Adults with gum disease are TWICE as likely to have high blood pressure, study warns

Adults who suffer from gum disease are TWICE as likely to have high blood pressure, study warns Researchers at UCL looked at the link between gum disease and blood pressure  Found people with periodontitis are 2.3 times more likely to have hypertension  In study, 14% of people with periodontitis had a medically high blood pressure This … Read more

Schizophrenia may be linked to Bartonella, the bacteria behind cat-scratch disease

Schizophrenia may be linked to Bartonella, the bacteria behind ‘cat-scratch’ disease which can be caught via bites and scratches from infected felines. Cats become infected with the bacteria via ticks and fleas, and transmission to humans can cause tiredness, headaches, fever and swollen lymph nodes. It was long thought that cat-scratch disease was short-lived, but the new … Read more

Health: Schizophrenia may be linked to Bartonella, the bacteria behind cat-scratch disease

Schizophrenia may be linked to Bartonella, the bacteria behind ‘cat-scratch’ disease which can be caught via bites and scratches from infected felines. Cats become infected with the bacteria via ticks and fleas, and transmission to humans can cause tiredness, headaches, fever and swollen lymph nodes. It was long thought that cat-scratch disease was short-lived, but the new … Read more

Viagra could help men live LONGER and prevents heart attacks in males with coronary artery disease

Viagra could help men to live LONGER: Blue pill prolongs life and prevents heart attacks in males with coronary artery disease, study finds Scientsts analysed 18,500 men with coronary artery disease and impotence  16,500 were on Viagra, while 2,000 received a drug called alprostadil Those on Viagra were found to live longer, and be at … Read more

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Why spidery writing could mean you’ve got liver disease 

Signs of serious liver problems include tiredness, confusion, itchy skin and, according to the British Liver Trust, ‘writing which becomes difficult, spidery and small’, writes Dr Michael Mosley, pictured Large, the size of a rugby ball, rubbery and reddish-brown in colour, your liver is not a glamorous organ. Yet it quietly gets on with performing … Read more

Alzheimer’s disease could one day be identified YEARS before symptoms appear

Alzheimer’s disease could soon be identified YEARS before symptoms appear after scientists discover previously unseen blood biomarkers Tiny biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease are present in the blood of sufferers  A new nanotechnology technique is able to detect these in the blood  The method could allow for future tests to be developed which could allow for … Read more

Virtual Bluetooth virus spreads between SMARTPHONES to learn more about disease spread

A virtual Bluetooth virus spread between SMARTPHONES ‘could help us track Covid-19 more accurately’, study claims The technology — called ‘Safe Blues’ — provides an accurate model of Covid-19 It allows for real-time monitoring of an epidemic unlike epidemiological data   Android users run the app in the background of their phone and it works anonymously using … Read more

Alzheimer’s Disease: Hopes as treatment extends lifespan of flies up to 8.8%

A genetic treatment has been developed that leads to fruit flies living as much as nine per cent longer. Two therapies were created which each target a protein and they both were found to stave off signs of Alzheimer’s as well as elongating healthy lifespan. While the findings raise the possibility of replicating the treatments … Read more

Only 83% of patients suspected to have the disease were seen by a doctor in January, figures show

NHS cancer waiting times hit record high: Only 83% of patients suspected to have the disease were seen by a doctor within a fortnight during Covid’s peak in January, figures show NHS England data showed 83 per cent were seen by a specialist in two weeks But this was the lowest number since records began … Read more