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Increasingly, people with type 1 diabetes are wearing a glucose sensor. These sensors measure blood glucose levels day and night, generating enormous amounts of data - but what happens with all that information?

Allergies affect one in four people, but their prevalence could rise to nearly 50% of the population by 2050 if current trends continue.

Researchers and veterinary experts at the University of Glasgow are to undertake a new study to better understand a devastating, degenerative spinal condition in corgis. Degenerative myelopathy (DM) is a debilitating disease of the spinal cord affecting various breeds, including corgis. The condition normally presents in middle age, at around 6-8 years, with signs of weak hind limbs and a progressively wobbly gait.

Researchers show retinal images can accurately differentiate ALS and Alzheimer's, increasing possibility of earlier diagnosis  A retinal image could help doctors quickly distinguish between similar n

A Simon Fraser University study is pushing back against the "easy narrative" that not getting vaccinated is entirely a personal decision.

People in the most socioeconomically deprived areas of the UK are more likely to die from head and neck cancer, more likely to be diagnosed at advanced stages, and more likely to wait longer for treatment than those in the most affluent areas, according to new analysis.

Co-ordinated, collaborative evidence-based care resulted in fewer kids getting serious complications Research conducted by University of Calgary scientists informed care when suddenly hundreds of children were sick from exposure to a severe strain of E. coli .

PsyMetRiC is designed to be simple and easy to use in clinical practice, and requires only simple, routinely-recorded information to make predictions.

Six out of 10 older people in England view climate change as a serious risk, with only one in 17 (5.8%) dismissive of climate change concerns, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences , looked at survey responses from 6,572 people in England aged 50 and over who were asked to rate their agreement or disagreement with statements about climate change.

Until now, the following has been true for metastatic pancreatic cancer: Once the tumour has spread, local treatment such as surgery is usually no longer an option.

Emerging medical technologies are testing how law regulates ownership, data and responsibility when devices become part of the person.

Experts are warning that far from being over-diagnosed, people with ADHD are waiting too long for assessment, support and treatment.

WOMEN'S HEALTH Many women lack sufficient knowledge about menopause, which has long been an under-prioritized topic.

The world's longest continuously running birth cohort study, which follows thousands of participants born in the first week of March 1946 and is hosted by UCL, is celebrating its 80th birthday.

Fatigue, concentration problems, muscle weakness and sensory overload: many people still experience persistent symptoms after a coronavirus infection.

People with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disorder die on average ten to 20 years earlier than the general population.

A year after stopping taking weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, people regain on average 60% of their lost weight - but beyond this, their weight regain plateaus, with individuals managing to keep off 25% of the weight lost to treatment, say researchers at the University of Cambridge. Drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy act like brakes on our appetite.

Cambridge scientists have shown that when tumours first emerge, interactions with healthy cells in the underlying supportive tissue determine their ability to survive, grow, and progress to advanced stages of disease. The way healthy tissue responds to the emergence of early tumours also plays a crucial role in whether disease develops Greta Skrupskelyte The study, carried out in mice and further validated using human tissue, may explain why some tiny, newly-formed tumours disappear, while others manage to survive and eventually grow into cancer.

The toxin she works with is so potent that it kills the bacteria that produce it Antibiotics have transformed medicine.

These and other mind-body interventions can be particularly helpful when programs are shorter, simpler and cognitively less demanding, and when caregivers provide support, researchers find Non-pharma

Dr Lucy Core (UCL UK Dementia Research Institute) describes in The Conversation how some patients with dementia can develop new and unexpected interests, suggesting that not all dementia symptoms are related to memory loss.

A new analysis of Child Measurement Programme data from England, Scotland, and Wales challenges recent reports suggesting children in Britain are getting shorter. The analysis, conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford, reveals that average child height has increased over the past two decades.

ANU epidemiologists argue that it's time to retire the label 'CALD' in health demographics. Social categorisation - putting people who share common characteristics into boxes - helps us make sense of society.

The Universitat de València participates in a new study, conducted by Institut d'Investigació Sanitària INCLIVA and Hospital Clínic Universitari de València, which explores the impact of the microbio

Dutch youth drink excessive amounts of sugary drinks. On average, they drink almost two and a half litres per week, while half of them consume around four litres.

Suicide in autistic people originates in the inequalities they face across their lives, starting in childhood, and spanning education to employment, and health and social care, a new study by a team at Cambridge and Bournemouth Universities has found.

Not everyone can understand medical information, navigate the healthcare system or ask the right questions - and these differences can reinforce inequalities in access to care.

Researchers in Bonn use an AI algorithm to reconstruct the spatial origin of macrophages A new AI-based method reconstructs spatial information about where immune cells were originally located in an organ, even after these cells have been removed from the tissue and analyzed individually. To accomplish this, Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn use the transcriptome, i.e., the entirety of all messenger RNA transcripts produced by genes within a cell at a given time.

University of Warwick research warns that popular deep learning systems trained for cancer pathology may be relying on hidden shortcuts rather than genuine biological signals.