Rory Hafford talks to Prof Thomas Lynch about his research into one of the world’s leading causes of cancer mortality and he finds that a new approach is having a positive impact on survival rates in non-small cell lung cancer. Ask anyone who knows Prof Thomas J. Lynch to describe the man and they are [...]
Adults who had improved nutrition in early childhood may score better on intellectual tests, regardless of the number of years they attended school, according to a new report. Between 1969 and 1977, Guatemalan children in four villages participated in a trial of nutritional supplementation. Through the trial, some were exposed to atole — a protein-rich [...]
Prof Gerald H. Tomkin writes about the connections between the levels of LDL and HDL cholesterols and a patient’s risk of developing coronary artery disease. The story of cholesterol is long and fascinating. One of the reasons why cholesterol became so important was the discovery regarding the condition familial hypercholesterolaemia, a condition causing severe atherosclerosis [...]
New research documents the decline in physical activity among children, with less than a third meeting recommended physical activity guidelines by the time they are 15 years old, according to a new study. Expert opinion and studies suggest that children need a minimum of 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day, according to [...]
A diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease can feel devastating for the person affected and for that person’s family and friends. Receiving a diagnosis of any serious illness is an isolating experience – nobody else in the world feels as the person does at that moment; nobody else can understand the turmoil of emotions ranging [...]
Dr Kate Bruton and Dr David Corcoran write about advances made in the field of neonatology, which have gradually reduced the threshold for viability of preterm infants Preterm infants born without respiratory distress have been surviving with incubator care and naso-gastric feeding since Victorian times. However, the terms ‘neonatology’ and ‘neonatologist’ are only in existence [...]
A declining number of office-based psychiatrists appear to be providing psychotherapy to their patients, according to a new report from the United States. According to the report, doctors analysed trends in psychotherapy provision using data from national surveys of office-based psychiatrist visits from 1996 through 2005. Over the ten-year period, psychotherapy was provided in 34 [...]
Gary Culliton reports on recently published research carried out in Trinity College Dublin, which investigated the links between ‘beer belly’ fat and the development of cancer Breakthrough research at Trinity College Dublin has described one of the mechanisms through which ‘beer belly’ fat leads to cancer. A paper outlining the link between the pre-cancerous condition [...]
Mike Power, Research Psychologist, continues his series of articles on the stresses and pressures faced uniquely in the medical profession How many readers would still choose the same vocation if they had life to live over? Most of the doctors I’ve known gave early evidence of their interest in the medical field and later social [...]
Eating a low-fat diet does not appear to be associated with any change in diabetes risk, according to a new study. In the study, researchers investigated the effects of eating a low-fat diet on diabetes risk in 48,835 post-menopausal women. From 1993 to 2005, 29,294 of the women were randomly assigned to continue eating their [...]
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