Lifestyle

Employees who work more than 48 hours per week are more likely to engage in risky alcohol consumption than those who work standard weeks, finds a new study published in The BMJ.

Reversal alarms and rear-view cameras in cars are a relatively new tool but have the potential to make driveway reversing safer and cut pedestrian deaths in children, a new study in the Irish Medical Journal has suggested.

Obesity and extreme obesity have the potential to reduce life expectancy by up to eight years and deprive adults of as much as 19 years of healthy life as a result of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD), new research published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology suggests.

Boosting levels of a naturally produced by-product of dietary fibre fermentation in the bowel can help trim the waistline and stave off weight gain, reveals a small study published online in the journal Gut.

Added sugars in processed foods are likely to have a greater role in high blood pressure and heart disease and stroke than added salt, say doctors in an analysis of the published evidence in the online journal Open Heart.

Children born prematurely are at an increased risk of flu-related complications, despite not being identified as an “at-risk” group in UK, US, or WHO guidelines, and should be a priority group for the seasonal flu vaccination, new research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine suggests.

Children who attended a full-day preschool programme had higher scores on measures of school readiness skills (language, math, socio-emotional development, and physical health), increased attendance, and reduced chronic absences compared to children who attended part-day preschool, according to a study in JAMA.

Older people who are active internet users and who regularly indulge in culture may be better able to retain their health literacy, and therefore maintain good health, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Leading medical experts in the UK warned last week (November 27) that rising numbers of deaths from liver disease will be unavoidable without radical improvements in treatment and detection services, and tougher government policies to control the excessive alcohol use and obesity responsible for much of the burden of liver disease

How close you are to fast-food outlets may be linked to your risk of type 2 diabetes and obesity, a new study led by the University of Leicester has discovered.