Despite the drink’s popularity, there isn’t a lot of research on why coffee sends many people running to the bathroom within minutes of consuming it. “In some cases, as with coffee and bowel movements, there likely just hasn’t been the medical demand to merit serious investigation,” Dr. Kyle Staller, director of the Gastrointestinal Motility Laboratory
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Welcome to our newest blog series, “Five Questions With…” In this series, we will highlight the unsung heroes that make healthcare work. From guest services to the phlebotomist, the pet therapy volunteer, and the environmental services workers. These individuals enhance our experiences when we are getting care and highlight human connection and support. Thank you for all
Just when it looked like COVID cases were starting to fall after the high peaks of January, infections are rising once again around the world. The main driver of this latest surge is the more infectious BA.2 sub-lineage of the omicron variant, which has been becoming more common ever since Christmas. In the UK, increased
A recently published set of treatment flow diagrams uses simplified diagnosis and management pathways to help primary care providers (PCPs) in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere treat patients with allergies. Most patients with allergy problems first see PCPs, not allergists, the authors write in Allergy. The new flow diagrams help PCPs treat anaphylaxis, asthma,
Cancer survival is a key measure of the effectiveness of healthcare systems. In the UK, the fact that people are less likely to survive their cancer when compared to people in other, similar countries, has been an important driver of reform and investment in healthcare. International differences in how likely people are to survive cancer
The emergence and rapid spread of a novel coronavirus, namely, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), caused the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Numerous SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged worldwide due to genomic mutations. They have been classified as variants of concern (VOC) and variants of interest (VOI) based on their enhanced virulence and high
A black fungus outbreak affected thousands of people in India when the country was battling a surge in COVID-19 cases last year. Researchers have now pointed out that the burning of cow dung is likely behind the epidemic. Mucormycosis (CAM), more commonly known as black fungus, is a rare fungal infection caused by molds called
Conduction system pacing (CSP) produced the same degree of cardiac resynchronization, ventricular reverse modeling, and similar clinical outcomes as did biventricular pacing (BiVP) in patients with heart failure and wide QRS, a small, randomized study has shown. The rates of complications requiring reintervention were equivalent. However, x-ray time was slightly longer with CSP, Margarida Pujol-López,
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Cathy Dozal gets her second booster shot against COVID-19 from Vocational nursing student, Patricia Lizardo, at Long Beach City College in Long Beach on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Brittany Murray | Medianews Group | Getty Images Leading U.S. scientists and physicians worry that the FDA and CDC are moving too fast in approving a fourth
Five childhood risk factors that predict stroke and heart attacks in adulthood have been identified after being tracked for up to half a century in the world’s largest international prospective cardiovascular disease study. The study, conducted by the International Childhood Cardiovascular Consortium (i3C) including researchers from the Murdoch Children Research Institute (MCRI), found body mass
The investigational drug trofinetide showed modest benefit in girls and young women with Rett syndrome, the phase III LAVENDER study showed. After 12 weeks of treatment, significant differences in two co-primary endpoints and a key secondary endpoint were seen with trofinetide versus placebo, reported Jeffrey Neul, MD, PhD, of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, in a
April is Stress Awareness Month. Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter and learn how to cope. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. A few decades earlier, the introduction of new medications to treat depression and anxiety disrupted the depiction of mental
American women are more likely to diefrom a preventable health cause than women in other developed countries. The reason? High healthcare costs deter them from seeking medical help. The Commonwealth Fundreleased a report Tuesday that looked at women’s health in 11 high-income countries. It found that American women had the highest mortality rate at reproductive ages. The
Metacognitive training (MCT) is effective in reducing positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, new research suggests. MCT for psychosis is a brief intervention that “combines psychoeducation, cognitive bias modification, and strategy teaching but does not directly target psychosis symptoms.” Results from a meta-analysis of 40 studies with more than 1800 total participants with schizophrenia showed
Findings from a new study are providing important insights into the spread of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which is transmitted from dogs to people through ticks. The new data are being used to create models that could help predict, and possibly prevent, future outbreaks. If not treated within the first five days, Rocky Mountain spotted
The list of COVID-19 symptoms has gotten bigger after experts added nine more entries to it this week. On Monday, the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) updated its list of COVID-19 symptoms to include nine more signs that could help people tell if they have contracted the novel coronavirus. COVID-19 Symptoms List The original signs
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Biden administration announced Tuesday a massive federal effort to better understand, diagnose, and treat the crippling effects of long COVID. The National Research Action Plan on long COVID will gather experts from various agencies, including the Department of Defense and
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky gives her opening statement during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on “Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response” on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 4, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday said there is enough
An international report with recommendations designed to counteract school-related sedentary behavior in children and youth, exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, has been released by the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN), in partnership with the University of Prince Edward Island and the CHEO Research Institute. The report, International School-Related Sedentary Behaviour Recommendations for Children and Youth,
Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting. The 67-year-old actor, well known for his roles in the Die Hard series, The Sixth Sense, Pulp Fiction, as well as many others, has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, his family said. Ex-wife Demi Moore announced on Instagram: “To Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to
Of course you are, but don’t blame your pup. A new study finds that humans are the culprit behind those irresistibly sweet peepers — in fact, we bred those doleful eyes into today’s domesticated dogs starting some 33,000 years ago. “Dogs are unique from other mammals in their reciprocated bond with humans which can be
Reaching out for support with your mental health takes a lot of courage in the first place, but what happens when getting the right diagnosis isn’t straightforward? Lizzy Adas’s story begins in 2008, when she was 22 years old. She was working as a manager for a pub chain, and recalls how she would go
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that it is not going anywhere anytime soon. Since the omicron subvariant BA.2 gained dominance in the U.S. last month, there has been a growing concern about a possible surge in cases and transmissions in the country. Experts have since been encouraging the administration of another booster shot.
When the PCSK9 inhibitor alirocumab is added to high-intensity statins soon after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the reduction in atheroma volume is doubled at 12 months, compared with placebo, while other key signs of plaque stabilization, such as fibrous cap thickness, are also significantly and substantially improved, according to the results of the PACMAN-AMI
What fathers eat has a lasting effect on the future health of their unborn children, new research has revealed. The Queensland Family Cohort study, led by The University of Queensland and Mater Research, identified an urgent need for targeted public health messaging to improve the diets of soon-to-be parents. The researchers examined dietary data from
Certain wounds don’t heal quite as well as others, but a team of researchers has found how an extract from wild blueberries may help with healing. About one to two percent of the people in developed countries are estimated to experience a chronic wound in their lifetime. These are the wounds that don’t go through a “normal, orderly, and