58 h. ago Elderly people who have a positive attitude towards ageing will recover better if they fall, study suggests

Falls in older adults are a 'major public health concern' as they can lead to disability and hospitalisation, impacting on people's ability to live independently, researchers said.

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59 h. ago Increasing breast cancer screenings could save hundreds of lives a year, researchers say

Around 700 lives a year could be saved with extra measures, researchers say

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59 h. ago Extra cancer scans for women with dense breasts could save 700 lives a year – UK study

Adding scans to existing screening could catch harder-to-detect early-stage cases of disease, research showsHundreds of lives could be saved every year with extra cancer checks for women with very dense breasts, a study suggests.Millions of women undergo breast screening, but regular mammograms can be less effective at spotting cancer in the 10% with very dense breasts, as the tissue can hide tumours on X-rays. This is because very dense breasts look whiter on scans, making it harder to detect early-stage disease, which also appears white. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago RFK Jr pressed on defunded medical research in tense Senate hearing – live

Trump’s health secretary earlier called for other nations to withdraw from the World Health OrganizationThese are challenging days for Florida governor Ron DeSantis, the man who would have been king. Barely two and a half years since his landslide re-election and anointment as “DeFuture” of the Republican party in a fawning New York Post cover, he stands isolated from the national political stage, feuding with his once blindingly loyal Florida legislature, and limping towards the finish line of his second term with an uncertain pathway beyond.It has been, in the view of many analysts, a fall of stunning velocity and magnitude. And while few are willing to completely rule out a comeback for a 46-year-old politician who was the darling of the Republican hard right until he dared to challenge Donald Trump for his party’s 2024 presidential nomination, it is also clear that everything has changed.He’s lost the ability to push things through. He’s lost that luster he had that at one time ...

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1 week ago ‘Simple’ MRI scan can spot heart disease risk 10 years early, scientists say

Researchers said the discovery could save ‘vast numbers of lives’ by enabling pre-emptive treatment of the condition.

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1 week ago RFK Jr’s autism comments place blame and shift research responsibility to parents, critics say

Head of US Department of Health told parents to ‘do their own research’ when deciding to vaccinate their childrenRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, has intimated that parents are to blame for their children’s autism, and that they are responsible for researching every aspect of their children’s lives that could affect their development.“We have to recognize we are doing this to our children, and we need to put an end to it,” Kennedy said at his first press conference as health secretary. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The two lifestyle choices that can ‘increase risk of breast cancer’

Having a healthy diet, exercise and maintaining a healthy weight can help reduce the risk of breast cancer

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2 w. ago Having children later could raise breast cancer risk by a third in some women, study finds

British experts behind the new said the findings had potentially big implications given how more women are choosing to have children later in life.

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2 w. ago Popular fruit can reverse erectile dysfunction and boost your sex drive, study reveals

Eating watermelon may help boost men's sex lives according to new research published in the journal Current Research in Food Science.

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3 w. ago Tornadoes remain a deadly mystery — and researchers are fighting against time to save lives

Tornado researchers say the ‘missing link’ comes down to just seconds

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3 w. ago Tornado formation is still a mystery in the weather world. Researchers are fighting against time to save lives

Tornado researchers say the ‘missing link’ comes down to just seconds

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3 w. ago Revealed: How many drinks per day could trigger deadly liver disease if you're overweight. Doctors' new warning... and it's FAR fewer than you think

Experts have issued a warning to 'social' drinkers as research reveals just how little alcohol it takes to trigger liver disease.

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