Medications
Why do some medicines need to be taken with food?
Have you ever been instructed to take your medicine with food and wondered why? Perhaps you've wondered if you really need to?
Sep 10, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Exploring the possible link between PTSD and early menopause
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can cause an array of adverse mental health effects, but physical side effects are also common. A new study conducted with Persian Gulf War female military personnel demonstrates that ...
Sep 10, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Clinical hypnosis vs. cognitive behavioral therapy: What's better for managing hot flashes?
Nonhormone options for hot flashes and other menopause symptoms are growing in popularity, especially for women who cannot take hormones due to health complications. Cognitive behavioral therapy and clinical hypnosis are ...
Sep 10, 2024
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Health
Intimate partner violence shown to take toll on women's cognitive performance
As we age, it is likely harder to repeat a phone number we just heard. Memory impairment is considered a normal part of aging. However, due to various risk factors, some people experience greater decline. A new study suggests ...
Sep 10, 2024
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Medications
Off-label drugs prescribed for breathlessness may do more harm than good, warn scientists
A new study from King's College London shows that off-label prescriptions of a common antidepressant doesn't help breathlessness in patients with respiratory disease—and may cause side effects.
Sep 9, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Smoking before the age of 18 increases the risk of developing respiratory symptoms in your 20s, study finds
People who started smoking under the age of 18 are more likely to experience respiratory symptoms, such as wheezing and phlegm, in their 20s, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress ...
Sep 9, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Voice changes recorded on a smartphone can indicate a flare up of COPD symptoms, study shows
Changes in people's voices recorded on a smartphone can signal a serious flare up in symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a pilot study presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) ...
Sep 9, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Study shows that vaccination against RSV lowers the risk of hospitalization in people over 60
A team of doctors and medical researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that vaccinating people 60 years and older against the respiratory syncytial ...
Neuroscience
Nature vs. nurture: Depression amplified in difficult environments for youth with a larger left hippocampus, study finds
While the mental health crisis has touched the lives of young people across a broad age spectrum, new Northwestern University research has found that the presence of difficult social environments and the absence of positive ...
Sep 5, 2024
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover new insights into the neurobiological origins of ataxia
A new study by the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital in Finland investigated the origin of ataxia in the brain of patients with stroke. A significant number of the stroke lesions in the patients were located ...
Sep 5, 2024
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Symptom
A symptom (from Greek σύμπτωμα, "accident, misfortune, that which befalls", from συμπίπτω, "I befall", from συν- "together, with" + πίπτω, "I fall") is a departure from normal function or feeling which is noticed by a patient, indicating the presence of disease or abnormality. A symptom is subjective, observed by the patient, and not measured.
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