Lifestyle

Long-term shift work is linked to impaired brain power, finds research published online by the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

Experts have welcomed new World Health Organization guidance recommending that patients, families and other non-medics who may come into contact with heroin addicts should carry the drug naloxone.

Smokers’ support for plain packaging of tobacco products rose sharply after they were introduced in Australia, according to a study published online in the journal Tobacco Control.

A major new series on health and ageing, published in The Lancet, has warned that unless health systems find effective strategies to address the problems faced by an ageing world population, the growing burden of chronic disease will greatly affect the quality of life of older people.

Clinical trials carried out in the former East Germany in the second half of the 20th Century were not always with the full knowledge or understanding of participants with some questionable practices taking place, according to a paper published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

Adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) face multiple challenges, but they rate their quality of life (QoL) on a par with their able-bodied peers, according to new research published in The Lancet.

International evidence shows that many potential organ transplants do not occur because organ donors are not detected early by the hospital system.

Transmission of bacterial infections, such as MRSA and MSSA, could be curbed by coating hospital surfaces with microscopic bumps that mimic the scaly surface of shark skin, according to research published in the open access journal

Senior Counselling Psychologist Fergal Rooney says not only is psychosexual health central to clients’ overall health but also to their quality of life.

Low doses of fish oil may help curb the frequency of epileptic seizures when drug treatment no longer works, suggests a small study published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.