Entries by aaron

Psoriasis Linked to Higher Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Study

A study presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress 2025 found that individuals with psoriasis face a significantly increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Psoriasis is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disease with multiple comorbidities, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. This study is among the largest to date investigating whether […]

People on Ozempic who eat to regulate emotions less likely to lose weight, finds study

GLP-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic can be a lifeline for people with diabetes — helping stabilize blood glucose and lose weight which contributes to diabetes complications. But not everyone benefits equally. Scientists monitoring 92 individuals with diabetes in Japan over their first year of taking GLP-1 drugs found that people’s reasons for overeating may affect […]

Five-Minute Apgar Scores and Its Prognostic Value: A Multinational Cohort Study

The Apgar score was originally developed to standardise the assessment of term-born infants’ clinical condition at 1 min of life. However, accumulating research shows that the judgement at 5 and 10 min has better predictive value for in-hospital mortality and severe neurologic and non-neurologic morbidities in term-born infants. In very preterm (VPT) infants <32 weeks’ […]

Weight loss trial reports success for breast cancer patients at one year mark

Breast cancer patients who participated in a remote weight loss intervention program lost an average of 4.7 percent of their baseline body weight after one year, while those in the education only control group gained an average 1 percent of their baseline weight, according to a new report from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators. The findings […]

Vascular disease overlooked contributor to dementia, UNM researcher finds

Vascular dementia–cognitive impairment caused by disease in the brain’s small blood vessels-is a widespread problem, but it has not been as thoroughly studied as Alzheimer’s disease, in which abnormal plaques and protein tangles are deposited in neural tissue. One researcher at The University of New Mexico hopes to change that. In a newly published paper […]

Being too thin can be deadlier than being overweight, Danish study reveals

A massive Danish study finds that being slightly overweight-or even mildly obese-may not shorten life expectancy, while those underweight or at the low end of “normal” weight face greater risks. Credit: Shutterstock It is possible to be “fat but fit,” new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study […]

Excessive folic acid intake in pregnancy linked to gestational diabetes: Study

New research from South Australia highlights the urgent need to establish a safe upper limit for folic acid intake during pregnancy and to improve guidelines on folic acid supplementation during pregnancy. A study by Flinders University and Adelaide University researchers published in the journal Nutrients links the rise in gestational diabetes in part to excess […]