Medications
One in 8 US adults have now used meds like Ozempic, finds poll
About 1 in 8 U.S. adults (12%) have tried a weight-loss drug like Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound or Mounjaro, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll says.
8 hours ago
0
0
News tagged with disease
Psychology & Psychiatry
Is emotional eating sabotaging your weight-loss efforts?
You know losing that extra weight would be good for your health. Your health care team talked with you about how obesity increases your risk of other health issues, such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and ...
May 6, 2024
0
0
Cardiology
Personalized screening early in pregnancy may improve preeclampsia detection
A new screening algorithm for preeclampsia combining maternal history, ultrasound data and several tests for blood markers may better predict the majority of preeclampsia cases in the first trimester of pregnancy, when it ...
May 6, 2024
0
0
Oncology & Cancer
Unraveling the link between the microbiome and esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer (EC) is an aggressive malignancy with a poor prognosis, with its development and progression potentially influenced by changes in the esophageal microbiome. Recent studies have revealed that specific microbiome ...
May 9, 2024
0
0
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Older Veterans with cognitive difficulties could mistakenly be diagnosed with Alzheimer's when PTSD is root cause
A new study has investigated how measures of thinking, memory, and Alzheimer's disease risk group together in Veterans aged 65 and older without dementia. Results of the study showed multiple patterns of cognitive strengths ...
May 9, 2024
0
0
Medical economics
COVID-19 study examines link between insurance, race and vaccination trends
Research from recent graduate Brock Santi of the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) explored the link between COVID-19, insurance coverage, race, ethnicity and vaccination, shedding ...
May 8, 2024
0
0
Neuroscience
Flicker stimulation shines in clinical trial for epilepsy
Biomedical engineer Annabelle Singer has spent the past decade developing a noninvasive therapy for Alzheimer's disease that uses flickering lights and rhythmic tones to modulate brain waves. Now she has discovered that the ...
11 hours ago
0
15
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify highly drug-resistant infections from stem cell treatments in Mexico
Experts in mycobacterial diseases at National Jewish Health, in collaboration with local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), are investigating a potential outbreak of a highly drug-resistant ...
May 9, 2024
0
0
Medical research
EU researchers are taking fresh approaches to understanding immune-system disorders for more effective treatments
In mid-2015 and early 2016 in Finland, a group of scientists became interested in inspecting doormats. The pursuit, while seemingly unusual, had a serious aim: to determine whether a higher mix of microbes typically found ...
7 hours ago
0
0
Gastroenterology
MRE-liver stiffness measure better for varices in NAFLD cirrhosis
For patients with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) compensated cirrhosis (CC), liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is significantly higher than acoustic radiation ...
May 8, 2024
0
0
