Mount Sinai researchers have developed a novel, automated measure of analyzing sleep studies to determine the severity and risk of mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, a chronic sleep disorder that affects about 30 million people in the United…

Work stress, high workload, and understaffing are the primary factors driving health professionals out of the NHS, suggest the results of a survey published in the open access journal BMJ Open. The findings prompt the researchers to suggest that pay…

Results are in! Experts reveal truth about eating black watermelon seeds Watermelon has long been haunted by a damaging old wives’ tale  Few believe the myth these days, but concern about the black seeds remains Studies suggest that watermelon offers…

In a cross-sectional study published in the Medicina Journal, researchers from Montenegro and Serbia compared the hematological parameters and serum biomarkers of inflammation and immunity in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) and psoriasis (PsO). They found a higher pro-inflammatory state…

Once-daily treatment with the selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor lorundrostat (Mineralys Therapeutics) safely and significantly reduced blood pressure in adults with uncontrolled hypertension in a phase 2 randomized controlled trial. Eight weeks after adding lorundrostat (50 mg or 100 mg once…

Night owls are 20% more like to suffer from a major chronic disease, study suggests Women who class themselves as an ‘evening person’ at higher risk of diabetes US researchers said this group are more likely to have unhealthy lifestyles…

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Can a bottle with a clever straw banish snoring? To drink from it you have to use the tongue to press nozzle against roof of mouth  A drinking bottle with a clever nozzle and straw could help banish heavy snoring…

The use of direct oral anticoagulants, or ‘DOACs,’ is associated with a significantly lower incidence of dementia in a new study, compared to the use of traditional blood thinner warfarin. The study is primarily concerned with people living in Asia,…

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