While responsible and moderate drinking isn’t detrimental for people with diabetes, we’d understand if you want to cut back on it or take it away from your diet. Fortunately, being sober doesn’t mean being boring. There are plenty of non-alcoholic “adult” drinks that won’t disappoint your palate and your pancreas. Here are some of them.
Month: December 2020
Tohoku University scientists have, for the first time, provided experimental evidence that cell stickiness helps them stay sorted within correct compartments during development. How tightly cells clump together, known as cell adhesion, appears to be enabled by a protein better known for its role in the immune system. The findings were detailed in the journal
A visitor tries a plant-based meat substitute product at the Restaurant & Bar and Gourmet Asia expo at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition centre in Hong Kong on November 11, 2020. Peter Parks | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Demand for meat alternatives has grown and will continue to rise, but the industry
COVID-19 antibodies preferentially target a different part of the virus in mild cases of COVID-19 than they do in severe cases, and wane significantly within several months of infection, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford Medicine. The findings identify new links between the course of the disease and a patient’s immune response.
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include clown effectiveness for hospitalized kids, soccer
Dr. Edythe Strand, Emeritus Professor and Consultant, division of Speech Pathology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, provides a complete description of CAS. The nature of the neurologic deficits that may be involved are discussed, and terms related to CAS such as planning and programming for speech and proprioception are described. For more information, visit http://mayocl.in/2ifnYX3
The Overthrowing Anxiety Program is your ultimate guide to healing any and all types of anxiety safely and naturally by making simple steps that result in big change. Although there’s nothing wrong with taking prescription medication for your anxiety, these options only help manage the symptoms instead of eliminating them. Therapy is a great option
Yet another study has linked the consumption of ultraprocessed, or “junk,” foods to bad health outcomes. In a longitudinal analysis of more than 22,000 men and women from southern Italy, those who consumed the most ultraprocessed food (UPF) had the highest risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality, likely mediated through a diet high
This year, many people are facing the prospect of spending the festive season alone. 2020 has already been tough enough, and in the past nine months we’ve watched as the numbers of people reporting loneliness have edged ever higher. Many people may be facing the prospect of Christmas on their own for the first time,
It’s official: Don’t rely on just your mask to protect you from coronavirus-contaminated droplets. You have to keep your distance if you want a fighting chance against contracting Covid-19. Using technology designed to mimic what happens in face-to-face interactions, researchers from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at New Mexico State University tested various
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A pedestrian wears a face mask while walking past a car exiting a COVID-19 testing site in San Francisco. LOS ANGELES (AP) — California became the first state to record 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, reaching the milestone on Christmas Eve
People say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Then again, you probably get confused because you hear about people who don’t eat breakfast and do intermittent fasting… and they seem like they’re doing perfectly fine. So, who do you believe? What do you do? What’s the best thing for you? And
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 17, 2020– Moderna, Inc., (Nasdaq:MRNA) a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today confirmed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) recommended that the FDA grant an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Company’s COVID-19
FDA Approves Riabni (rituximab-arrx), a Biosimilar to Rituxan THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Riabni (rituximab-arrx), a biosimilar to Rituxan® (rituximab), for the treatment of adult patients with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)
A view of signage leading to one of the testing centers at Heathrow Airport on December 22, 2020 in London, England. Joseph Okpako | Getty Images News | Getty Images The United States will begin requiring people flying in from the U.K. to test negative for Covid-19 no more than 72 hours before departure, the
Jean Lengenfelder, PhD, of Kessler Foundation, received a two-year $168,001 grant from the New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research to study the impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on the ability of children to reliably process the emotions of others. Children with TBI often struggle with social interaction and relationships, even years after their
We hear the same stats all the time. Burnout. Alcoholism. Suicide. Divorce. When compared with the rest of the population, physicians are basically twice as prone to everything undesirable. And while medicine is strenuous regardless of gender, female physicians leave medicine at higher rates — largely because how we practice medicine was created by and
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, or GERD, is often the result of a hiatal hernia or weakness of the valve called the lower esophageal sphincter. Over time, reflux can lead to Barretts esophagus, dysplasia and even esophagus cancer (adenocarcinoma.) This video shows how an operation called fundoplication can help prevent acid from splashing into the esophagus. Mayo
The Oxidized Cholesterol Strategy Review – High cholesterol levels and plaque build-up are factors that cause millions of deaths every single year. Heart disease, strokes and many other serious health issues can often be traced back to high cholesterol levels. Doctors often try to treat cholesterol problems with statins. This is a harsh type of
We round-up seasonal screen warmers, that teach us a thing or two about wellbeing, relationships, community, and acceptance ‘Tis the season to get cosy in front of a good film, and luckily there are plenty to choose from. We know that Christmas films tend to have a feel-good element to them, but have you ever
For most people across the globe, the wait for Covid-19 vaccination is approaching a finish line. But vaccine development, including tests for safety and efficacy, is only part of the story. The vaccine still needs to be produced and shipped out. A question remains: what kind of safety checks happen at the plants manufacturing the
Washington, DC, has approved legislation that allows minors as young as 11 to consent to vaccination without their parents’ knowledge — if a physician determines the child is capable of giving informed consent. It also prohibits insurers from sending an explanation of benefits to the parents, and it requires a physician to submit the immunization
This year has been anything but easy and, with 2021 just days away, how can we prepare for another year of uncertainty? Astrology and moonology expert, Yasmin Boland, shares her tips for making 2021 work for you As we go into the New Year, it’s a time to live consciously and intentionally. Arguably, the most
A year ago, while many Americans were finishing their holiday shopping and finalizing travel plans, doctors in Wuhan, China, were battling a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia with no known cause. Chinese doctors began to fear they were witnessing the return of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, a coronavirus that emerged in China in late
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the EndoRotor System (Interscope, Inc) for removal of necrotic tissue in patients with walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WOPN). “This device has shown its potential to provide a minimally invasive way to remove harmful necrotic pancreatic tissue in patients with walled-off pancreatic necrosis,” Charles Viviano, MD, PhD, acting
This content originally appeared on Beyond Type 1. Republished with permission. By Esi Akyere Mali Snodgrass When I was in the 4th grade and attended Roosevelt Elementary School in Iowa City, Iowa we had a school-wide science project called ‘Operation Egg Drop’. The challenge was to have each class pull together their best ‘engineers’ to
In the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, much research has focused on the role of neutralizing antibodies in countering infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Most of these studies have been based on genome sequencing, showing matches between the Hypervariable Region (HVR) and the antigen’s receptor-binding domain (RBD). The results have
NEWTON, Mass., Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KPTI), a commercial stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Xpovio (selinexor), the Company’s first-in-class, oral Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) medicine, in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone for the treatment
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