Cognitive decline in older people increasing, study finds

A new study has shown that more and more older people are suffering from cognitive decline and in just 10 years the cases of older people with cognitive decline has doubled. Researchers were investigating to see if there had been an increase in the numbers of older people who were reporting their first concerns about … Read more

Lower chance of pregnancy and childbirth after IVF with one ovary

Women who have had one ovary surgically removed (unilateral oophorectomy) are less likely to become pregnant after in vitro fertilisation and give birth to fewer babies than women with both ovaries. That is according to an extensive meta-analysis published in the journal Fertility and Sterility by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Whether women’s fertility is affected … Read more

Fatty liver disease linked to liquid fructose intake

Researchers say that the fatty liver disease can’t be caused through intake of high-fat diet alone and when such diet it combined with liquid fructose intake like beverages sweetened with liquid fructose, that’s when things start going bad for the liver with fat deposition on the liver accelerating followed by hypertriglyceridemia —a cardiovascular risk factor— … Read more

TikTok overuse causing increased nervous tics in teens

While the coronavirus pandemic has increased the number of users and content tenfold, a scientific report reports an upsurge in nervous tics among young people using this application. Researchers from the University of Florida have demonstrated the aggravation of these symptoms during the health crisis and the various confinements, as reported by 20 Minutes, Wednesday … Read more