Category: Health alert
Higher risk of heart failure and stroke even after COVID-19 recovery
A recent large study based in the US has found a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular complications in former patients of COVID-19. According to Ziyad Al-Aly of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), St. Louis Health Care System, and […]
Simple retinal scan evaluates biological age and predicts risk of death
A new observational study found the gap between a person’s chronological age and retinal age was indicative of their risk of death. This led researchers to propose a simple retina scan as a screening tool to indicate whether a person […]
Aspirin use linked to increased risk of heart failure
Research has found those using aspirin while having at least one predisposing risk for heart failure are at 26% raised risk for the condition. The predisposing risk factors included one or more of the following: smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, […]
Gene determines the risk of developing severe COVID-19
A new gene may be responsible for people becoming severely ill with COVID-19, say Polish scientists from the Medical University of Bialystok. The gene was the fourth most important factor determining how seriously a person suffers from COVID-19, after age, […]
Different risks of overactive bladder with different dementia medications
Some drugs taken to ease the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia has been found to instead cause increased risk of overactive bladder (OAB) in patients. The class of drugs known as cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEI), are said to increase communication […]
COVID-19 virus can trigger persistent, self-damaging immune response
A Cedars-Sinai, California, research team has found infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 can stress the immune system so much to cause the production of autoantibodies that will attack the body’s own organs and tissues. The shocking discovery was […]
New study digs deeper into harmful effects of microplastics consumption
The volume of plastics consumed through food and water can potentially have devastating effects on human health. In the first-of-its-kind study, scientists at Hull York Medical School, UK, have explored the effects of plastics/microplastics consumption as it travels up the […]
Moderately ill COVID-19 patients at risk developing of dangerous blood clots
COVID-19 patients who were not critically ill have been found to develop a life-threatening blood clot, or a venous thromboembolism (VTE), according to a European study. Despite coming into hospital emergency rooms with mild or moderate COVID-19, patients were noted […]
Genetic risk factor found behind severe COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s
Researchers at University College London (UCL) have found a gene variant named OAS1 that leads to greater susceptibility to COVID-19; this gene is known to heighten one’s risk for Alzheimer’s disease (Alzheimer’s). One variant of the gene, dubbed rs1131454, was […]
Extensive antibiotics use increases future risk of colon cancer
Constant use of antibiotics can affect the intestinal microbiome and increase the risk of colon cancer, confirmed researchers at Umeå University, Sweden. According to Sophia Harlid, cancer researcher at the university, although the increase in risk was greatest for those […]
