The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images A new legislative package signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday is a big win for Medicare patients who struggle to cover the cost of insulin to manage their diabetes. But the bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act, falls short of applying those cost controls
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Children who enter preschool with good vocabulary and attention skills do better in class, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Early Education and Development. The findings based on 900 four-year-olds from eight US states show how a child’s ability to engage with teachers and peers is affected by the range of words
I always think of the beginning of July as the New Year in medicine. It’s when medical students become interns, interns become residents, and residents become newly minted attendings. With each change is an increase in responsibility. I remember paying even more attention to the history and physical each time I crossed that threshold, with
In new guidelines released Thursday, the agency no longer recommends staying at least 6 feet away from other people to reduce the risk of exposure — a shift from guidance that had been in place since the early days of the pandemic. The shift is a sign of how much has changed since the beginning
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A Texas child is likely to be the first young case in the state to contract the monkeypox virus. The child, who was under 2 years old, presumptively tested positive for the virus, Judge Lina Hidalgo announced at a morning briefing on Tuesday, ABC13 reported. Officials learned of the child’s condition on Monday. Hidalgo clarified
A new “comprehensive” model integrating a variety of factors may help flag individuals at risk for recurrence or persistence of panic disorder (PD), new research suggests. Investigators based in France and the United States analyzed data for almost 800 patients with DSM-IV–diagnosed PD. Results showed that having a “general psychopathology factor,” defined as the shared
CRISPR-Cas9 is a world-renowned genome editing tool, but much of the hype has been focused on direct clinical applications. But there is clear potential for utilising the system in functional genomic screens to develop new cancer medicines. We find out how our partnership with AstraZeneca is making this a reality, and how it could advance
Detox and cleanse have become popular buzzwords in the health and wellness industry, associated with all types of diets, supplements, therapies and regimens that are meant to help people lead healthier and happier lifestyles. Chances are you know at least one person who’s an avid promoter of detox programs and speaks highly of the benefits
A locust’s sensory neurons allow the insect to not only “smell” a cell that has cancer but also distinguish between cancer cell lines, according to microbiologists working with biomedical engineers at Michigan State University. What to know: Metabolic processes are altered in cancer cells, creating different chemical compounds that are different from those in healthy
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Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments: Oil’s decline is good news We want confirmation that inflation’s peaked Quick mentions: JNJ, LLY, LIN Disney’s real problem is its balance sheet 1. Oil’s decline is good news Stocks
In a recent study published in Pediatrics, researchers assessed the prevalence of neurologic complications in children hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Study: COVID-19 and Acute Neurologic Complications in Children. Image Credit: jeep5d/Shutterstock Background More than 13 million COVID-19 cases in adolescents and children have been reported in the United States by April 2022. Recent
For reducing tic severity in children with Tourette syndrome, an online behavioral therapy worked as well as internet-based education alone and had better participant response, a small randomized trial found. The intervention — 10 weeks of a therapist-supported, internet-delivered exposure and response prevention (ERP) program — was associated with a mean reduction of 6.08 points
With more than 10,000 monkeypox cases in the United States and vaccine demand remaining high, Jynneos has been in short supply for weeks. The new injection strategy allows health-care providers to give shallow injections intradermally, in between layers of the skin, with one-fifth the standard dose size instead of subcutaneously, into the fatty layer below
In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, researchers developed humanized nanobodies that neutralize severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Study: A humanized nanobody phage display library yields potent binders of SARS CoV-2 spike. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a global health emergency at an unprecedented
What is it, how does it affect the diverse groups within the LGBTQIA+ community, and, importantly, what can we do about it? Talking about mental health is never easy, but it seems harder to break the stigma when it comes to LGBTQIA+ people. As the artist and writer Alok Vaid-Menon wrote in their blog article
After battling COVID-19, there is still a chance for patients to suffer long-term symptoms, such as headaches. While some may be mild, others could disrupt one’s daily routine. Experts have shared ways to manage the lingering symptoms, but if they don’t seem to work, when is the right time to call a doctor? Lingering Headaches
Dr Shannon de l’Etoile How do a baby’s body and brain respond when their mother sings a lullaby? Shannon de l’Etoile, PhD, is hoping to find out. de l’Etoile, professor of music therapy at the University of Miami, Florida, began watching interactions between typically functioning mothers and infants, mothers with postpartum depression and their babies,
We share everything you need to know about period poverty, where you can find free period products, and how you can support great organisations helping those in need Periods. Nobody enjoys them. For people who menstruate, we can expect around 40 years worth of visits from aunt flow, expecting to spend around £5,000 on sanitary
There’s no evidence that humans can transmit the monkeypox virus to their pets after an Italian greyhound contracted the disease from its owners. A report published in the Lancet medical journal discussed how a pet dog contracted monkeypox after sharing the bed of its owners —a gay French couple engaging in a non-monogamous relationship. According to
The community cancer care landscape in the United States has been changing rapidly over the past decade, and not for the better. Many community oncology clinics or practices have closed, or been acquired by hospitals or a corporate entity, and many have struggled financially, as reported by the Community Oncology Alliance (COA). However, this trend appears
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Polio has been detected in New York City wastewater, suggesting local circulation of the virus, health officials said Friday. New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett called the findings alarming. Bassett said local and federal health officials are aggressively assessing how far polio has spread in the city and in New York state. “For
The developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) hypothesis describes how fetal growth influences the long-term health of an adult. Over the past several years, epidemiological studies have identified many factors that affect fetal growth, which, in turn, contribute to individual differences in disease pathogenesis later in life. Experimental studies have also presented considerable evidence
“There’s kind of an unreasonable amount of work that’s expected to be done.” — Justin Porter, MD, of the University of Chicago, on his simulation study that found primary care doctors would need nearly 27 hours a day to do all the work they’re expected to do. “They think about lack of sexual activity on
The study, published Friday in the journal Pediatrics, said the most common symptoms for children hospitalized with Covid-19 were fatigue, shortness of breath, cough, headache, muscle and body aches and fever. MIS-C is a rare condition that affects children, often — but not always — after Covid-19 infection. Doctors don’t know exactly what causes it.
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated the impact of removing mask mandates in schools on the incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Study: Impact of Lifting School Masking Requirements on Incidence of COVID-19 among Staff and Students in Greater-Boston Area School Districts: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis. Image Credit: kepazuria/Shutterstock
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