Dietary fibre protects against obesity, metabolic syndrome
Consumption of dietary fibre can prevent obesity, metabolic syndrome and adverse changes in the intestine by promoting growth of "good" bacteria in the colon.
Georgia...
Eight cancers could be diagnosed with single blood test
Considerable media coverage was given at the weekend to news of a blood test shown to have the potential to identify eight cancer types...
Ultrasound-measured liver stiffness may predict mortality risk in HF patients
As a proxy for liver congestion, liver stiffness measured with ultrasound elastography has important prognostic value among patients with heart failure, a Japanese study...
Weight-loss procedures lead to higher pain thresholds
Weight loss following bariatric surgery was associated with improvements in pain sensitization among obese patients with chronic knee pain, a year-long study found.
One year...
Listeriosis outbreak death toll rises to 81
The death toll from the listeriosis outbreak in the country
has risen to 81. This has been confirmed in the National Institute for
Communicable Diseases’ latest...
SASA Congress 2018: Close of early registration
Healthcare professionals who want to attend this year’s
congress of the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists has until Saturday
20 January to make use of the...
Bariatric surgery prolongs lifespan in obese
Obese, middle-age men and women who had bariatric surgery
have half the death rate of those who had traditional medical treatment over a
10-year period, reports...
Study ties processed meat intake to increased breast cancer risk
Consumption of processed meat may increase the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women, a large-scale study by researchers at the University of Glasgow...
Bacteria genetically modified to create ultrasound-detectable noise
Ultrasound can now track bacteria in the body as sonar detects submarines.
For the first time, researchers have genetically modified microbes to form gas-filled pouches...
Overscreening for some cancers can lead to overtreatment, skewed data
An accepted downside of cancer screening is that it often flags cancers that pose no risk, leading to over-diagnosis and unnecessary treatment. However, widespread...
GERD linked to upper aerodigestive tract cancers
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is associated with a higher risk of cancer in the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) among the elderly population.
In a study...
Doctors urged again to participate in practice cost studies
Doctors‘ reluctance to participate in the current practice
cost study (PCS) surveys could cost them dearly, possibly leading to their fees
being capped at a level...