Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Loss of smell, not disease severity, predicts persistent cognitive impairment 1 year after SARS-CoV-2 infection, preliminary results of new research suggest. The findings provide important insight into the long-term cognitive impact of COVID-19, study investigator Gabriela Gonzalez-Alemán, PhD, professor at Pontifical
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According to a 2019 study, spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing. So, we’re rounding up some of the most joyful and unusual ways to pass the time outdoors “Nature is fuel for the soul,” Richard Ryan, professor of psychology at the University of Rochester, said. In
Authorities have identified Burkholderia pseudomallei in U.S. environmental samples “for the first time.” The bacteria can cause the infectious disease known as melioidosis or Whitmore’s disease. Health officials tested samples after two “unrelated individuals” in the Gulf Coast region of the southern U.S. fell ill with melioidosis on two separate occasions — one in July 2020 and
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — If there’s one truth that David R. Stukus, MD, has come to realize from his 2 years as director of a food allergy treatment center, it’s that food allergies in children and adolescents are grossly overdiagnosed and misdiagnosed. “When they’re given a diagnosis of food allergy, many families do not receive proper
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. July 20, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19 once again after consecutive days of testing negative for the virus, his physician said. Biden, 79, is experiencing no new symptoms and
JMIR Publications recently published “Web-Based Training for Nurses on Using a Decision Aid to Support Shared Decision-making About Prenatal Screening: Parallel Controlled Trial” in JMIR Nursing which reported that in this study, these authors aimed to assess the impact of a shared decision-making (SDM) training program on nurses’ intention to use a decision aid with
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 the signs
The US Food and Drug Administration advised vaccine makers in June to update the boosters to add an Omicron BA.4/5 component and create a bivalent booster. “Pfizer and Moderna have indicated that they anticipate the modified vaccines being available as early as September,” an FDA spokesperson said. HHS announced Friday an agreement to purchase 66
Dr. Yuanjie Mao has led a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Oncology looking at the correlation between daily insulin dose and cancer incidence (the number of new cases) among patients with type 1 diabetes, finding that higher insulin dose is positively associated with cancer incidence and that the association
Monica Colaiacovo, associate professor of genetics, studies how environmental chemicals affect production of sperm and eggs. This video is part of a series in which researchers explain the importance of their work: http://hms.harvard.edu/research/science-matters.
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While time management and efficiency are key for maximizing productivity, learning how to maintain intense focus for prolonged periods of time is equally important. Start by using the 80/20 Rule. Find the 20% of elements in your life that are leading to 80% of the distractions. Spend five minutes and list out 20 of your
Wearable devices like a fertility tracker can help detect COVID-19 as early as two days before the onset of symptoms, a new study has shown. For their research, scientists used an AVA fertility tracker, which measures respiratory rate, heart rate, heart rate variability, wrist-skin temperature and blood flow at night. The bracelet is commercially available and
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Evusheld (AstraZeneca), a medication used to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients at high risk, has problems, namely, supplies of the potentially lifesaving drug outweigh demand. At least 7 million people who are immunocompromised could benefit from it, as could many others
When it comes to climaxing, why are heterosexual women drawing the short straw? Do you remember the last time you orgasmed during sex? According to research, if you’re a woman in a heterosexual relationship, this question may leave you scratching your head. This is thanks to ‘the orgasm gap’ – a term that has been
A growing number of younger American adults aged 18 to 34 have been suffering from chronic health conditions like obesity, high blood pressure, and depression, according to new federal data. Released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the data indicated that in 2019, more than half
Past decompensation in alcohol-associated hepatitis may be linked with worse survival following liver transplantation, but it’s not all bad news, according to a retrospective study. Traditionally, patients with alcoholic liver disease were asked to be alcohol free for 6 months before consideration for a liver transplantation. In recent years, there’s been a loosening of that
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Club holding AbbVie (ABBV) reported a mixed second quarter Friday morning. On the top line, net revenue increased 6.1% on an operational basis to $14.58 billion, but that missed the consensus estimate on FactSet of $14.67 billion. Adjusted earnings per share increased 11.2% to $3.37, beating estimates of $3.32. Included in earnings was a 14-cent
Elementary school-age children who get less than nine hours of sleep per night have significant differences in certain brain regions responsible for memory, intelligence and well-being compared to those who get the recommended nine to 12 hours of sleep per night, according to a new study led by University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM)
MONTREAL – A man who held a record of sorts in living with HIV infection is now one of a handful of individuals in the world to have achieved a functional cure of the disease which causes AIDS as well as remission from acute leukemia, researchers reported here. The so-called “City of Hope patient” is
And Garrett-Pate is one of the lucky ones. His partner works an hourly job, so when his doctor recommended that he get the vaccine, he had to go on his lunch hour. After two hours in line, he gave up and went back to work. He had to start the process over again another day
Hypertension more than doubles the risk of hospitalization related to Omicron infection, even in people who are fully vaccinated and boosted, according to a new study led by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai. The findings are published in the journal Hypertension. The risk is especially widespread given that nearly 1 out of
Knowing what we’re willing to share, who has access to our inner circle, and when questions are crossing the line is one thing, but expressing it effectively is another. Here, we’re exploring how to set and maintain healthy boundaries Boundaries are how we teach the world to treat us. They are all about what is
Certain monkeypox symptoms seen now are rather different from the ones reported during previous outbreaks in African regions, a new study has found. Researchers are urging clinicians to be aware of these symptoms as well. For their paper, published Thursday in The British Medical Journal (BMJ), the researchers looked at 197 patients with confirmed monkeypox infections
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved roflumilast 0.3% cream for the topical treatment of plaque psoriasis, “including intertriginous areas,” in patients aged 12 years and older. Roflumilast is a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4), the first approved for treating psoriasis, according to manufacturer Arcutis Biotherapeutics. Oral roflumilast ( Daliresp ) was
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