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Air pollution contains particulate matter that can carry antibiotic resistance genes, which have been found to accelerate microbial threats to human health. Here, Rod Tucker considers the extent to which air pollution could serve as a primary vector and driving force behind the increasing levels of global antibiotic resistance.
The potential for detection of colorectal cancer based on an analysis of the variability in a patient‘s gut microbiome has been highlighted in a study presented at United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week. The findings come from the Dutch microbiome project, which is a large-scale studying involving 8,208 participants. Researchers analysed the gut microbiome of those…
Incident heart failure risk is significantly increased after an acute COVID-19 infection and directly influenced by age and prior hypertension Heart failure risk has been found to be significantly elevated within 9 months of an acute COVID-19 infection and directly related to both age and a previous history of hypertension, according to a systematic review…
While supplementing with vitamin D may well help to reduce the risk of developing a Covid-19 infection and the subsequent Covid-related adverse outcomes, the role of the vitamin in long Covid is more uncertain. Although the recent JCEM study highlighted that low vitamin D levels were associated with long Covid, there is an urgent need…
Metformin use by overweight or obese patients reduces the risk of developing long Covid by around 41%, according to the findings of a recent randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the study followed up on previous research which sought to determine whether the use of metformin, ivermectin or fluvoxamine prevented the primary…
A previous interim analysis concluded that the incidence of selected serious outcomes was not significantly higher one to 21 days post-vaccination compared with 22-42 days post-vaccination for mRNA Covid-19 vaccines. Moreover, a further analysis indicated a low incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis among individuals persons aged five to 39 years. While these data are reassuring,…
A previous interim analysis concluded that the incidence of selected serious outcomes was not significantly higher one to 21 days post-vaccination compared with 22-42 days post-vaccination for mRNA Covid-19 vaccines. Moreover, a further analysis indicated a low incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis among individuals persons aged five to 39 years. While these data are reassuring,…
Each additional decade of type 2 diabetes shortens lives by about 3.5 years compared to not having diabetes, researchers estimate on the basis of data from studies conducted in 19 high-income countries. They estimate that among 50-year-olds, life expectancy of those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at age 30 is 14 years shorter than that…