Budget cigarettes linked to higher infant mortality rates in EU countries
Scientists already know that high cigarette prices reduce smoking rates, and that levels of smoking affect infant mortality. However until now, there have been no studies to explore…
The Wrong First Step to Revive Athletes in Cardiac Arrest
New research presented in HeartRhythm, suggests that the main obstacle to an appropriate bystander response during athletes’ cardiac arrest could be an apparently widespread myth: that “tongue swallowing”…
Magnetic fields to alleviate anxiety
It is possible to unlearn fears. And this works even better when a specific region of the brain has previously been stimulated magnetically. This has been shown by…
Sodium (salt) intake is associated with a risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Sodium intake may be linked to an increased risk of developing both type 2 diabetes (T2D) and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) says new research presented at…
Palliative care in neurology helps patients and their caregivers
“The significance of palliative care extends far beyond ‘end-of-life treatment’ for cancer patients,” Secretary General of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) Prof Wolfgang Grisold emphasizes at the…