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A large genetic study tracking 150,000 subjects for over a decade has affirmed the direct causal link between drinking alcohol and developing cancer. The findings particularly link oesophageal cancers and head and neck cancers with alcohol consumption…. Continue reading Alcohol consumption can directly cause cancer, new genetic study finds
A novel study led by researchers from the University of Oxford has investigated the lingering cognitive effects of mild COVID-19 in the months following infection. The research revealed minor deficits in attention and memory can be seen for up to six m… Continue reading Oxford study detects cognitive deficits months after mild COVID
A new study from researchers at the University of Oxford has found two doses of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may not be enough to protect against infection from the Omicron variant. The data offers no indication of protection from … Continue reading Two vaccine doses won’t protect from Omicron infection, Oxford study finds
By using a compound derived from a Himalayan fungus and used for centuries in Chinese medicine as a jumping off point, scientists have developed a new chemotherapy drug with powerful anti-cancer effects. Doing so involved chemically altering the compou… Continue reading Himalayan fungus compound refined to offer 40X the anti-cancer potency
Two new long COVID studies are reporting persistent symptoms in patients up to a year after infection. A large UK study found one in three COVID-19 patients report at least one lingering symptom six months after recovery, while a more focused study fro… Continue reading New long COVID studies show symptoms linger up to one year after infection
Decades of research has culminated in a landmark study identifying a novel genetic variant that is associated with severe cases of endometriosis. The gene is known to play a role in several inflammatory diseases and the findings direct researchers towa… Continue reading Genetic cause of endometriosis discovered, pointing to new drug therapy
An impressively large study following more than 80,000 people for 11 years has found that difficulty hearing speech in noisy environments can be an early-warning sign of later-life dementia. The next steps for the research will be to investigate whether immediately treating mid-life hearing impairments can reduce the risk of dementia developing in a person’s senior years.
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Tags: Hearing, Hearing Impaired, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Aging, University of Oxford, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Difficulty hearing speech in noisy rooms may be early sign of dementia
A big flush of funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in the United Kingdom is pushing new research on ways to diagnose and treat long COVID. A University of Cambridge team receiving NIHR funding is now working on a blood test t… Continue reading Researchers hunt for a long COVID diagnostic blood test
Sharks have been around for at least 450 million years, so it should come as no surprise to hear that even the first humans had run-ins with them. Scientists have now discovered evidence of the earliest-known such attack, which occurred 3,000 years ago… Continue reading 3,000-year-old shark attack victim unearthed in Japan
With the global population continuing to increase and arable land continuing to shrink, there is an urgent need to improve the efficiency of food production, and a new technology developed at the University of Oxford could offer a helping hand. Scienti… Continue reading Scientists discover how tomato ripening can be slowed down and sped up