Tight-fitting pants and hair removal increase the risk of vulvodynia, research shows. Although vulvodynia, or chronic, debilitating vulvar pain, affects an estimated 16 percent of women over their lifetimes, very little is known about the condition or what might cause it. New research offers some clues, finding that wearing tight-fitting jeans or pants or by removing hair from the...
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How kissing as a risk factor may explain the high global incidence of gonorrhoea
MONASH UNIVERSITY In 2016, there were 87 million people diagnosed with gonorrhoea, the most antibiotic resistant of all the STIs. There is a global rise in gonorrhoea rates and, until now, no one has understood why. Monash University’s Professor Kit Fairley, Director of the Melbourne Sexual Health Clinic in Australia, has presented data in Canada that indicates that a significant,...
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List of tests for diabetes
By Rachel Nall, MSN, CRNA Reviewed by Deborah Weatherspoon, PhD, RN, CRNA It can take time for the symptoms of diabetes to appear. However, a doctor may be able to detect the condition in its earlier stages by performing various medical tests. These tests can detect different forms of diabetes, including type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. In...
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Is this scab infected? Diagnosis and treatment
By Rachel Nall, MSN, CRNA Reviewed by Owen Kramer, MD The body creates scabs to protect wounds from bacteria. If bacteria do get in, the wound can become infected. This may cause a crusty, yellow scab to develop. A scab is a collection of material, such as blood and skin cells, that forms a protective layer over damaged...
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Scientists find a way to reduce sugar in drinks
by De Montfort University Research has shown that increasing the pH level of water could help tackle obesity and health problems caused by high sugar content in drinks. Scientists at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) have been working with University of Sheffield, Innovate UK and WET Group Ltd to find a way to create drinks that do not need sugar or additives. To do this, they looked...
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Exercises to head off a painful rotator cuff injury
by Len Canter, Healthday Reporter Baseball pitchers and other athletes aren’t the only people who experience rotator cuff injuries. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons estimates that nearly 2 million Americans see a doctor about a rotator cuff problem every year. Strengthening this group of muscles can help enhance the stability of this important joint and help you avoid injury. Alternating arm...
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Many patients with depression do not need a psychiatrist
Manish K. Jha, M.D., from UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and colleagues retrospectively assessed the first 25,000 patients (aged ≥12 years) screened with the two-item Patient Health Questionnaire as part of the ongoing, VitalSign6 quality improvement project. Primary care physicians were given web-based software that guided them through protocols for screening patients for depression, prescribing treatments, and measuring their...
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Take a bath 90 minutes before bedtime to get better sleep
by University of Texas at Austin Bathing 1-2 hours before bedtime can significantly increase your chances of getting a good night’s rest. Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Biomedical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may have found a way for people to get better shuteye. Systematic review protocols—a...
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Patients with an ’empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death
by University of Cambridge Patients who have been diagnosed with diabetes are at a lower risk of early death if they have a doctor who they describe as showing empathy towards them, a new study from the University of Cambridge has found. Empathy is an important concept within healthcare and as such is emphasised in policy,...
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Pneumonia patients get too many antibiotics—especially as they leave the hospital
by University of Michigan A million times a year, pneumonia sends American adults to the hospital. And while antibiotics help save lives, a new study shows two-thirds receive more antibiotics than they probably need. It’s not the care that happens in the hospital that leads to over-treatment, the study finds. Rather, it’s the prescriptions that patients receive as they head home from the hospital. In all, 93% of the overly long antibiotic prescriptions given...