The conference abstract ‘Effect of Long-term Melatonin Supplementation on Incidence of Heart Failure in Patients with Insomnia’ by Ekenedilichukwu Nnadi et al. was presented at the American Heart ...

“Encouragingly, the findings suggest that even a modest amount of walking each day, around 5,000 steps, is linked to a slower build-up of tau protein in the brain, one of the key drivers of ...

“The latest results show that PSA screening in this trial prevented 22 prostate cancer deaths per 10,000 men screened, compared to 14 deaths in the previous analysis. It also shows that the harms of ...

Scientists comment on the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. Dr Chloe Brimicombe, Climate Scientist, Royal Meteorological Society, said: “This report is important and in its ninth year has ...

A study published in JAMA Oncology looks at hormonal contraceptive formulations and breast cancer risk in women under 50. Dr Ramón Salazar, Head of Medical Oncology at the Catalan Institute of ...

Scientists comment on the Microsoft Azure cloud outage. Dr Saqib Kakvi, from the Department of Information Security at Royal Holloway, University of London, said: “At approximately 16:00 UTC, ...

“This study reports that consuming a cocoa-based drink high in flavanols improves blood flow during sitting. It is already known that the consumption of flavanols improves measures of endothelial ...

New data from a major European trial tracking more than 160,000 men for over two decades has found that men who were screened for early signs of prostate cancer were 13% less likely to die from the ...

A study published in JAMA Network Open looks at the association between prenatal air pollution exposure and the risk of autism during childhood. Dr Chloe Brimicombe, Climate scientist and public ...

“Hurricane Melissa represents one of the strongest hurricanes to hit Jamaica in living memory, the slow-moving nature of Melissa, known as a stalling, makes it particularly hazardous. Moving at around ...

A study published in Nature Biotechnology looks at live imaging of late-stage preimplantation human embryos. Prof Peter Braude, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King’s College London, ...