Cannabis use disorder may raise the risk of a heart attack or stroke
A study of nearly 60,000 people in Canada found that people with a cannabis use disorder are at greater risk of experiencing a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular event than those without the condition (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Camilla Nord interview: A personalised approach to mental health
Neuroscientist Camilla Nord, who has just published her first book The Balanced Brain, tells Liz Else why mental health science is increasingly about what works for individuals – from psychedelic therapy to exercise regimes (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Ultra-processed food isn't always unhealthy, say UK food officials
Some food campaigners say we need to cut out all highly processed food, but now UK scientists say this is unnecessary and unhelpful (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Has the risk of getting long covid been overestimated?
Studies that failed to compare rates of long covid symptoms after infection with baseline rates in the population made the prevalence of the condition seem higher than it really is (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Can we finally reverse balding with these new experimental treatments?
Male pattern baldness could soon be a thing of the past, with new hair loss treatments beginning to show tantalising results (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Covid boosters: Why are US and UK vaccine policies so different?
In the US, health officials recommend that everyone over the age of 6 months receives the latest annual covid-19 vaccine, while the UK and other European countries are restricting it to older or vulnerable people (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
AI could diagnose sleep apnoea by watching you slumber at home
Diagnosing obstructive sleep apnoea generally requires an overnight hospital stay, but an AI model could spot signs of the condition while people sleep at home (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Covid-19 drug may be creating new variants with distinctive mutations
Covid-19 viruses with distinctive patterns of mutation are appearing in countries that use a drug called molnupiravir, however, none of these is a variant of concern (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Potential new medicine can target proteins on cancer cell surfaces
A way of destroying specific proteins on the surface of cells could lead to new treatments for a wide range of conditions, particularly cancers (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Surgeons perform the second ever pig-to-human heart transplant
The heart of a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a man with heart disease, the second such surgery of its kind (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Blood donors may pass on small risk of brain bleed to recipients
Receiving a blood transfusion from someone who later develops a brain haemorrhage may very slightly raise someone ’s risk of developing a brain bleed, too (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Mice grown with rat brains to help study cross-species organ donation
Creating mice with partial rat brains helps scientists better understand whether synthesising embryos from human and pig cells to grow organs such as kidneys could accidentally lead to pigs with human-like brains (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
To improve mental health, we must do more than just raise awareness
We are talking about mental health more than ever before – but if we are serious about improving it, we need more evidence about which interventions really help (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Vaccine that erases immune memory may help treat multiple sclerosis
An experimental vaccine that erases the immune system ’s memory of a molecule could be used to stop autoimmune reactions like those seen in multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes or coeliac disease (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
DeepMind AI can predict if DNA mutations are likely to be harmful
By working out which small mutations will probably be damaging, DeepMind ’s AlphaMissense system could help doctors identify the cause of genetic diseases (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
