9+ hour, 50+ min ago  (240+ words) A LONGITUDINAL birth cohort study has shown that persistent sensitisation to Alternaria is strongly associated with ongoing asthma and rhinitis from childhood into adulthood, with researchers also identifying r Alt a 1 as a potentially superior marker for asthma risk detection…...

11+ hour, 50+ min ago  (304+ words) The study evaluated whether GLP-1 RA therapy influences oesophageal motility or reflux testing outcomes. While GLP-1 RAs are known to delay gastric emptying and are commonly associated with gastrointestinal side effects, their effect on oesophageal function has remained unclear. Researchers…...

14+ hour, 50+ min ago  (172+ words) AIH is a chronic immune-mediated liver disease characterised by ongoing hepatic inflammation and marked clinical heterogeneity, with presentations ranging from asymptomatic disease to acute liver failure and advanced cirrhosis. The single-centre retrospective cohort study included 81 patients with biopsy-confirmed AIH and…...

15+ hour, 30+ min ago  (332+ words) EMJ This site is intended for healthcare professionals Acupuncture Therapies May Improve Cancer Insomnia ACUPUNCTURE therapies improved insomnia in patients with breast cancer, with combined mindfulness and acupressure ranking highest. Acupuncture Therapies Ranked for Sleep Quality Insomnia remains a common…...

15+ hour, 50+ min ago  (513+ words) COMMERCIAL AI tools designed to detect lung cancer features on chest radiographs showed striking differences in diagnostic performance in a UK head-to-head comparison, raising questions about how hospitals should select systems for clinical deployment. Lung cancer remains one of the…...

16+ hour, 37+ min ago  (333+ words) A randomized controlled trial of 160 people with epilepsy found that improvements in depressive symptoms and epilepsy self-efficacy partly explained gains in epilepsy self-management after participation in SMART, an evidence-based self-management program. The analysis evaluated whether three factors, depressive symptom severity,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (155+ words) Arterial stiffness was measured using brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (ba PWV), a recognised indicator of vascular ageing and cardiovascular risk. Progression of arterial stiffness was defined as the annual change in'ba PWV'between baseline and the final follow-up visit.' Specifically, each…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (160+ words) VETERANS with serious mental health illness (SMI) were accepting of'wearable devices'that can help to'monitor'both physical and mental health, according to a new qualitative study." Fluctuating symptoms, long gaps between appointments and high rates of physical health comorbidities can make the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (262+ words) A NEW'prospective case'control study suggests that salivary free testosterone may serve as a potential non-invasive biomarker for'pelvic organ prolapse'(POP) in postmenopausal women. The findings'highlight a possible hormonal association with both the development and severity of POP, a common pelvic…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (232+ words) Researchers developed CDP-H1 and CDP-N1 vaccine constructs using hemagglutinin and neuraminidase sequences from the A/Wisconsin/588/2019 H1 N1 strain. These were compared with unconjugated H1 and N1 constructs in BALB/c mice following prime and booster immunization. The conjugate vaccine constructs induced stronger humoral…...