over 25,000 adults. It found that people’s lung function – the amount of air that
“Dogs could be a heart’s best friend” reports The Times, after 2 studies showed people who own a dog seem to live longer than those who do not own one. The possible beneficial effect – thought to be from a combination of increased physical activity and social support – seemed stronger in people who lived
“E-cigarette smoke could cause lung cancer – despite being tobacco-free, experts warn,” reports The Sun. However, The Sun’s headline does not mention that this was based on a study using mice and the findings cannot be automatically applied to humans. The number of people using e-cigarettes, or vaping, has grown rapidly over the past decade
“Getting less than 6 hours of sleep could double – or even triple – your risk of dying from heart disease or cancer, especially if you have chronic diseases,” reports Mail Online. This stark warning is taken from US research that analysed the sleep of around 1,600 adults. Participants had their sleep monitored during a
“Breastfed babies may face more than double the risk of developing food allergies,” the Mail Online reports. The headline follows a Japanese study that questioned how parents fed their 6-month-old babies, whether they: never breastfed exclusively breastfed partially breastfed – combined with using formula milk They then asked whether their child had sought medical help
“New research that claims red and processed meat is probably not harmful to our health has caused controversy among experts who maintain people should cut down,” The Guardian reports. The World Health Organization currently classifies processed meats, such as bacon and salami, as being cancer-causing (carcinogenic) to humans – putting it in the same category
“Men who struggle with infertility are at much greater risk of prostate cancer,” reports the Sun. In a new study, Swedish researchers used their databases to investigate what happened to almost all men who fathered a child over 20 years from 1994 to December 2014. They found men whose babies were born after fertility treatment
“Planned caesarean delivery can be the safest option for women who have had a caesarean in the past” BBC News reports. A new study of around 74,000 births in Scotland suggested that women who’d previously had a caesarean section were more likely to have problems if they attempted a vaginal delivery in subsequent pregnancies, rather
“Summer-born children ‘more likely to be diagnosed with depression’ than older pupils” The Independent reports. A new study looked at a link between depression, intellectual disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and children who are younger than others in their class at school due to being born in the summer. As the school year
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