Dozens of major hospitals across the U.S. are grappling with whether to ignore a federal decision allowing broader emergency use of blood plasma from recovered COVID patients to treat the disease in favor of dedicating their resources to a gold-standard clinical trial that could help settle the science for good. As many as 45 hospitals from coast to coast have […]
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(HealthDay)—The risk for cancer is reduced among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online Aug. 13 in Autoimmunity Reviews. Mahsa Ghajarzadeh, M.D., M.P.H., from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran, and colleagues examined the pooled risk for cancer in patients with MS. Data were included from five articles that met the […]
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University of Calgary scientists have discovered how to capture “live” images of immune cells inside the lungs. The group at the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases at the Cumming School of Medicine is the first in the world to find a way to record, in real time, how the immune system battles bacteria impacting the alveoli, or air sacs, in […]
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Hungry baby boy! Artem Chigvintsev and Nikki Bella’s 3-week-old son’s feeding schedule keeps his parents up at night. Everything We Know Pregnant Nikki Bella Has Said About Starting a Family “What’s sleep? Do people really sleep?” the Dancing With the Stars pro, 38, joked during a Monday, August 24, Good Morning America appearance. “I really feel bad for Nicole, because […]
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At TriHealth, a health system based in Cincinnati, Ohio, clinicians were feeling the pinch between balancing their actual jobs (in caring for patients) and administrative work, like electronic health record data entry. THE PROBLEM Staff members previously had to search through paper records to find the patient information they needed, thus hindering efficient and informed decision-making. Every transition in care […]
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Experts say many people feel guilty after testing positive for COVID-19 as well as anxiety about spreading the illness to others. They say part of those emotions may stem from the fact people sometimes blame themselves for a situation in which they don’t have a lot of control. Experts say people with COVID-19 can ease their feelings of guilt and […]
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We’ve long been told that it’s okay to drink alcohol, as long as we do so in moderation. But new research warns that even a small amount of booze can have a negative impact on our health. Just half a glass of wine or one small bottle of beer a day can lead to metabolic syndrome – a combination of […]
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The brain’s structure has columnar features, which are hypothesized to arise from nerve cells (neurons) stemming from the same parent cell, initially forming radial units. How exactly this process unfolds at the molecular level remains unexplained, however. Now, an important insight comes from Makoto Sato and colleagues from Kanazawa University who show how, in the fly brain, a gene known […]
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(HealthDay)—Severe hypoglycemia is associated with a substantially higher risk for falls among community-dwelling adults with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the September issue of Diabetes Care. Alexandra K. Lee, Ph.D., from the University of California in San Francisco, and colleagues used data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study to identify 1,162 participants with diagnosed diabetes […]
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Arthritis is a common condition that can affect people of all ages, according to the NHS. But regularly adding more aubergine to your diet could help to protect against the condition, it’s believed. Arthritis pain can lead to a number of debilitating symptoms that patients will want to try and avoid. The condition can make life more difficult when carrying out […]
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