Ice cream! We can never get enough of it, be it in a cup, cone or straight from the tub. With Christmas peeking around the corner, it’s the best time of the year for some sweet frozen treats with your friends and family. After all, what’s better than enjoying a tub of ice cream with the
Month: December 2021
Adult atopic dermatitis (AD) patients with sleep disorders had higher levels of the inflammatory biomarker C-reactive protein (CRP), as well as a higher risk of developing adverse cardiovascular outcomes and mortality, results from a large cohort analysis showed. “The implications of these findings are vast,” presenting author Varsha Parthasarathy said during a late-breaking abstract session
As January nears, more workers will be going back to offices, not all at once and maybe not five days a week, but return to work will begin in earnest for more of the U.S. labor force in 2022. Are employers rushing, especially as the omicron variant of Covid presents new risks during winter peak
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced several actions Monday to improve “customer service” from the federal government, including initiatives affecting the provision of telehealth, maternity care for Medicaid beneficiaries, and healthcare services at the Department of Veterans Affairs. “Whether searching for vaccine safety information, claiming retirement benefits, receiving health insurance, passing through a security checkpoint,
A new bed tower at Duke University Hospital has now fully opened, with pediatric patients and their families moving into new rooms on four floors over the weekend. The move-in culminates years of planning and construction of the 11-floor Duke Central Tower, which was designed to provide larger, private patient rooms that accommodate technologically advanced
20-year-old Hannah Jordan, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has competed in more than 150 cycling races and has even claimed a world title. Of those cycling races was a rigorous course that rises more than 2,500 feet in elevation. Looking at Jordan, you will see an athletic, successful young woman. But what you won’t see is a
As part of our partnership with ScottishPower, our chief clinician headed to the world’s most important climate change conference to talk about the links between pollution and lung cancer in never smokers. There is definite shift in how we think about the disease says Professor Charles Swanton, but we have a long way to go.
When it comes to finding effective treatments against coronaviruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), researchers are finding there’s little need to reinvent the wheel. Repurposing existing treatments for other conditions may be effective in inhibiting viral infection and reducing symptoms of severe infection. Study: A signaling pathway-driven bioinformatics pipeline for predicting
Relationship expert James Thomas shares why starting off as friends before dating isn’t always a recipe for success Online dating. Apps. Speed dating. It feels like there has never been more ways to meet potential partners and, yet, research shows most romantic relationships stem from friendships. While dating during quarantine presented a whole new host
As winter begins and the holidays are in full swing, the COVID-19 pandemic has entered another worrying phase. Emergence of the omicron variant, along with increasing rates of infections, have left many people unsure about their holiday plans. On Dec. 2, 2021, President Joe Biden outlined a series of actions to respond to the COVID-19
Fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4) scores are strongly associated with severe liver disease outcomes in a primary care population, both in patients with known chronic liver disease and those without known CLD. The result could help identify patients with CLD before their condition becomes severe. FIB-4 has previously shown utility in predicting the risk of advanced fibrosis
Please be advised that this video contains graphic footage of surgery. This video demonstrates a total thyroidectomy and central (level VI) neck dissection performed and narrated by Dr. Daniel L. Price. Series Editors: Katherine P. Wallerius, M.D.; Andrew J. Goates, M.D.; Matthew L. Carlson, M.D. To learn more about the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Mayo
End-of-life discussions happen too late in the treatment of high-risk acute myelogenous leukemia, according to a review of 200 patients at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston. The prognosis isn’t good for high-risk AML, defined in the study as either relapsing/recurrent disease or a diagnosis made past the age of 59 years. Almost
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo | EPA | Bloomberg | Getty Images Covid booster shots are “optimal care” as the
SAN ANTONIO — A headline-making antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) continued to impress breast cancer specialists by demonstrating activity in tumors with low HER2 expression and in some breast cancers with undetectable HER2. As expected, trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd, Enhertu) showed robust activity in HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer, producing objective responses in 71% of patients. Additionally, 38% of
An immunotherapy harnessing the immune system’s “natural killer” cells has proven effective in treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in some adults whose cancers return. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown, in a small clinical trial, that the same natural killer cells also can help some children and young
Holidays can be a tough time for people, especially those who face difficult medical diagnoses, some even terminal. A lot of the time, one parent has to stay home to care for their child in need, while the other parent works. Due to only one parent working, sometimes they don’t have the means to provide
A novel artificial intelligence score provides a more accurate forecast of the likelihood of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease dying within 10 years than established scores used by health professionals worldwide. The research is presented today at EuroEcho 2021, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Unlike traditional methods
When festivities become overwhelming, try these five mindful tips to reclaim some calm 1. Try not to focus on just one day Our anxieties can heighten during the build-up to a special event, then languish when it’s over too quickly. If you can, try to spread the festivities out over the week. Not only does
Patients ages 65 years and older with atopic dermatitis (AD) have similar disease severity when compared with younger adult patients, but they have more profound sleep disturbances, especially trouble staying asleep. Those are key findings from a cross-sectional study that Jaya Manjunath, BS, and Jonathan I. Silverberg, MD, PhD, MPH, presented during a poster session
Please be advised that this video contains graphic footage of surgery. This video demonstrates a lingual frenulectomy (tongue tie release) in an adolescent boy for speech difficulty performed by Drs. Balakrishnan and Barnes. Chapter Authors: Jason H. Barnes, M.D., Karthik Balakrishnan, M.D., M.P.H. Series Editors: Andrew J. Goates, M.D., Matthew L. Carlson, M.D. To learn
ATLANTA — An experimental bi-specific, T-cell engaging (BiTE) monoclonal antibody, mosunetuzumab (Genentech), has induced high response rates and long-duration responses as monotherapy for patients with heavily pretreated, relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma in a phase 2 expansion study. At a median follow-up of 18.3 months, 54 of 90 patients (60%) had a complete response, and
A woman is getting a Covid-19 test at a Covid-19 mobile testing site at the Times Square in New York City, United States on Dec 6, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said the first-known case of omicron in the U.S. was found
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the week. Topics include COVID vaccine
For many emerging adults, the period between 18 and 25 years of age marks a stage of life to explore what matters to them and assume new legal rights and responsibilities, including their own private health information and medical decision-making. But this transition to independence can create sticky family dynamics, especially when emerging adults remain
The Burkman family of Frisco, Texas, always has an extravagant lights display outside of their home for Christmas. It all started because of their kids, who have autism. Photo: YouTube/Fox 4 Dallas Both of them are now grown, but as kids they always loved Christmas and lights. The holidays can be overwhelming for just about
En las primeras etapas de la pandemia, le pedimos a la experta en gratitud, Antonia Albany, que compartiera algunos pensamientos sobre cómo permanecer agradecido en circunstancias difíciles. Estamos repasando sus pensamientos, que son tan relevantes este año como lo fueron el año pasado. Durante nueve largos meses de COVID, hemos hecho todo lo posible para
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) and Ryukyu Football Club Co., Ltd. (FC Ryukyu) have today launched a new partnership, aimed at understanding how athletes’ minds behave during team sports. The insights into brain science gained during the project may one day con-tribute to improving the performance of professional athletes in team
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