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James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images Side effects of different antidepressants have been ranked for the first time, revealing huge differences between drugs. Academics looked at the impact medications had on patients in the first eight weeks after starting treatment, with some causing patients to gain up to 2kg in weight or vary heart rate by as much as …

At the time of data collection, some patients were still alive, indicating that the vaccine effects could be even stronger. Survival benefits were maintained after propensity score matching and in patients with tumors that don’t typically elicit a strong immune response. In preclinical models, the vaccines appeared to sensitize tumors to ICIs.  “The really exciting part of our work is …

I always thought the advice to pull an aching tooth by tying a strong string to it and attaching the other end to the door (and then yanking the door open) was something out of a “Tom and Jerry” cartoon or some strange old fairy tale. That was until my daughter received the same piece of advice from an elderly …

Six cancer types increasing among younger and older adults  The Independent Obesity-Related Cancers Are Rising in Young and Old  the-scientist.com Obesity-related cancer rising globally, study warns  Euronews.com Global Study Reports Rise in Several Cancers Among Adults of All Ages  MedPage Today Global study challenges ‘cancer epidemic’ in young adults – except for bowel cancer  The Institute of Cancer Research Source link

Human semen not only accumulates genetic mutations with age; as the percentage of sperm carrying potentially serious mutations increases, so does the risk of developing diseases in offspring. This is according to a new study by researchers at the Sanger Institute and King’s College London. The team sequenced semen samples from individuals between the ages of 24 and 75, using …

About 9 in 10 U.S. adults have not heard of health condition that affects nearly 90% of people. That’s the word from the American Heart Association, which surveyed about 4,000 people on their awareness of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, a newly defined health condition that includes heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and obesity. Most U.S. adults have at least one risk …

Older people who only walk 4,000 daily steps once a week still reduce their risk of dying early by a quarter, a study suggests. Staying active is known to bring a wide range of health benefits. But many people in their 60s, 70s and beyond may struggle for a variety of reasons to maintain the step count they used to …

Antidepressant Side Effects Vary Widely by Drug, Study Finds  The New York Times Revealed: the hidden dangers of antidepressants  The Telegraph Antidepressants vary widely in their physical side effects  New Scientist Antidepressants vary widely in their physical side effects, highlighting the need for personalized prescribing  Medical Xpress Antidepressants ’cause weight gain & heart risks’ but it depends which you take  The Sun Source link

The effects of physical activity don’t stop when the movement does.   In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Virginia Tech researchers in collaboration with researchers at the University of Aberdeen and Shenzhen University found that being active adds to the total energy you use every day without causing the body to conserve …

Genetic mutations that can cause disease become increasingly common in sperm as men grow older, and new evidence suggests this happens because certain DNA changes are actually favored during sperm production, according to new research. In a major study published on October 8 in Nature, scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the TwinsUK study at King’s College London mapped …