If you’re drinking bone broth to boost your collagen, we have bad news. But it does offer other nutritional benefits. ByLeigh Weingus The tradition of boiling animal bones until the water becomes a thick, flavorful broth is hardly a new one. Bone broth dates back to ancient times, but over the past few years, this...
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Should you exercise when you’re sick?
by Scott Gilbert, Pennsylvania State University The winter cold and flu season may try to knock out your new year’s plans to get or stay healthy, but the good news is you can fight back. Dr. Jayson Loeffert, a sports medicine physician at Penn State Health, said it’s typically okay to continue your regular exercise...
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Does talc powder cause ovarian cancer?
Does using powder in the genital area increase the risk of ovarian cancer? A new data analysis of over 250,000 women found no link, but the authors urge caution as the study may not be large enough. Is there a link between powder and ovarian cancer? Some people use powder on their genitals to reduce...
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What to know about urinary retention
Urinary retention is difficulty completely emptying the bladder. People with urinary retention may need to urinate very frequently, feel the urge to urinate again immediately after using the bathroom, or experience incontinence. Sometimes a chronic issue, such as a pelvic floor or prostate problem, causes urinary retention. Acute issues, such as infections, may also cause...
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Passing kidney stones: 2-drug combo may relieve pain
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, may have found a combination of drugs that can relieve the pain of passing a kidney stone. They performed their study in pigs. New research may help alleviate kidney stone pain. Anyone who has ever passed a kidney stone knows that it can be a...
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Medgadget’s Best Medical Technologies of 2019
MEDGADGET EDITORS EXCLUSIVE Wrapping up this year and looking back on the particularly interesting developments in medical technology, we at Medgadget are impressed and very excited about the future. We’re lucky to cover one of the most innovative fields of research and one that improves and saves lives. Having a constant eye on what’s new...
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Objective subtle cognitive difficulties predict amyloid accumulation and neurodegeneration
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO Writing in the December 30, 2019 online issue of Neurology, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System report that accumulating amyloid — an abnormal protein linked to neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) — occurred faster among persons...
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Pharmacies leave customers hanging when it comes to disposing of antibiotics and opioids
by University of California, San Francisco Proper disposal of leftover medication, particularly antibiotics and opioids, can help reduce antibiotic resistance, prevent children from being poisoned and stop the misuse of addiction-forming drugs. But a telephone survey conducted by researchers at UC San Francisco found that fewer than half of California pharmacies provided disposal instructions meeting...
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Inflammation linked to thyroid dysfunction in psoriasis patients
(HealthDay)—While the rate of thyroid dysfunction among patients with psoriasis generally is not higher than expected, psoriasis in patients with thyroid dysfunction is more clinically severe and serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are higher, according to a study published online Dec. 5 in the Journal of Dermatology. Kaoru Namiki, from the Teikyo University School...
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Tiny zaps used to kill stubborn warts
By Ben Coxworth Although it’s possible to remove warts by freezing them with liquid nitrogen, they often grow back, requiring multiple treatments. New research, however, suggests that ultra-short electrical pulses could be much more effective at eliminating warts and other skin lesions. Combining the findings from multiple previous studies, scientists from California-based Pulse Biosciences recently...