Walmart opened 70 new HIV-focused specialty pharmacies in Colorado, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Florida in June and plans to expand the service’s focus in 2024 to include autoimmune conditions. WHY IT MATTERS Walmart announced Tuesday it has added its Specialty Pharmacies of the Community inside select retail locations, because one in three people living with HIV in the United […]
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Cyprus is battling an influx of disease-carrying mosquitoes by bringing in hundreds of thousands of the insects after being sterilized through radiation. The battle is primarily focused on eradicating the Aedes aegypti variety of mosquito that has been found in large numbers in the island nation’s coastal town of Larnaca. Cyprus’ Environmental Health Services head Herodotos Herodotou told The Associated […]
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Expert explains when hay fever is worst Hay fever is a common allergic reaction to pollen from plants, grass and trees. It can cause frustrating and at times debilitating symptoms such as watery eyes, urine smell tetracycline sneezing, itchy throat and headaches. In more extreme circumstances sufferers could experience shortness of breath and a tightness in their chest. The condition […]
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It may be bliss returning to an air-conditioned room after a day of lounging in the sun and working on that tan, but it apparently has some downsides, too. You may be familiar with that ‘stuffy’ feeling of being congested and a bit ‘bleh’ during or after your holiday. In fact, it’s pretty damn common. The culprit? It could all […]
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A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 11, entitled, "Old-age-induced obesity reversed by a methionine-deficient diet or oral administration of recombinant methioninase-producing Escherichia coli in C57BL/6 mice." Obesity increases with aging. Methionine restriction affects lipid metabolism and can prevent obesity in mice. In […]
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With an aging global population comes a need for new sensor technologies that can help clinicians and caregivers remotely monitor a person’s health. New smart pants based on fiber optic sensors could help by offering a nonintrusive way to track a person’s movements and issue alerts if there are signs of distress. “Our polymer optical fiber smart pants can be […]
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Recurrent bouts of systemic lupus erythematosus, marked by the body's immune system attack of its own tissues, closely tracked with measurable upticks in growth in the gut of a certain species of bacteria. New research from NYU Grossman School of Medicine shows that bacterial blooms of the gut bacterium Ruminococcus blautia gnavus occurred at the same time as disease flare-ups […]
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Assistance from an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm with high diagnostic accuracy improved radiologist performance in detecting lung cancers on chest X-rays and increased human acceptance of AI suggestions, according to a study published in the journal Radiology. While AI-based image diagnosis has advanced rapidly in the medical field, the factors affecting radiologists’ diagnostic determinations in AI-assisted image reading remain underexplored. […]
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