Researchers studied communication about erectile dysfunction (ED) between doctors and 120 Asian male patients with diabetes in a primary care clinic in Kedah, Malaysia. The work is published in The Annals of Family Medicine journal. At the outset of the study, all participating physicians received a brief introduction to the fundamentals of ED treatment. Prior to a regular consultation, 60 […]

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry asked themselves which genetic variants might be involved in the response to stress. Using a new methodology, they were able to test more than 3,600 specific variants in parallel to determine which were functional. This pioneering study of the molecular level of stress found that the genetic variants that modulate the sensitivity […]

In school shootings executed by 262 adolescents in the United States from 1990 through 2016, handguns were the most used weapon, and most firearms were obtained via theft from relatives, according to a study published online Nov. 27 in JAMA Pediatrics. Brent R. Klein, Ph.D., from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study to […]

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Adults with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are twice as likely to engage in suicidal behavior as the general population, results of a large meta-analysis show. Given that up to half of patients with PD suffer from depression and anxiety, physicians should maintain a “high index of suspicion” for early recognition and management of suicidality, write the investigators, led by Eng-King Tan, […]

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found an innovative way to block infection by a variety of alphaviruses, a group of mosquito-borne viruses that can cause joint and brain infections in people. The study, led by Michael S. Diamond, MD, Ph.D., the Herbert S. Gasser Professor of Medicine, and Daved H. Fremont, a professor of […]

How NHS waiting lists are driving patients to cash in pensions or sell their homes to pay for operations they desperately need Seven million and growing — that’s the number of people now on waiting lists for NHS treatment ranging from cancer checks to replacing arthritic hips and heart surgery. These delays can mean living with pain or debilitating symptoms […]

The economic impact of fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries in the United States increased by 16% in 2020 compared with 2019, according to new research reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The study also provides evidence of significant disparities in costs associated with firearm deaths in 2019−2020, with non-Hispanic Black individuals, males, and young and middle-aged groups being […]

A large study of more than 360,000 mothers and infants found increased risk of low birth weight and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for babies whose mothers used cannabis during pregnancy. The findings align with previous research suggesting a connection between prenatal cannabis use and low birthweight babies, and advice from the American College of Obstetricians and […]

Reviewed ​​​​​​Hair products often contain ingredients that easily evaporate, so users may inhale some of these chemicals, potentially posing health repercussions. Now, researchers have studied emissions of these volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including siloxanes, which shine and smooth hair. The scientists report in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology that using these hair care products can change indoor air composition quickly, […]