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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reevaluated the safety profile of erythritol (E 968), pinpointing concerns over its laxative effects. Accordingly, it has set new guidelines for its acceptable daily intake and has urged cautionary measures for high-consumption individuals. Erythritol is a sugar alcohol widely used as a sweetener in food products. It is […]

A new study published today (22 December 2023) in Nature Communications details that markers of brain injury are present in the blood many months after COVID-19 infection, despite inflammation blood tests being normal. The findings represent a major output from the University of Liverpool and King’s College London led COVID-19 Clinical Neuroscience Study (COVID-CNS) and […]

Somewhere in the back of your mind, you probably remember reading at least one article saying that our attention spans are down to a “mere 8 seconds” — or “less than a goldfish”. While it sounds catchy, it’s not that simple. It’s easy to jump to conclusions and get swept up in the clickbaity narrative, […]

Few patients with opioid toxicity receive opioid agonist therapy (OAT), data suggest.  In a retrospective study that examined about 21,000 hospital visits related to opioid use disorder (OUD) in Ontario, Canada, 4.1% resulted in community-based initiation of OAT within 7 days of discharge. Tina Hu, MD “From what I have seen as a physician, I […]

Sales of emergency contraception are estimated to rise by around 10% in the US in the week after the New Year holiday, suggesting that this period is associated with increased risks of unprotected sex compared with other holidays, finds a study published in the Christmas issue of The BMJ. Other holidays such as Valentine’s Day […]

Whether you love it or hate it, there’s no escaping it! When it comes to AI or artificial intelligence, this statement holds true. Today, over 80% of digital marketers make use of AI in some way or the other. Whether it is using ChatGPT for generating ideas or Jasper for your captions, AI is here […]

First, think of how vast the internet is, and how impossible it is to reach every crack, corner, and crevice. Now, imagine a place where millions of people endlessly sift through this vastness, promoting what’s worthy of the front page and removing what’s rubbish. That’s Reddit. If you’ve spent only a few minutes redditting, you […]

The World Health Organization called the COVID-19 variant JN.1 a standalone “variant of interest.” JN.1 will drive an increase in cases of the virus, the global health agency announced late Tuesday. JN.1 was previously grouped with its relative, BA.2.86, but has increased so much in the past 4 weeks that the WHO moved it to […]

Metrion Biosciences Limited (Metrion), the specialist ion channel CRO and drug discovery company, today announced that it has secured £3.5m in new equity financing, including £2.5m from lead investor Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and £1 million from existing investor, Gresham House Ventures (Gresham House). The funding will be used to further expand Metrion’s laboratories in […]

SAN DIEGO — Two proposed new multiple myeloma staging systems offer similar prognostic accuracy compared with the standard staging system, but the new systems provide more refined risk classifications across different disease stages.  The findings should encourage greater use of these newer staging systems in routine clinical practice, first author Manni Mohyuddin, MD, said during […]