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  More likely to get test results if treatable

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 8 Aug 2013

  Some studies of at-risk populations suggest that up to half of the people tested for HIV never return to the doctor’s office to find out their test results…. read more.

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  Hypoglycaemia in patients with Type 2 diabetes

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 7 Aug 2013

  Patients with diabetes who take certain types of medications to lower their blood sugar sometimes experience severe low blood sugar levels, whether or not their diabetes is poorly… read more.

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  DHA: Potential safe and cheap therapy for chronic pain

  Written by Bruce Sylvester | 6 Aug 2013

  by Bruce Sylvester – Newly published research suggests that a derivative of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), found in over-the-counter fish oil supplements, might be used to effectively treat and… read more.

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  Climate change is affecting the spread of infectious diseases

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 5 Aug 2013

  Climate change is affecting the spread of infectious diseases worldwide, according to an international team of leading disease ecologists, with serious impacts to human health and biodiversity conservation.

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  Marijuana associated with stroke risk

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 2 Aug 2013

  Marijuana, the most widely used illicit drug, may double stroke risk in young adults, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2013.

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  Mental illness associated with cannabis use

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 2 Aug 2013

  People with mental illnesses are more than seven times more likely to usecannabis weekly compared to people without a mental illness, according to researchers from the Centre for Addiction… read more.

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  Test to predict death risk from C. difficile

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 1 Aug 2013

  Accurate, robust and simple method of identification has potential benefits to patients, hospitals and health services around the world.

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  Cannabis blunts the brain’s motivation system

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 1 Aug 2013

  Researchers found that dopamine levels in a part of the brain called the striatum were lower in people who smoke more cannabis and those who began taking the drug at… read more.

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  Cannabis and schizophrenia or psychosis

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 31 Jul 2013

  Last year the UK government reclassified cannabis from a class C to a class B drug, partly out of concerns that cannabis, especially the more potent varieties, may… read more.

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  Combination of obesity and low Vitamin D could increase risk of Diabetes

  Written by Bruce Sylvester | 30 Jul 2013

  by Bruce Sylvester – The combination of obesity and low vitamin D deficiency appears to cause a greater risk of insulin resistance than either factor alone, researchers reported… read more.

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  Obesity duration associated with subclinical predictor of coronary heart disease

  Written by Bruce Sylvester | 29 Jul 2013

  By Bruce Sylvester – In a 3-decade study of adults recruited in the United States, researchers report positive correlations between durations of overall obesity and abdominal obesity and… read more.

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  COPD increases risk of cerebral microbleeds

  Written by Bruce Sylvester | 26 Jul 2013

  By Bruce Sylvester – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is related to an increased risk of cerebral microbleeds, researchers from the Netherlands reported online on July 19, 2013 in… read more.