New results from the world’s biggest ovarian cancer screening trial led by UCL suggest that screening based on an annual blood test may help reduce the number of women dying from the disease by around 20%.The research, published in the Lancet, also cautions that longer…

A first look at how city-level policies impact individual smokers If governments want to discourage smoking among young people, both high taxes and smoking bans do the job – but bans may have one key advantage.A first-of-its-kind national study found that bans worked best at…

Drinking a second or third cup of coffee may do more than get you through a long day — it may also reduce your risk of death from heart disease and other illnesses.In a study reported in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, people who…

Researchers at the University of York have revealed computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) is likely to be ineffective in the treatment of depression.Published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Professor Simon Gilbody from York’s Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School led…

For the first time, chondroitin sulfate has been more successful than celecoxib in reducing the long-term progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to new research findings presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Francisco.Osteoarthritis is a slowly progressive disease in which…

Injecting ozone gas into the knee reduces pain and improves functioning and quality of life in people with knee osteoarthritis, according to research presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Francisco.Osteoarthritis, sometimes called degenerative joint disease, is a slowly progressive disease…

Injections of corticosteroids in the knee joints appear to be safe, but not effective, according to the findings of a two-year clinical trial presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Francisco.Osteoarthritis, sometimes called degenerative joint disease, is a slowly progressive disease…

Mass prostate cancer (PSA) screening before the age of 55 may not have any benefit over screening starting after the age of 55, according to a new 20 year analysis of 6822 patients, presented at the 7th European Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancers in Barcelona.Using…

People are advocating for medical marijuana for ‘less than pure reasons,’ says Edward Bednarczyk When medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon opened their doors to sell to anyone who is 21 years or older last month, the lines between recreation and medicine were officially blurred, said…

Final results from the landmark SPRINT study, published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine, confirm that treating adults 50 years and older with high blood pressure — but without diabetes or prior stroke — to a systolic blood pressure of 120 reduces…

Patients who develop ovarian cancer appear to have better outcomes if they have a history of oral contraceptive use, according to a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the current issue of the journal BMC Cancer.“Multiple studies from a variety of sources have indicated…

In a recent, University of Georgia researchers found that produce that contained bacteria would contaminate other produce items through the continued use of knives or graters—the bacteria would latch on to the utensils commonly found in consumers’ homes and spread to the next item.Unfortunately, many…