Experts' discussions and recommendations addressing the interface between cancer and heart disease were published this month in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society summarizing sessions from a virtual bench to bedside ...
Jul 7, 2022
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Peyronie's (pay-roe-NEEZ) disease is a scar-forming condition that can cause pain, penile bending, penile shortening and erectile dysfunction. The condition, which is estimated to affect millions of men in the U.S., is characterized ...
Jul 5, 2022
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First came the "edible billboard," which appeared last year during the holidays in New York's East Village loaded with cake treats. Then, in late January, came the national marketing campaign, with TV and digital media promoting ...
Jun 28, 2022
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In recent years, a new treatment strategy known as focal therapy (partial gland ablation) has emerged for prostate cancer considered to be "intermediate risk"—mostly, small tumors confined to one area of the prostate. At ...
Jun 15, 2022
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A University of Houston biomedical engineer is expanding the study of wireless electrodes to treat hypertension and is reporting that blood pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) is controlled by bioelectronic ...
Jun 7, 2022
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For the first time, researchers have shown what happens to the brain when a person receives a depression treatment known as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). The results were published today in the American ...
May 18, 2022
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A program of regular exercise along with expert dietary advice is linked to a reduction in mobility problems among frail older people living in the community, finds a trial published by The BMJ today.
May 11, 2022
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Psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, helps to "open up" depressed people's brains, even after use, enabling brain regions to talk more freely to one another.
Apr 11, 2022
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Many individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly those with early stages of the disease, those belonging to minority groups, and those whose primary language is not English, may not have adequate knowledge ...
Mar 24, 2022
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The FABO study showed that family-based behavioral treatment delivered at an obesity outpatient clinic improved weight-related outcomes significantly more than treatment as usual among children aged 6–18 years with severe ...
Mar 21, 2022
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