India ’s healthcare system falls short despite Modi’s improvements
More than 1.4 billion people live in India, giving its healthcare system a major role in planetary well-being. In the past 10 years, prime minister Narendra Modi has worked to improve India ' s healthcare, but there is still much work to be done (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Why we need to modernise our emotional relationship with cancer
Cancer has been one of the world ' s most feared diseases for decades. But this " cancerphobia " no longer matches the evidence and is doing great harm, argues David Ropeik (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Your diet may influence how effective vaccines are for you
Obese mice that lost weight on a low-fat diet before getting a flu shot had better immune responses than those that lost weight afterwards, suggesting diet and weight loss influence vaccine efficacy (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
How to get the right balance of omega-3s and omega-6s in your diet
The balance of omega fatty acids in the food we eat affects our health. But what does the evidence say about claims you should be seeking to reduce omega-6 intake as well as boosting omega-3s? (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Glucose monitors may misclassify people as being at risk of diabetes
Our blood sugar levels vary a lot from day to day, so results from continuous glucose monitors need to be interpreted with caution (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
How cannabis gets you high and alters your perception
20 April is weed ' s unofficial holiday. In honour of the special day, we collected our answers to all your cannabis questions. This is the science of 420 (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Dietary changes relieve irritable bowel syndrome better than medicine
Both a special diet that excludes “FODMAP” compounds and a low-carb high-fibre diet were effective (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Cocaine seems to hijack brain pathways that prioritise food and water
Cocaine and morphine hijacked neural responses in the brains of mice, which resulted in them consuming less food and water (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Why we need to change the way we think about exhaustion
One in five adults worldwide is living with fatigue. The general advice is to “do more” - but this isn’t the only solution to our exhaustion epidemic, says Amy Arthur (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Skin-deep wounds can damage gut health in mice
We know there is some connection between skin and gut health, but many assumed the gut was the one calling the shots. A new study suggests that the influence can go the other way (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
A new understanding of tinnitus and deafness could help reverse both
Investigations of the paradoxical link between tinnitus and hearing loss have revealed a hidden form of deafness, paving the way to possible new treatments (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Parkinson's disease progression slowed by antibody infusions
Monthly infusions with the drug prasinezumab appeared to slow the progression of motor symptoms in people with advanced Parkinson ' s disease (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Embryos pause development when nutrients are low — and now we know how
Embryos seem to have a sensor that picks up when nutrients are scarce, prompting them to pause their development until resources become more abundant again (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Testing drugs on mini-cancers in the lab may reveal best treatment
A small early-stage trial of the approach, which involves testing dozens of drug combinations on thousands of dishes of cells, may help people with cancer live for longer (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Post-surgery infections may mainly be caused by skin bacteria
The skin microbiome may be a bigger cause of post-operative wound infections than bacteria contaminating hospital equipment (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
