Diabetes medications masking surgical complication
A new class of diabetes medications is masking the potentially dangerous condition of ketoacidosis at the time of surgery. Testing for acid load in the blood of diabetes…
Self-injuring young girls overestimate negative feedback in social media simulation
Adolescent girls who self-injure feel that they receive more negative feedback than they actually receive, and are more sensitive to ”thumbs down” responses, compared to other adolescent girls….
Depressed by Facebook and the like
The answers to the question of whether using social networks can trigger depressive tendencies have been contradictory so far. The researchers from Bochum carried out one experimental and…
Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) can increase men’s risk of stroke and heart attack
Caution is warranted before prescribing TRT for men older than 45, recommends a new study published in The American Journal of Medicine
Changes in food industry salt regulations linked to an extra 9900 cases of cardiovascular disease and 1500 cancer cases
A relaxation of UK industry regulation of salt content in food has been linked with 9,900 additional cases of cardiovascular disease, and 1,500 cases of stomach cancer.