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A team of scientists from Macquarie University in Australia have been examining the links between diet and depression. A small study asked a focus group to follow a diet with help and advice. A second group were given no intervention, simply asked to return after 3 weeks. The results of the study were published on an open access basis in...Read More

A team of scientists from Durham, NC have been examining the amount of physiological ageing taking place in people aged around 45 years, who have a slower walking speed. Their results have been published in JAMA Network Open, a peer-reviewed open-access online journal. The scientists used data from a New Zealand study to test their hypothesis: slow walking by people...Read More

Scientific studies are regularly being published on all forms of cancer, but as it has recently been Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), studies on breast cancer have been focused on for this article. Two are American studies, which examine the possible reasons for an aggressive form of the disease to be more likely to be diagnosed in certain ethnicities. A...Read More

October is National Cholesterol month in the UK. HEART is a UK-based charity that aims to raise awareness of the risks of high cholesterol. In 2019, they are encouraging people to take 13,177 steps up to help raise awareness and funds for the charity. Cholesterol plays a big part in the state of your health, so here are 10 facts...Read More

Going away to medical school or university can be the first time that students have had to manage and be responsible for their own finances. Getting the student loan into the bank account for the first time can seem as though they have a lot of money, but it is common for a large amount of it to be spent...Read More

US scientists have found that by examining both blood tests and tumour tissue from patients who have non-small-cell lung cancer, they can find markers which reveal the stage of the cancer and help to distinguish between major subtypes of the disease. The study was published in Scientific Reports under a Creative Commons Open Access licence which means the study is...Read More