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Birth method affects microbiome and vaccination response
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
Babies born vaginally have a different microbiome to those born by Caesarean section and have heightened responses to childhood vaccinations.
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‘Key cause’ of type 2 diabetes identified
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
“This suggests a potential way in which the decline in beta-cell function in T2D might be slowed or prevented.”
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Retinal imaging can predict cardiovascular mortality
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
The system “paves the way for a highly effective, noninvasive screening test for people at medium to high risk of circulatory disease that doesn’t...
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A ‘big breakfast’ diet affects hunger, not weight loss
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
“Our new research shows that, in weight loss conditions, the size of breakfast and dinner regulates our appetite but not the total amount of...
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Fish in pregnancy not dangerous after all, says new study
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
Longitudinal studies “have not demonstrated harmful cognitive effects in children with increasing maternal mercury levels.”
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Children born very prematurely at higher risk to struggle in secondary school
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
“[These new findings] highlight the need for all children who were born premature ... to have access to early support.”
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Tocolytic benefits for preterm birth outweigh risks
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
“These treatments are leading to a significant reduction in the number of deadly preterm births, and we now need to further understand the...
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People really can get ‘hangry’ when hungry
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
The study is the first to investigate how hunger affects people’s emotions day to day.
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Women are not being warned that anesthetic may reduce birth pill efficacy
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
“Use of sugammadex is expected to rise as it becomes cheaper in the future, and ensuring that women receiving this medicine are aware it may...
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Five-year cervical screening interval safe for HPV-negative women
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
Screening every 5 years prevents as many cancers as screening at 3-year intervals, even in women who are not vaccinated against HPV.
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Male breast cancer risk linked with infertility
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
“This study helps to shed light onto a cancer type that is sadly still not very well understood, but much more research is needed to say that...
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Study shows link between dairy consumption and cancer
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
No association was found between dairy products and colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, or any other site-specific cancer.
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Protease inhibitors increase small-for-gestational-age but not other pregnancy risks
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
Protease inhibitors remain an important option for pregnant women living with HIV if other treatments are unsuitable or unavailable.
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Faster testing possible for secondary ICU infections
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- Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil
Researchers have shown the potential for clinical metagenomics to become a same-day test for identifying...