Doctors lack experience and expertise in treating transgender patients, study says
A paper out this month has found that doctors and therapists in the US often face limited knowledge and bias when dealing with transgender people
Sleep ‘resets’ brain connections crucial for memory and learning, study reveals
Discovery that sleeplessness causes neurons to become ‘muddled’ with electrical activity could help develop new treatments for mental health disorders
Bagpipe lung – a new name for a very old disease
The death of a bagpipe player has revealed a disease-causing fungus lurking in unclean instruments – and musicians are not its only victims
WHO’s recommended level of exercise too low to beat disease – study
Bigger reductions in risk of five common chronic diseases only achievable with five to seven times more activity, research finds
The mysterious eye condition of ‘visual snow’
It can cause television-like static or trails of light in the vision, but the disorder baffles the experts – so much so that a handful of doctors and patients are fighting to prove it really exists
How do I reduce the risk of having a stroke?
Doctors now think that 90% of strokes are preventable through lifestyle changes, including eating less salt and processed food, quitting smoking and exercising more. Should you be changing your habits?
‘I’ve been a homeopathic vet for 40 years, so how can I be seen as a fraud?’
Fifty vets are licensed to use homeopathy. But a petition signed by 1,000 wants a ‘disproven’ treatment blacklisted
Pregnant women wasting money on vitamin supplements, study says
Research claims multivitamins and minerals do not improve mothers’ or babies’ health and are an unnecessary expense
Eating more saturated fats raises risk of early death, says US study
Findings based on 126,000 people counter recent claims that people should eat more fat and fewer carbohydrates
Most women undergoing fertility treatment will give birth within five years
Danish study showed 71% were successful within timeframe but chances of success were strongly linked to age, said researchers