TOPLINE: While the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in US children increased from the late 1990s to 2016, more recent data show rates remained steady at around 10% from 2017 to 2022. METHODOLOGY: Based on prior data, the prevalence of ADHD in children rose from 6.1% in 1997-1998 to 10.2% in 2015-2016, with a 42.0% increase from 2003 to 2011. […]
» Read more
Shaun Atwal was walking home on New Year’s Day 2021 when he slipped and fell on an icy street. The 27-year-old could have never imagined that his X-ray and further tests would reveal something far more sinister than a broken bone. Shaun was given the “devastating” diagnosis of osteosarcoma, which describes a rare form of bone cancer which typically affects […]
» Read more
Reviewed In cases where standard therapies fail, a medication called XEN1101 reduces seizure frequency by more than 50% in some patients and sometimes eliminates them altogether, a new study shows. Unlike several treatments that must be started at low doses and slowly ramped up, sildenafil hace efecto en mujeres the new drug can safety be taken at its most effective […]
» Read more
Reviewed In the game of soccer (association football), goalkeepers have a unique role. To do the job well, they must be ready to make split-second decisions based on incomplete information to stop their opponents from scoring a goal. Now researchers reporting in Current Biology on October 9 have some of the first solid scientific evidence that goalkeepers show fundamental differences […]
» Read more
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Nirmatrelvir–ritonavir (Paxlovid) is associated with a reduced risk for death or hospitalization in the most extremely vulnerable patients with COVID-19, new research suggests. In a cohort study from British Columbia, Canada, that included nearly 7000 patients with COVID-19, nirmatrelvir–ritonavir was associated with a 2.5% reduction in […]
» Read more
TOPLINE: Among pediatric patients with psoriasis, Black children and male children are significantly more likely to have palmoplantar psoriasis. METHODOLOGY: Researchers reviewed data on 330 children and youths aged 0–18 years who had received a primary psoriasis diagnosis and who were seen at an academic pediatric dermatology clinic from 2012 to 2022. Among these patients, 50 cases of palmoplantar psoriasis (PP) […]
» Read more
Contraceptive pills can reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis, while hormone treatment in connection with menopause can increase the risk later in life. In a new study of more than 200,000 women in the UK, researchers at Uppsala University have discovered connections between the use of sex hormones and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. The results have been published […]
» Read more
Scientists discover ancient cancer that can SPREAD like a virus among shellfish – as they warn ‘there could be many more transmissible types out there’ Contagious cancers mostly in dogs and Tasmanian devils, very rarely in humans Scientists expect there are many more types of contagious cancers out there READ MORE: Shellfish study raises concerns cancer can jump between species A […]
» Read more
In the game of soccer (association football), goalkeepers have a unique role. To do the job well, they must be ready to make split-second decisions based on incomplete information to stop their opponents from scoring a goal. Now researchers reporting in Current Biology have some of the first solid scientific evidence that goalkeepers show fundamental differences in the way they […]
» Read more
Reviewed Unvaccinated people who have recovered from COVID-19 are at heightened risk of heart complications almost a year later, a national study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and affiliated faculty has found. The study, based on testing and medical claims records of 106,012 people resident in Singapore and diagnosed with COVID-19 between 1 September and 31 November […]
» Read more