What’s new in Genito-Urinary Medicine?
Philip Carabot, Consultant Genito-Urinary Physician, St James Hospital, Malta Are we winning the battle against the STIs? It may appear so, with some success in the implementation of…
Food should be marketed as a ‘meal’ rather than a ‘snack’ to avoid overeating
Marketing food as a ‘snack’ leads to increased consumption and continued overeating, a new study in the journal Appetite reports.
High-intensity Interval Training Alters Brain Glucose Metabolism in Insulin Resistant People
Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, studied how high-intensity interval training (HIIT) alters the brain’s glucose metabolism in physically inactive insulin resistant people. Only two weeks of…
Public Awareness of Atrial Fibrillation Is Low
In a Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis study that surveyed the general public in 10 countries, only 48% of people were aware of atrial fibrillation (AF),…
Teen childbirth linked to increased risk for heart disease
Women who became first-time mothers as teens were significantly more likely than older mothers to have greater risks for heart and blood vessel disease later in life, according…