Medications
Use of 'benzo' sedatives like Valium, Xanax won't raise dementia risk: Study
Benzodiazepines do not appear to increase dementia risk, but could have subtle long-term effects on brain structure, a new study reports.
Jul 2, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: How the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could become humanity's problem
Four years ago, as attention locked onto COVID-19, another virus began circling the globe. A major outbreak of a new strain of bird flu—formally named influenza A virus subtype H5N1—has since killed millions of wild birds ...
Jul 2, 2024
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Surgery
New insights in the treatment of patellar sleeve fractures in youth
Researchers in the Division of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Performance Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced results from a large retrospective study of patients surgically treated for patellar ...
Jul 2, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Hypnotherapy may offer real benefits for cancer patient care
Hypnotherapy could offer a host of benefits to cancer patients; however, a recent study published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has highlighted the need for more education ...
Jul 2, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Researchers compare joint loading and muscle forces between novice and experienced runners
The relationship between running experience, running mechanics and the risk of injury, particularly to the knees, is discussed in the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology. The research looks at the ...
Jul 1, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
How a San Diego doctor led the antiabortion movement to embrace controversial pill 'reversal'
Two months before the U.S. Supreme Court shot down an attempt to ban abortion medication, a San Diego County doctor who was a plaintiff in the case stepped onto a stage in Texas and warned that another civil war is coming—this ...
Jul 1, 2024
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Health
Not quite medicine, not quite food: How a product like mushroom gummies can fall through the regulatory cracks
Several people across the country have recently been hospitalized after consuming mushroom gummies distributed by Australian brand Uncle Frog and made in the United States. Their reported symptoms included elevated heart ...
Jun 29, 2024
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Cardiology
The rules for measuring blood pressure—and why they exist
The last time your blood pressure was measured, did you rush to the appointment while sipping coffee? Were you perched on an exam table with your legs dangling or your arm hanging? Were you chatting with a medical staff member ...
Jun 26, 2024
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Health
Expert advises easing into summer sports to avoid Achilles injuries
The warm summer weather can make adults feel like kids again. The Weekend Warrior comes roaring out, and the excitement and bursts of exertion can lead to a very common injury among that group: Achilles tendinitis.
Jun 26, 2024
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Gastroenterology
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle regulates microbiota–gut–inner ear axis for hearing protection
As industrialization and urbanization accelerate, noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) has become an increasingly prevalent sensorineural hearing disorder. Despite the widespread use of hearing aids and cochlear implants to ...
Jun 25, 2024
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