Month: March 2023

Adding time-restricted eating to a calorie-restricted diet did not provide added benefits in adults with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to the results of a randomized controlled trial conducted in China. With the same calorie restrictions, an 8-hour time-restricted eating (TRE) pattern was no more effective in lowering intrahepatic triglyceride (IHTG) content

A 30-year-old woman in the U.K., who was unable to urinate normally for more than a year, has revealed her ordeal on social media, saying it took her 14 months to get a diagnosis about her rare condition. The condition that affected Elle Adams from east London left her unable to pee even though she

LONDON (Reuters) – Most patients admitted to hospitals with acute viral infections are given antibiotics as a precaution against bacterial co-infection, but this practice may not improve survival, new research suggests. Researchers investigated the impact of antibiotic use on survival in more than 2,100 patients in a hospital in Norway between 2017 and 2021 and

A 30-year-old woman in the U.K., who was unable to urinate normally for more than a year, has revealed her ordeal on social media, saying it took her 14 months to get a diagnosis about her rare condition.  The condition that affected Elle Adams from east London left her unable to pee even though she

TAMPA, Fla. — About a fourth of patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC) obtained durable responses to the combination of CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib (Kisqali) and letrozole, a small single-arm trial showed. Overall, 23% of 48 patients had partial responses, increasing to 26% in those who had baseline and confirmatory CT scans. Almost 80%

Processed and ultraprocessed food consumption has been shown to increase the risk for various cancers. A new analysis suggests that replacing even a small amount of such foods with an equal amount of minimally processed options may reduce that risk. Using data from more than 450,000 participants, the dietary substitution analysis found that swapping out

A prevention tool for all known COVID-19 virus strains? Scientists recently developed a molecule that’s “extremely effective” in preventing the disease caused by all known variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus when administered nasally.  In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland introduced a new molecule they developed called TriSb92. 

Childhood autism rates have ticked up once again, according to the latest data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the CDC, 1 in 36 (2.8%) 8-year-old children have been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) – up from the previous 2018 estimate of 1 in 44 (2.3%). The updated data come

Everyday sounds such as breathing, yawning, or chewing can trigger a random stress response in some people. Now, scientists say this condition is known as Misophonia. Collaborative research from King’s College, London, and the University of Oxford suggests 18.4% of the general U.K. population is affected by misophonia. The research, published in the journal PLOS

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, and for a little amusement, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the

Targeting cancer screenings based on idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) subtype, autoantibodies and age may help to maximize cancer detection while limiting false positives. In a retrospective, single-center study conducted at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, researchers found that when screening patients with IIM for cancer via CT imaging, the diagnostic yield (number of cancers