Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

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UK Funds AI Blood Test for Early Cancer Detection

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: April 30, 2025

An AI-powered blood test that detects 12 deadly cancers early with 99% accuracy gets UK funding for clinical trials.

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Birth method affects microbiome and vaccination response

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: November 18, 2022

Babies born vaginally have a different microbiome to those born by Caesarean section and have heightened responses to childhood vaccinations.<...

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‘Key cause’ of type 2 diabetes identified

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: November 15, 2022

“This suggests a potential way in which the decline in beta-cell function in T2D might be slowed or prevented.”

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Retinal imaging can predict cardiovascular mortality

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: October 5, 2022

The system “paves the way for a highly effective, noninvasive screening test for people at medium to high risk of circulatory disease that doesn’t ...

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A ‘big breakfast’ diet affects hunger, not weight loss

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: September 12, 2022

“Our new research shows that, in weight loss conditions, the size of breakfast and dinner regulates our appetite but not the total amount of energy...

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Fish in pregnancy not dangerous after all, says new study

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: September 9, 2022

Longitudinal studies “have not demonstrated harmful cognitive effects in children with increasing maternal mercury levels.”

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Children born very prematurely at higher risk to struggle in secondary school

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: August 19, 2022

“[These new findings] highlight the need for all children who were born premature ... to have access to early support.”

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Tocolytic benefits for preterm birth outweigh risks

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: August 12, 2022

“These treatments are leading to a significant reduction in the number of deadly preterm births, and we now need to further understand the effectiv...

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People really can get ‘hangry’ when hungry

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: July 15, 2022

The study is the first to investigate how hunger affects people’s emotions day to day.

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Women are not being warned that anesthetic may reduce birth pill efficacy

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: June 7, 2022

“Use of sugammadex is expected to rise as it becomes cheaper in the future, and ensuring that women receiving this medicine are aware it may increa...

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Five-year cervical screening interval safe for HPV-negative women

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: June 2, 2022

Screening every 5 years prevents as many cancers as screening at 3-year intervals, even in women who are not vaccinated against HPV.

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Male breast cancer risk linked with infertility

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: May 19, 2022

“This study helps to shed light onto a cancer type that is sadly still not very well understood, but much more research is needed to say that infer...

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Study shows link between dairy consumption and cancer

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: May 13, 2022

No association was found between dairy products and colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, or any other site-specific cancer.

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Protease inhibitors increase small-for-gestational-age but not other pregnancy risks

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: April 8, 2022

Protease inhibitors remain an important option for pregnant women living with HIV if other treatments are unsuitable or unavailable.

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Faster testing possible for secondary ICU infections

Author:: Sheena Meredith, MBBS, MPhil

Publish date: November 18, 2021

Researchers have shown the potential for clinical metagenomics to become a same-day test for identifying secondar...