"All you need is love," sang the Beatles. When one considers the widely documented health benefits of being in a happy relationship, they might have been on to something. In this spotlight, we take a look at the health reasons for celebrating being with someone.
Friday, 20 February 2015
Fecal matters: treating infection with stool transplants
Having someone else's stool placed inside your body sounds more like grounds for treatment rather than treatment itself. Yet fecal microbiota transplant is a procedure that has been found to be a particularly effective for treating Clostridium difficile infection from the transplantation that currently exist, it is safe to say that a transplant of fecal matter - also known as stool - is one of the strangest that a patient can have. But at the same time, it could also be one of the most important, representing a solution to the problem of antimicrobial resistance that affects many areas of medicine.
Sunday, 15 February 2015
Menopausal hormone therapy associated with ovarian cancer risk
A new study has found that use of hormone replacement therapy for the menopause is associated with an increased risk of developing the two most common forms of ovarian cancer, even if it is used for just a few years.