All Stories in HealthBig meals in ‘memory loss link’ in elderlyA link between memory loss and a high calorie diet has been suggested by researchers in the US.They were investigating mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which can be an early sign of dementia.Research, presented at a conference, claimed a high calorie diet was linked to having … Heart disease risk ‘inherited’Men can inherit heart disease from their father say scientists who have tracked the condition to the Y chromosome that dads pass to sons.By studying the DNA of over 3,000 men they found a particular version of the sex chromosome increases the risk of coronary … Anti-obesity ads ‘risk child stigma’A leading US health official has warned that a campaign started by a children’s hospital to fight childhood obesity poses health risks.Alan Guttmacher, a child health expert at the National Institutes of Health, says Atlanta-based Strong4Life “carries a great risk of increasing stigma”. The campaign … Malaria deaths hugely underestimatedWorldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated, a study reports.The research, published in the British medical journal the Lancet, suggests 1.24 million people died from the mosquito-borne disease in 2010. This compares to a World Health Organisation (WHO) estimate for …  Diabetes quadruples birth defects riskThe risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, researchers say.The Newcastle University study, published in the journal Diabetologia, analysed data from more than 400,000 pregnancies in North East England. The risk of defects such as congenital heart disease and spina …  Science decodes ‘internal voices’Researchers have demonstrated a striking method to reconstruct words, based on the brain waves of patients thinking of those words.The technique reported in PLoS Biology relies on gathering electrical signals directly from patients’ brains. Based on signals from listening patients, a computer model was used … |
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