Archive: 31/08/2022

UK health workers were let down by government during COVID pandemic, say doctors

Health and social care workers were often let down by the government whose claims that it was 'guided by the science' when developing policy to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic were questionable, according to an editorial ...

Aug 31, 2022

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Food and health: The front-of-pack label is not enough if the consumption of ultra-processed foods is not reduced

Foods are not only characterized by their nutritional composition, but also by the degree of processing, which is crucial to determine the overall food health potential. Its indication on the labels would therefore help consumers ...

Aug 31, 2022

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UK hospitals face a £2 million per month extra spend this winter due to fuel price surge

Hospital trusts are facing "eye watering" rises in their energy bills this coming winter and have warned that some patient care will have to be reduced to cope, according to an exclusive investigation published online today ...

Aug 31, 2022

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New study links ultra-processed foods and colorectal cancer in men

For many Americans, the convenience of pre-cooked and instant meals may make it easy to overlook the less-than-ideal nutritional information, but a team led by researchers at Tufts University and Harvard University hope that ...

Aug 31, 2022

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Researchers discover first therapeutic option for patients with rare and aggressive form of mitochondrial disease

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have discovered a molecule that may have therapeutic benefits for children with a life-threatening form of mitochondrial disease. The findings were published in the ...

Aug 31, 2022

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How health systems can help build black wealth

Health systems can play important roles in helping Black communities build wealth, according to Penn Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) experts in a commentary published today in the New England Journal ...

Aug 31, 2022

More than half of hospital-based maternal deaths occur at times other than childbirth

Hospitalizations that occur in the antenatal period—or during pregnancy, but before giving birth—and those that occur in the postpartum period, made up over half of in-hospital maternal deaths between 2017–2019, a new ...

Aug 31, 2022

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Dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapies for HIV-1 effective in pregnancy

Dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapies (ART) for HIV-1 are more effective for pregnant people than some other ART regimens commonly used in the U.S. and Europe, according to a study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of ...

Aug 31, 2022

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Drug combo therapy in mice blocks drug resistance, halts tumor growth

An experimental combination of two drugs halts the progression of small cell lung cancer, the deadliest form of lung cancer, according to a study in mice from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...

Aug 31, 2022

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Discovery of rare genetic mutations could lead to new cholesterol treatment

An unexplained case of severe coronary artery disease in a seemingly healthy young man led scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine to a discovery that could lead to a new way ...

Aug 31, 2022

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