The pandemic helped some children develop their vocabulary
Some preschool children in Canada scored higher on cognitive skills tests during the pandemic than those tested before covid-19 emerged, possibly because their parents were at home more (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Electronic pill monitors your breathing and heart rate from your gut
A smart pill can accurately monitor your breathing and heart rate from inside your gut, which may be useful for detecting sleep apnoea (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Genital herpes linked to accelerated brain shrinkage
People who tested positive for the virus behind genital herpes tended to have reduced thickness of their outermost brain layer, which has been linked to Alzheimer ' s disease (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Vagus nerve stimulation may help treat drug addiction
Rats that received vagus nerve stimulation were less likely to seek out drugs than those that didn ’t, indicating that the therapy could help treat substance use disorders (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Sickle cell CRISPR'cure' is the start of a revolution in medicine
The approval of a first CRISPR treatment, for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia, is just the start for a technology still in its infancy (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Blood test could predict the severity of depression in adolescents
Researchers have found nine markers in blood that are associated with adolescents experiencing more severe symptoms of depression months later (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
The brain's waste disposal system can prevent swelling after an injury
A blow to the head may suppress the brain ' s waste disposal system, leading to a dangerous build-up of fluid. Now, a study in mice suggests a drug cocktail can get the system working again (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Covid-19 rebound affects 1 in 5 people after taking Paxlovid
Covid-19 rebound, when the virus increases in the body after initially decreasing, affected just under 21 per cent of people after they took Paxlovid in a trial, compared with fewer than 2 per cent not on the treatment (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
One-time CRISPR treatment could permanently lower cholesterol
A small trial of a cholesterol-lowering treatment based on CRISPR gene editing has produced promising results, but there are questions over safety (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Women in the US outlive men by 6 years – the largest gap in decades
Men are living shorter lives than women in the US, a widening gap largely driven by deaths due to covid-19, drug and alcohol abuse and suicide (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Fresh ideas about the causes of acne are bringing new treatments
We are finally working out what happens to the skin and gut microbiome when someone gets acne, giving us new targets for treatments (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Weight-loss drug Wegovy can avert heart attacks - will this widen use?
The latest set of heart disease results seen with using Wegovy to treat obesity could help swing medical opinion in its favour (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Weight loss-drug Wegovy can avert heart attacks - will this widen use?
The latest set of heart disease results seen with using Wegovy to treat obesity could help swing medical opinion in its favour (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Painful fibromyalgia may be caused by the wrong kind of gut microbes
Altering the gut bacteria of both mice and people either induced or relieved the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Frequently seeing friends and family may cut the risk of early death
People who socialise regularly with friends or family live longer than those who never do, according to a study in more than 450,000 people in the UK (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
