This is a plain English summary of an original research article Global health research that fully engages with community members is better able to prioritise local knowledge and expectations. Research showed the benefit of engagement that was adapted…

The study Evans JT, Mouchti S, Blom AW, et al. Obesity and revision surgery, mortality, and patient-reported outcomes after primary knee replacement surgery in the National Joint Registry: a UK cohort study. PLoS Med 2021;18:7. Footnotes Competing…

“There’s no meaningful difference between the wires and the cast. If you can hold the bones in the right place while they heal, it doesn’t matter whether you put wire in, or use a plaster cast. You achieve the same result. This is obviously good news…

“There’s a lot of nonsense and rubbish on Twitter, not just about dementia. But there’s also a lot of good information from support groups, links and useful advertisements. So, if somebody’s searching for the good information, they don’t want to see…

In this edition of Medical Myths, we tackle 12 myths related to allergies. We cover intolerances, pollen, hypoallergenic breeds, and more.

Scientists have found amyloid plaques, which are a characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease, in the brains of people with sleep apnea. In a new study, French scientists scanned the brains of older adults. They found an association between sleep apnea…

A new study in mice suggests that a cell-signaling protein could be the key to long lasting pain relief for people with chronic neuropathic pain. When a person injures their nerves, either through trauma, infection, or exposure to drugs or toxins,…

A new study gives hope that an effective treatment for Lyme disease may be available in the future. The new treatment involves the drugs cefotaxime and azlocillin. Lyme disease affects nearly 300,000 people a year in the United States and around…

In a recently published study, researchers from Taiwan concluded that eating a vegetarian diet rich in nuts, soy, and vegetables may lower a person’s risk of having a stroke. The study, which appears in Neurology, the medical journal of the American…

A new study suggests that age-related changes in the brain start earlier in life than previously thought, and switching diet may slow down the deterioration. The human brain needs over 20% of the body’s energy to function, and it gets this from…

Scientists report that the global rate of people dying with kidney disease has seen a sharp increase in the past 27 years and that many of these deaths were preventable. When a person develops chronic kidney disease (CKD), their kidneys slowly stop…

The first case of Leishmaniasis (or leishmaniosis) in a pet dog which has never left the United Kingdom has been reported in the Vet Record this week. Leishmaniasis is caused by a protozoan parasite and is usually transmitted via the bite of female…

Your dog’s dinner could contain enough pathogenic bacteria to harm your health and your pet, say Swedish researchers in a study recently published in the Veterinary Record. Feeding Fido a raw meat-based diet has become an increasingly popular option…

You may think that having cerebral malaria is bad enough, but what if the parasite could manipulate your body odour and make you even more attractive to blood-feeding mosquitoes? It’s a disturbing prospect both for the patient and the wider…

The authors of a new study report that people who have been recently hospitalised with dengue fever in Taiwan have more than twice the risk of having a stroke than other patients. The study analysed data from over 13 thousand patients with the…

Have you seen this mosquito? The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, the notorious carrier of yellow fever, Chikungunya, Dengue and a known associate of the Zika virus, has disappeared from Palmyra Atoll. The mosquito, that was accidentally…

It’s disappointing when your Friday night internet date doesn’t match their profile. But for male periodical cicadas this could mean their match is in thrall to a body-snatching fungus and they’re about to be the next victim. In their recently…

The authors of a recently published observational study have found evidence that a child’s overall chance of survival is improved if the last vaccine they received was for measles. The researchers analysed routine vaccination and survival data for…

When bacteria invade our lungs, our bodies counter-attack by launching a rapid immune response to fight the infection. Yet, this all happens much faster than we can reasonably account for with our current knowledge of the immune system. So, how do…

When Evelyn O’Flynn was diagnosed with stage four non-small cell lung cancer, after seeing the doctor about neck pain, she was told she had between six and nine months to live. Instead of the standard chemotherapy treatment, she was offered the…