About 200,000 people in the United States are affected by an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) each year. Acute kidney injury is a known potential risk factor following surgical AAA repair. Researchers from Michigan Medicine have developed an algorithm to detect a person’s kidney damage risk before an endovascular AAA repair. Using their algorithm, scientists found women have a 1.4 times […]

It’s easy to keep your skin safer in the summer sun if you have the right sunscreen. UCLA Health offers some tips for picking the best type and SPF level. Getting sunburned just five times in a lifetime doubles the risk of getting melanoma, the most serious skin cancer, so making sure you’re protected is worth the effort, the experts […]

Immunoglobulin G antibodies (IgB) play an important role as drivers of inflammation in infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases. However, if the same immunoglobulin antibodies from the blood plasma of healthy donors are cleansed and injected into a patient’s bloodstream, they exhibit anti-inflammatory effects and have a positive effect on the immune system. The cause of this was unknown to a […]

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time to honor and pay homage to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders that have contributed to the history and culture of the United States. It’s important for everyone to celebrate this month and educate children about this immigrant group and its rich history of culture and heritage. And as […]

Hay fever: Dr Chris Steele shares advice on avoiding pollen “Approximately 70 percent of the immune system is located within the gut,” said Barnes. While the cells in the digestive tract “have an extremely important role in being able to absorb nutrients efficiently”, the cells also help to block out allergens. Barnes advised hay fever sufferers to consume “fermented foods, […]

Up to 40% of rare diseases show facial alterations that enable researchers to identify some pathologies, and they can even help establish an early diagnosis. Historically, the visual evaluation and use of some classic anthropometric measurements—diameter of the head, etc.—have enabled early diagnosis in rare diseases. With the most sophisticated and automated techniques, based on artificial intelligence (AI), it is […]

Michael Vera walked into a bedroom of a residential drug treatment program in Los Angeles in March to find its occupant slumped over on his bed and struggling to breathe, a homemade straw on the floor beside him and tinfoil with what appeared to be drug residue under his body. The 35-year-old overdose victim had been out of custody less […]

Although some people might expect very dangerous jobs to be associated with the highest incidence of workplace accidents, a new study finds that accidents are actually most likely to occur within moderately dangerous work environments. “In highly dangerous environments, individuals engage in a high degree of safety behaviours, which offsets the chance of an accident,” said Dr. James Beck, lead […]

Vitamin D intake could reduce cancer mortality in the population by twelve percent – provided the vitamin is taken daily. This was the result of an evaluation of 14 studies of the highest quality conducted at the German Cancer Research Center with a total of almost 105,000 participants. Vitamin D deficiency is widespread worldwide and is particularly common among cancer […]

Education: Surprisingly, the level of education was inconsequential in relation to COVID-19 vaccinations, since even those with professed educated admitted mistrust. A lack of COVID-19-themed literature geared specifically to Black communities. Experience of racial discrimination lived inside hospitals and within the health care network. Age: Black individuals between 14-34 were less likely to be vaccinated. Income level; and Belief in […]