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Early signs of multiple sclerosis may emerge up to 15 years before diagnosis, potentially paving the way for earlier detection and treatment. Researchers analysed health records from more than 12,000 people in British Columbia and found that those later diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) used healthcare services at increased rates as early as 15 years [...]
As technologies rapidly develop, the hearing-health sector is seeing major improvements in the size, power and capability of hearing aids. Here, Ross Turnbull, Director of Business Development and Product Engineering at application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) specialist Swindon Silicon Systems, explores the role of custom ICs in advancing hearing aid designs. According to the British [...]
A major football study has found players of the same age can differ biologically by up to six years, raising concerns about fairness in youth development. Researchers assessed over 1,000 academy players in Scotland’s Club Academy Scotland system, collecting birth dates, current height and weight, and parental height to estimate biological maturity. The study, carried [...]
People stopping obesity jabs like Wegovy and Mounjaro should have check-ups for at least a year to help prevent regaining weight, new NHS guidance says. The advice, from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), follows evidence that many people put most of the weight back on after stopping treatment. It warns that [...]
Chronic inflammation may help explain how frailty and social deprivation increase the risk of heart disease in women, researchers have suggested. The findings could support more targeted efforts to reduce cardiovascular risk in vulnerable groups. Researchers from King’s College London and the University of Nottingham analysed blood samples from more than 2,000 women aged 37 [...]
Developing conditions like heart disease or diabetes before age 55 could significantly raise the risk of dementia in later life, researchers have found. Strokes or mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression between the ages of 55 and 70 were also linked to a two-fold increase in risk. The research identified key time windows [...]
Mounjaro reduced death from any cause by 16 per cent in people with Type 2 diabetes, while offering similar heart protection to an older diabetes drug in a recent trial The nearly five-year trial compared Mounjaro with Trulicity in more than 13,000 adults who had both Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease – a condition [...]
Patients in England are waiting up to two years for a dementia diagnosis, with average delays increasing by more than a third since 2019, a new report has revealed. Average waits from referral to diagnosis have risen from 13 weeks in 2019 to 17.7 weeks, while maximum waits have grown from 34 weeks to two [...]
A structured lifestyle programme lowered levels of a biological marker linked to brain cell damage and dementia in older adults with early memory concerns. The study explored non-drug approaches in people with subjective cognitive decline – a condition where individuals feel their memory or thinking is worsening, despite normal clinical test results. This stage often [...]
Jewel wasps can slow their biological ageing by entering a natural dormant state as larvae, scientists have found. Researchers at the University of Leicester discovered that this developmental pause, known as diapause, can extend adult lifespan by over a third and slow the “epigenetic clock” – a molecular marker that tracks chemical changes in DNA [...]
