🧠 People who drink 3+ alcoholic drinks a day are more likely to suffer earlier, larger brain bleeds, according to a new study of 1,600 adults 🔗 Link to paper in comments #BrainHealth #Stroke #Alcohol #PublicHealth #Research

❤️ COVID infection poses a higher heart risk in children than vaccination, according to the largest study of its kind involving 14 million kids in England. Read more - www.thelancet.com/jo... #COVID19 #Vaccines #HeartHealth #ChildHealth #Research

👁️ AI analysis of retinal images from nearly 75,000 adults found people with fewer, less-branched eye vessels had up to a 40% higher risk of heart disease and faster biological ageing ❤️ www.science.org/doi/... #HeartHealth #AI #DigitalHealth

💓 New AI tool can detect structural heart disease from smartwatch data ⌚️ A study found it spotted valve disease & cardiomyopathy with up to 88% sensitivity and 99% accuracy — suggesting wearables could aid screening. newsroom.heart.org/n... #AI #HeartHealth #DigitalHealth

🧠 People with moderate to severe sleep apnoea are more than twice as likely to develop brain microbleeds, linked to stroke and memory decline, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open 😴 jamanetwork.com/jour... #SleepHealth #BrainHealth #Research #JAMA

🌍 Gates Foundation now WHO’s second-largest donor, as analysis warns of influence on priorities 💰 Link to full paper in comments #GlobalHealth #WHO #Philanthropy #GlobalFunding #Health

💪 Men need about twice as much exercise as women to reduce heart disease risk, according to a new study in Nature Cardiovascular Research ❤️ www.nature.com/artic... #Exercise #HeartHealth #Research #Science

🎨 Viewing art linked to lower stress and inflammation, according to new research from King’s College London 💆‍♀️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/t... #Art #Science #Wellbeing #Art #MentalHealth

💬 New OpenAI data shows over a million ChatGPT users each week express suicidal thoughts, with thousands more showing signs of mania or psychosis 🔗 openai.com/index/str... #MentalHealth #AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #Safety

🚶‍♀️ People who take longer, continuous walks of 10–15 minutes or more have a lower risk of heart disease and early death, as opposed to those who take shorter walks, according to a new major study ❤️ doi.org/10.7326/ANNA... #HeartHealth #Research #Walking

🧬 New DNA study reveals epidemics that helped destroy Napoleon’s army ⚔️ www.cell.com/current... #Research #History #Science #DNA #Napoleon #Pandemic

🍬 Children who consumed less sugar were later found to have a lower risk of heart disease, according to a new study published in The BMJ ❤️ Link to paper: www.bmj.com/content/... #HeartHealth #MedicalResearch #Nutrition #PublicHealth

🐦 The fastest bird flu spread in a decade is sweeping across Europe, and experts warn the H5N1 strain is showing signs of adapting to mammals — raising fears it could jump to humans. #BirdFlu #H5N1 #HealthNews #Europe

📈 Bowel cancer rates are rising fastest among adults under 50, according to new research 🔗 Read the study - www.acpjournals.org/... #Cancer #HealthNews #PublicHealth #Research

🧠 Adults with gum disease show more signs of brain white-matter damage linked to stroke and dementia, new research finds. 🔗 Read the research: neurology.org/doi/10... #OralHealth #BrainHealth #Neurology #StrokeRisk #Research

🧬 Gray hair may help protect against cancer, according to new research in Nature Cell Biology 🔗 nature.com/articles/... #Science #Cancer #Ageing #HealthNews #Research

🧠 A new analysis of 1.2 million people suggests our mental abilities may not peak until around age 60 — far later than once thought. 🔗 Read study: sciencedirect.com/sc... #Science #Aging #Intelligence #HealthNews #Research

👁️ A breakthrough eye microchip has restored partial sight to people with severe vision loss, letting many read again for the first time in years. 🔗 nejm.org/doi/full/10... #Blindness #Innovation #MedicalResearch #HealthNews #Vision

🩺🌍 7 medical stories making headlines this week Oct 19th 💬 Which story do you think will change medicine the most? 🔗 You can find links to the research papers in the individual posts from this week #MedicalNews #GlobalHealth #ScienceUpdate #DoctorsOfTikTok #HealthNews

📱 A new JAMA study of 6,500 adolescents found that even low levels of social media use were linked to lower cognitive scores 🔗 Link to paper in comments. #SocialMedia #Adolescents #Cognition #HealthNews

🩸 A new blood test has detected over 50 types of cancer at early stages - a major step toward faster, less invasive diagnosis. Researchers say it could transform screening, though more trials are needed. #CancerResearch #HealthNews #Innovation #MedicalScience #EarlyDetection

🧠💔 A new study in Molecular Psychiatry links higher levels of the brain enzyme SGK1 to suicide risk in people who experienced childhood trauma. 🔗 Link to paper in comments. #MentalHealth #Neuroscience #Suicide #Depression #HealthNews

🏓👁️ Pickleball’s boom comes with a downside — eye injuries have risen fivefold since 2020, reports JAMA Ophthalmology 🔗 Link to paper in comments. #Pickleball #EyeHealth #SportsInjury #HealthNews #PublicHealth

💊😴 A pill first developed for epilepsy may offer the first real drug treatment for sleep apnea. 🔗 Study link in comments. #SleepApnea #MedicalResearch #HealthInnovation #Sleep #GlobalHealth

🍷⚠️ Alcohol is now a major driver of cancer in Europe, says a new WHO/IARC report. Linked to 111,000+ new cases a year and billions in costs. 🔗 Link to article in comments. #CancerPrevention #GlobalHealth #AlcoholAwareness #PublicHealth #HealthNews

🚨 One in six bacterial infections worldwide is now resistant to antibiotics, warns WHO 🔗 Report link in comments. #AntibioticResistance #WHO #GlobalHealth #Infections #AMR

🧬🇨🇳 Doctors in China have announced a medical first — a gene-edited pig liver that functioned inside a human body for 10 days. 🔗 Link to paper in comments. #Science #Medicine #Transplant #Innovation #HealthNews

🚨🌎 Americas’ measles-free status is at risk amid rising outbreaks, warns PAHO head. 🔗 Link in the comments. #Measles #PublicHealth #Vaccines #VaccinesSaveLives #GlobalHealth

🚶‍♀️💪 Just two 5-minute “exercise snacks” a day could boost heart and lung fitness by up to 10%, according to a new British Journal of Sports Medicine review. Small bursts, big impact. 🔗 Link in comments #Exercise #HeartHealth #Fitness #HealthNews #Science

🧬🐀 Scientists have discovered how naked mole-rats may hold the secret to slowing ageing. Their unique DNA repair may help explain their long, healthy lives. 🔗 Link in comments #Ageing #Longevity #ScienceNews #Genetics #HealthResearch

🧠💤 New research in Lancet eBioMedicine finds that poor sleep can make your brain age nearly 1 year faster 🕒 Link to full study in the comments #SleepHealth #BrainAgeing #Science #HealthNews

🚑 Only 1 in 8 children survive a cardiac arrest outside hospital, a major new UK study finds. Link to report in comments. #Health #CPR #CardiacArrest

🌍 Asthma inhalers in the US produce as much CO₂ each year as 1 million cars, a JAMA study finds. Link to full paper in comments 👇 #Climate #Health #Asthma #Environment #JAMA

🩸 Prediabetes may reverse without weight loss, new Nature Medicine study finds. #Health #Diabetes #Science

💊 Most middle-aged adults don’t need daily aspirin, a new JAMA Internal Medicine study finds. Link to full paper in comments. #Health #Aspirin #HeartHealth

❤️ 99% of heart attacks, strokes and heart failure cases are linked to preventable risks, a major study finds. Link to full paper in the comments. #HeartHealth #Cardiology #JACC #Medicine

🧬 World first: scientists in Oregon have turned human skin cells into eggs. Link to full paper in comments. #Fertility #Science #Research #Health

📷 Women who miss their first breast screening have a 40% higher risk of dying from breast cancer, a study in The BMJ finds #BreastCancer #Health #Medicine

🧬 A new study shows immune changes can appear years before rheumatoid arthritis symptoms - a step toward earlier detection and prevention. Link in comments 🔍 #RheumatoidArthritis #Autoimmune #Research #Health

💨 A new dual inhaler can halve asthma attacks in children, a UK trial finds #Asthma #Health #MedicalNews #KidsHealth

🩺 This week’s top health stories for 28th Sep. From Ebola in Congo to a game-changing HIV jab, new dementia risks, and the first glimmer of hope for Huntington’s. #HealthNews #GlobalHealth #MedicalResearch #AI #Ebola #HIV #Dementia #Huntingtons #Doctors #MedTech

🤝 Strong social bonds may slow aging 🧬 #Health #Science #Aging #Longevity #Research

🦠 WHO confirms a deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo, with 57 cases and 35 deaths this month. Fatality rate is above 60%, and health teams warn shortages of staff and funds are making containment difficult. #Ebola #WHO #Health #GlobalHealth #Outbreak

🌍 A landmark deal will cut the cost of HIV prevention jab Lenacapavir from $28,000 to about $40 a year in 120 countries. The twice-yearly injection, backed by WHO, could transform prevention and expand access for millions at risk. #HIV #Health #GlobalHealth

🍷 New research finds no safe level of drinking for dementia risk 📖 Source: BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine #Health #Research #Dementia #Alcohol

🧬 UK doctors say gene therapy has, for the first time, slowed Huntington’s disease. The treatment, delivered directly into the brain, reduced toxic proteins driving the condition. #Health #Research #Genetherapy

🌍 WHO warns Europe is becoming increasingly reliant on foreign-trained medics. New report states 60% of new doctors and 72% of new nurses had trained abroad. #WHO #Europe #Health #Doctors #Nurses #GlobalHealth

🤖 Scientists have developed an AI model that can predict the risk and timing of more than 1,000 diseases up to 10 years before symptoms appear. #AI #Health #Research

💊 Daily low-dose aspirin halved the risk of colorectal cancer returning in patients with specific tumour mutations, a new Scandinavian trial of 3,500 people has found. #Health #Cancer #Research

🤖 AI may help detect early signs of depression. A Scientific Reports study of 64 students found the tech could spot subtle facial micro-movements — in the brow, eyes and mouth — linked to mild symptoms. #Health #AI #Depression #Research