It’s January and it’s a new year. A chance to try new things, form new habits, and for new year resolutions to be in full swing. Perhaps on your list is to exercise a little more, eat your 5-a-day, or even stop smoking. For many, January is a time to reduce alcohol intake or go
Month: January 2022
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. As COVID cases in the United States have skyrocketed to what seems like new records every other day — mostly due to Omicron — speculation is rising among some experts and scientific novices alike that infection for many seems unavoidable. In
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Patients at a large health system in Southern California who had the omicron Covid variant were much less likely to need hospitalization, intensive care or die from the virus compared with
The FDA issued a warning over possible dental problems — including tooth decay, cavities, oral infections, and loss of teeth — with orally dissolving medications containing buprenorphine used for the treatment of opioid use disorder and pain. However, the agency noted that the “benefits for use outweigh these risks and oral care can help.” In
Manish, Kathy and their two children, Kitty and Mani. More people are surviving cancer than ever before, but sadly there are still those who run out of treatment options and have to face death far earlier than they ever imagined. For parents, who naturally expected to be a part of their children’s lives for many
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is undergoing repeated and extensive mutational changes that have led to the emergence of several variants of concern (VOC) that often show higher transmissibility and immune-evasion characteristics. Among these VOCs include the Delta variant, which played a major role in the most recent wave of infections, hospitalizations,
Disparities in air pollution exposure between racial and ethnic groups are getting worse, according to a new study. From 2000 to 2016, the average concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution in the U.S. decreased by 40%, from 12.6 µg/m-3 to 7.5 µg/m-3, according to Abdulrahman Jbaily, PhD, of Harvard T. H. Chan School of
David Bennett Sr., of Maryland, suffered from terminal heart disease and was ineligible for a regular heart transplant or an artificial heart pump because of how severe his condition was. But a first-of-its-kind heart transplant has saved his life. Photo: YouTube/Good Morning America Doctors at the University of Maryland Medicine received emergency authorization from the
New kidney research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is raising concerns that long-term use of drugs commonly prescribed to treat high-blood pressure and heart failure could be contributing to kidney damage. Patients should continue taking the medications, which include the well-known and widely used ACE inhibitors, the researchers say. But the scientists
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19’s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already be running out of people to infect, just a
Non small cell lung cancer cells. A new treatment for some people with a type of non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will now be routinely available on the NHS in England, following its approval by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The decision means the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda), in combination
When the pandemic started two years ago, public health experts were keen on having everyone wear face coverings regardless of whether they were made of fabric to regulate and even prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Flash forward to 2022, and experts are now discouraging the public from using cloth face masks if they
Having specific health issues, including depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease, as a middle-aged woman was associated with experiencing clinically important declines in health later in life, a new study finds. The most predictive parameters of poorer health at age 65 were cardiovascular disease, clinically significant depressive symptoms, and current smoking. Osteoarthritis, lower education level, and
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, center, and her family leave the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse after the jury found her guilty on four counts in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Dai Sugano | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, who was convicted of federal fraud
I opened my email recently and blurted out a heartbroken expletive that I can’t print here. Another member of our healthcare family had died by suicide. I didn’t know this person well, nor had I known our colleague who died from suicide just a few months before, but I felt as though I had been
A new international study offers a clearer picture of the impact of COVID-19 infection and the risk of severe outcomes on young people around the world. The study was co-led by a team of researchers from the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine (CSM), Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and
In 2018, three-year-old Aubrey English captured the hearts of people all over the world after a video went viral of her dancing to her favorite singer, Ciara, while battling cancer. Today, Aubrey, now six, thankfully won her fight and is now in remission! Photo: YouTube/Good Morning America Despite her cancer diagnosis, Aubrey remained positive and
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers determined evidence for post-exposure vaccination in reducing the mortality rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Researchers concluded that post-exposure prophylaxis successfully decreased severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-associated death rates. Study: BNT162b2 post-exposure-prophylaxis against COVID-19. Image Credit: Rido/Shutterstock Background Several drugs such as remdesivir,
It’s time we recognised that how we might look to others does not dictate how we should feel about ourselves. Go out and celebrate the real you, and enjoy the liberation it brings Beauty – or rather, the socially constructed appearance norms that are assigned the label of ‘beautiful’ – has long been framed as
Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination rate is 76% — 10 times higher than it is across the continent of Africa. While people in the wealthy West have had preferred access to multiple rounds of vaccines, vast numbers of people, especially in Africa and on the Indian subcontinent, haven’t received a single dose. This has permitted the virus to
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Colorado wildfire that destroyed more than 1,000 homes last month has forced the temporary closure of a hospital and upended the lives of health care workers as the state’s already strained health care system braces for another surge in covid-19
A genetically modified pig heart has been successfully transplanted into a 57-year-old man who had no other treatment options but is “doing well” 3 days after the procedure, officials at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), Baltimore, announced today. “This organ transplant demonstrated for the first time that a genetically modified animal heart can
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla addresses a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the factory of U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer in Puurs, Belgium April 23, 2021. John Thys | Pool | Reuters Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Monday said two doses of the company’s vaccine may not
Around one in five healthcare workers left medicine during the pandemic — nearly half a million since February 2020, according to federal data. But even pre-pandemic, some healthcare providers were scouting for other career options. MedPage Today spoke with three nurses who, in an unusual twist, chose to chart their own courses as entrepreneurs, managers,
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received three grants totaling more than $6.8 million to advance research on a novel imaging system to monitor uterine contractions. The electromyometrial imaging system, called EMMI, was invented and developed at Washington University. The device allows physicians to measure, in 3D, the electrical activity
When Kelsey Kulick’s now husband, Michael, proposed to her, she knew right away that she wanted to be able to sign her vows for his parents who are both deaf. She ran it by Michael, who thought it would be a great idea. Kelsey then contacted Michael’s aunt with her idea. His aunt knows sign
In a recent study published on the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers tested the ability of vaccine, and vaccine and natural infection-induced immunity to neutralize the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant. Study: Sub-optimal Neutralisation of Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variant by Antibodies induced by Vaccine alone or SARS-CoV-2 Infection plus Vaccine (Hybrid Immunity) post
The teenage years come with their own set of challenges. But did you know that you can use nutrition to your advantage? Our diet provides the building blocks for maintaining both our mental and physical health, and yet the influence of nutrition on mental wellbeing is often overlooked, despite the fact that physiological factors, such
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