These results are surprising, as many health organisations and websites, including this one, recommend avoiding coffee as a potential trigger for the condition.
If these results are replicated in further studies, advice to avoid coffee to lower the risk of rosacea may need to be reconsidered.
The media generally reported the story accurately. But it's a shame the news stories didn't make it clearer that the chance of these pregnancy complications is small, regardless of how long you wait between pregnancies.
Transcript and recording. "I’ll be talking a little bit about major depression—what it is, how frequently we see it in young people, signs and symptoms, and next steps if you think someone you care about may be experiencing depression."
For the first time, The Health Survey looks at links between parent and child obesity. RCPCH responds saying it is a "cycle of life that can have terrible consequences to the health of entire families for generations".
The project will include a programme of creative health and wellbeing opportunities for families. Alongside this will be a range of social and physical activities promoting and using the great outdoors and making the most of local green spaces.
Work with local voluntary organisations will also take place to encourage and co-ordinate more volunteering opportunities as a way of increasing people’s confidence, developing new skills and improving general wellbeing.
Wednesday November 21 is World COPD day – and people are being urged to know the signs of this serious condition, how to avoid it and how to manage it if they have been diagnosed.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious lung condition that makes breathing more difficult.
While the study results are theoretically interesting, they don't show any actual, physical evidence of increased weight loss or improved weight maintenance for people who followed a low-carb diet rather than a high- or moderate-carb diet.
The study has a number of limitations. The authors say that using isotopically labelled water has been shown to be "the gold standard method for [measurement of total energy expenditure] in free living people".
But as the study doesn't include evidence of different weight loss from people on the 3 diets, we can't tell whether the measured difference in energy expenditure actually results in differences in weight loss.
This study adds to the growing body of evidence showing a link between poor sleep and weight gain.
But there are many other factors besides sleep that can affect weight. And the small size of the study suggests the results may not be reliable.
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The trial finding that hypnotherapy works better than educational support adds evidence to previous studies showing that hypnotherapy may have a helpful effect. The finding that group hypnotherapy works about as well as individual hypnotherapy is interesting, as this means many people could be treated by the same therapist at the same time, which could reduce waiting times and the cost of treatment.
However, there are unanswered questions in the study, including why a large number of people dropped out of treatment. This could have affected the results, especially if people dropped out of group hypnotherapy because they didn't like group treatment. As said, it can't be assumed that hypnotherapy is better than other psychological therapies that may be considered at the same stage of treatment, such as CBT.
The study suggests that removing temptation, in the form of small packs of sweets and crisps, while we are waiting in a queue, can make a big difference to how likely we are to buy these foods.
That's perhaps not surprising, as people may be more likely to pick up snack food on impulse, rather than plan to buy it, especially if bored and restless children are asking for it. The study shows encouraging results, especially for the reduction of buying "eat on the go" snacks.
However, the study has limitations that mean we can't be sure how effective the policies are. We don't know whether the policies themselves are directly responsible for the change in shopping habits – other outside influences could be partly responsible.
People should look out for signs of depression and dementia among older family members and friends over Christmas, NHS England expert Professor Alistair Burns urged today.
Problems that may have been hidden can come to the surface or be easier to spot as families or friends get together over the festive season, Prof Burns said.
Depression should not be written off as inevitable in old age and can be treated effectively. Emotional changes can also be the first indication that someone has dementia.
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