Sport clubs may have helped communities hold together during a public health crisis — but the evidence here is still indirect In any public health crisis, the focus usually falls on what is most visible and urgent: overloaded hospitals, government de...
Continue readingAI suggests CPAP may not affect cardiovascular risk the same way in everyone with sleep apnoea The connection between obstructive sleep apnoea and cardiovascular disease seems straightforward at first glance. Repeated drops in oxygen, fragmented slee...
Continue readingA new method promises a clearer view of how the genome works in cancer — but for now, the strongest advance is in target discovery For many years, talking about cancer genetics mostly meant hunting for important mutations. The main question was strai...
Continue readingA food literacy programme may help rural, uninsured patients manage diabetes better — but its impact still needs caution Diabetes is often framed as a strictly clinical problem: high blood sugar, HbA1c levels, medication, cardiovascular complications...
Continue readingMental and physical illnesses often go together — and genetics may explain part of that overlap, but not the whole story In everyday clinical practice, body and mind rarely get sick in completely separate compartments. The distinction is useful for o...
Continue readingWhy smoking may raise dementia risk: a new theory links the lungs, exosomes, and brain iron — but the evidence still needs caution Smoking has long been understood as a major threat to the lungs, heart, and blood vessels. But over time, it has also b...
Continue readingIntimate partner violence leaves marks on the mind and the brain — and health care still underestimates the damage When people talk about intimate partner violence, the focus quite rightly tends to fall on the immediate danger: assault, threats, cont...
Continue readingA healthier plant-based diet is linked with lower dementia risk — but it is not a stand-alone shield against Alzheimer’s Few areas of health attract as much interest as the possibility of protecting the brain with choices made years — or even decades...
Continue readingTau seeds may spread through connected neurons in Alzheimer’s disease — helping explain how the illness advances through the brain One of the hardest questions in Alzheimer’s disease is not simply which proteins are involved, but how the damage sprea...
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