Pulse oximeter measurements of blood oxygen levels are unreliable in assessing severity of Covid-19 pneumonia across different ethnic groups
The severity of Covid-19 pneumonia can be difficult to assess in people from different ethnic groups, due to inaccurate readings from a device that measures the level of…
What’s good for the heart is good for the brain
The same risk factors that contribute to making heart disease the leading cause of death worldwide also impact the rising global prevalence of brain disease, including stroke, Alzheimer’s…
TV watching linked with potentially fatal blood clots
Take breaks when binge-watching TV to avoid blood clots, say scientists. The warning comes as a study reports that watching TV for four hours a day or more…
Men who worry more may develop heart disease and diabetes risk factors at younger ages
Middle-aged men who are anxious and worry more may be at greater biological risk for developing heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, also called cardiometabolic disease, as…
Granddaughters and great-granddaughters of men who start to smoke before puberty, have more body fat than expected, research shows
A new study, led by the University of Bristol and published in Scientific Reports, has reported increased body fat in females whose grandfathers or great-grandfathers began smoking before…