Category: 4. Health

The new study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry was led by academics from the University of Birmingham and Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. The study found that 48% of patients whose electronic healthcare records reported a diagnosis of depression had tried at least two…

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Nearly a century ago, physicist and Catholic priest Georges Lemaître first put forward the idea of the Big Bang–the idea that the universe began as an explosion and has been expanding ever since. For decades, scientists assumed that…

This could end up making your wallet lighter if you are taking Ozempic or Zepbound for diabetes or weight loss. From 2024 to 2025, insurance coverage of Ozempic, which contains semaglutide, went down by 22%, based…

In the rapidly evolving field of drug discovery, single-cell analysis has become an invaluable tool for understanding cellular heterogeneity and molecular pathways. However, traditional single-cell technologies primarily rely on genomic and transcriptomic data, which only infer cellular function. A function-focused approach offers a transformative shift by enabling the direct measurement of functional outputs early in the discovery process, providing a…

When people think about maintaining their fitness, they sometimes imagine high-tech workout routines or carefully crafted diet plans. But what if the key to better mobility, speed and even longevity was something as simple as skipping?

That’s the surprising…

The research, led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, found more than 40 per cent who received care in the home following a complex appendectomy recovered faster and had fewer complications.

More than 300 patients present with appendicitis to The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) every year,…

Two new studies suggest that people who regularly use cannabis have a substantially higher risk of having a heart attack compared to people who do not use cannabis.

The two studies were a retrospective study of over 4.6 million people and a meta-analysis of twelve previously published studies that collectively included over 75 million people. The first study used electronic health records to compare the risk of heart conditions including heart attack,…