New blood test improves prostate cancer screening
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden recently reported that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could reduce overdiagnoses and thereby improve prostate cancer screening. Now, the same research group has…
Research shows that exposure to sexualised images on Instagram leads to greater body dissatisfaction
The research team studied 247 Italian women aged 19 to 32 who were recruited to this study that considered reactions to both Instagram imagery and the comments alongside…
Benefits of COVID-19 vaccines far outweigh very rare risk of Bell’s palsy, study confirms
Study is the first large-scale population analysis of the risk of Bell’s palsy following vaccination with CoronaVac (Sinovac Biotech vaccine, an inactivated vaccine) or BNT162b2 (Fosun-BioNTech, equivalent to…
Too much time on a computer, watching TV or other sedentary activities raises stroke risk
Adults younger than age 60 whose days are filled with sedentary leisure time (which includes using the computer, TV, or reading) and little physical activity have a higher…
Vitamin D reduces the need for opioids in palliative cancer
Patients with vitamin D deficiency who received vitamin D supplements had a reduced need for pain relief and lower levels of fatigue in palliative cancer treatment, a randomized…