Coffee drinking is associated with increased longevity
Drinking two to three cups of coffee a day is linked with a longer lifespan and lower risk of cardiovascular disease compared with avoiding coffee, according to research…
Common group of viruses strongly linked to type 1 diabetes
A common group of viruses is strongly associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D), new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study…
COVID-19 infection may increase risk of type 1 diabetes, suggests nationwide study of 1.2 million children
A Norwegian nationwide study spanning first 2 years of the pandemic finds 0.13% of children and adolescents who contracted COVID-19 were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a month…
Scottish National study calls into question COVID-diabetes link in young people
Scottish study of over 1.8 million people aged under 35 suggests that increased short-term type 1 diabetes risk after contracting COVID-19 is unlikely to be due to the…
Rheumatoid arthritis drug effective against myasthenia
Early intervention with rituximab, a drug used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), can reduce the risk of deterioration in myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease that causes…