Gastroenterology
Gut bugs could play role in chronic constipation
An overgrowth of gut microorganisms that produce methane could be a cause of severe constipation in many people, a new review finds.
Sep 4, 2024
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Medications
Ketamine clinics vary widely in pregnancy-related safeguards, study finds
More hospitals and clinics now offer patients ketamine therapy for severe depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions that haven't responded to other treatments.
Sep 3, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What is the EEE mosquito-borne virus?
New England is on alert following one death and a handful of infections of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus.
Sep 3, 2024
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Medical research
Researchers map carbon footprint of cardiac patients, from hospital admission to discharge
Health care is a leading contributor to the world's carbon footprint. New analysis on the environmental impact of two common heart procedures shows it is possible to make changes within cardiac care, without compromising ...
Sep 2, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Q&A: How a simple blood test could affect how Alzheimer's is diagnosed
A simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, which afflicts nearly 7 million Americans, could soon replace more invasive and expensive diagnostic methods such as spinal taps and brain scans.
Aug 31, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Potential new drug could target rare childhood brain tumor
Ribociclib—a drug already used to treat breast cancer—may help slow the growth of diffuse hemispheric glioma (DHG), new research has found.
Aug 30, 2024
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Surgery
Plastic surgery patients who use marijuana also have elevated nicotine levels
Marijuana use is common among patients considering plastic surgery and is associated with elevated nicotine levels on laboratory tests, reports a paper in the September issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Aug 29, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
People with type 2 diabetes at higher risk of certain cancers could be identified by a simple blood test, study suggests
Individuals with type 2 diabetes who are at higher risk of certain cancers could be identified by a simple blood test, this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) (Madrid, 9–13 ...
Aug 27, 2024
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Health
Nutritionist offers advice on iron supplementation
Iron deficiency is common and can be debilitating. It mainly affects women. One in three premenopausal women are low in iron compared to just 5% of Australian men. Iron deficiency particularly affects teenage girls, women ...
Aug 27, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US will offer free COVID tests by mail by late September
As a summer surge in COVID cases begins to ebb and Americans brace themselves for yet another wave of infections this winter, more free COVID tests will soon be available to all, federal health officials announced Friday.
Aug 26, 2024
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