A new study has uncovered an increased risk of dementia—in particular Alzheimer’s disease—in patients with rosacea. Importantly, the risk was highest in older patients and in patients where rosacea was diagnosed by a hospital dermatologist. The findings are published in the Annals of Neurology, a…

A new Cochrane Review, published in the Cochrane Library, suggests that yoga may have a beneficial effect on symptoms and quality of life in people with asthma, but effects on lung function and medication use are uncertain.Yoga has gained global popularity as a form of…

It’s been known for more than a century that paracetamol is an effective painkiller, but according to a new U of T study it could also be impeding error-detection in the brain.The research, authored by a team including postdoctoral fellow Dan Randles and researchers from…

Dramatic improvements in air quality in U.S. cities since the 1990s may not be enough to ensure normal lung function in children, according to new research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care, a journal of the American Thoracic Society.

Experts Writing in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology Challenge Physical Activity Guidelines Development Groups to Update RecommendationsInternational physical activity guidelines generally recommend 150 minutes a week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity, but a critical review of the literature indicates that just half this level of…

In the first large randomized trial to directly compare two approaches to preventing a type of abnormal heart rhythm that is the most common complication of heart surgery, the two strategies––controlling heart rate and controlling heart rhythm––performed equally well, according to research presented at the…

In one of the largest trials ever conducted in patients who have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction—a measure of the heart’s ability to pump blood—the investigational drug aliskiren failed to show superiority over full-dose treatment with the existing “gold standard” therapy, the angiotensin-converting enzyme…

Even moderate stress levels at home were associated with doubled heart attack risk Heart attack patients are more depressed but are less often prescribed antidepressants than people who have not had a heart attack, according to research presented today at EuroHeartCare 2016 by Dr Barbro…

Investigators Identify Risk Factors for Progression to Metastatic Disease in Men on Active Surveillance, Reports The Journal of Urology®Radical treatment such as surgery and radiation for localized prostate cancer may cause significant side effects. Active surveillance is increasingly accepted as an option for treating patients…

Despite having policies in place to prevent infections, staff at outpatient care facilities fail to follow recommendations for hand hygiene 37 percent of the time, and for safe injection practices 33 percent of the time, according to a study published in the April issue of…