Study also finds varenicline to be more effective than bupropion or nicotine patch and all three medications to be more effective than placebo Compared to the nicotine patch and a placebo, the smoking cessation aids varenicline marketed as Champix and bupropion (Zyban) do not show…

Among female registered nurses, working a rotating night shift for 5 years or more was associated with a small increase in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a study appearing in the JAMA.The disruption of social and biological rhythms that occur during shift…

Children born to mothers who eat salmon when pregnant may be less likely to have doctor diagnosed asthma compared to children whose mothers do not eat it, new research has shown.The study, led by Professor Philip Calder of the University of Southampton, was presented at…

A recent review of the medical literature reveals that differences in anatomy may help explain why some individuals experience orgasms more successfully than others.

A new study from the University of Gothenburg show that adolescents like to present foods that are high in calories but low in nutrients in social media.Previous studies have found that interactions around food in social media can influence adolescents’ consumption of candy and their…

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…