Addiction to ultra-processed food affects 14% of adults, global study shows
Report ’s authors also estimate about 12% of children hooked and call for further research into problemOne in seven adults and one in eight children may be hooked on ultra-processed foods (UPFs), experts have said, prompting calls for some products to be labelled as addictive.Recent studies have linked UPFs such as ice-cream, fizzy drinks and ready meals to poor health, including an increased risk of cancer, weight gain and heart disease. Global consumption of the products is soaring and UPFs now make up more than half the average diet in the UK and US.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 9, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Medical research Food Science World news Health & wellbeing Source Type: news
Covid is evolving – but the UK is not doing enough to evolve with it | Sheena Cruickshank
More resilient variants are emerging. Yet monitoring and testing have slowed, and access to vital drugs is patchyIt may feel like we should all be done with Covid-19, but sadly Covid-19 is not done with us. At the moment, cases in England are rising again, with a 10% rise overall in hospital admissions and thegreatest increase in the north of England. With testing reduced, national monitoring paused, the ONS infection surveypaused since spring and only recently relaunched, we have much less data about Covid than we ever had before. We know Covid hasn ’t stopped evolving, and we have a good idea about what sort of situati...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 7, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Sheena Cruickshank Tags: Coronavirus Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science Vaccines and immunisation Health Society UK news Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic researchers identify link between gut bacteria and pre-clinical autoimmunity and aging in rheumatoid arthritis
While the bacteria in the intestine are helpful for digesting food and fighting infections, they have long been suspected to play an essential role in triggering rheumatoid arthritis. This chronic inflammatory disorder affects the joints. Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a link between an abundance of specific gut bacteria and the triggering of an immune response against a person's tissue. They also found that this happens even before the clinical symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis appear. They published their… (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - October 7, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: news
Linda Luxon obituary
Pioneering physician who promoted and brought rigour to the new field of audiovestibular medicineWhen Linda Luxon, who has died aged 75 of a brain tumour, began her medical career, few had heard of “audiovestibular medicine”. First recognised as a medical specialty in 1975, it treats a wide range of disorders that affect hearing and balance. The vestibular system controls balance and spatial orientation through organs located in the vestibule, a bony cavity of the inner ear. These organs d etect head movement and send signals to the brain so that we stay upright and balanced. When the system malfunctions,dizziness, ver...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Penny Warren Tags: Medical research Science Source Type: news
People may suffer ‘long colds’ more than four weeks after infection, study shows
Results in the Lancet ’s EClinicalMedicine journal found a ‘similar risk’ of long-term symptoms as those with CovidScientists say they have found evidence that people may experience “long colds”, acute respiratory infections with long-term symptoms.Some of the most common symptoms include coughing, stomach pain, and diarrhoea more than four weeks after the initial infection. The severity of an illness appears to be a key driver of risk of long-term symptoms.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Medical research Common cold Flu Coronavirus Infectious diseases Science UK news Source Type: news
