THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY (NAMS) CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 7, 2022)—In the 20 years since the Women’s Health Initiative, hormone therapy remains one of the most hotly debated topics around the treatment of such bothersome menopause symptoms as hot flashes. In an effort to provide the most up-to-date, scientifically based information on the topic, The...
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Familiarity breeds exempt: Why staph vaccines don’t work in humans
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO IMAGE: <EM>STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS</EM> BACTERIA ARE GENERALLY HARMLESS, BUT CAN SOMETIMES BECOME AN OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN. PAST EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A VACCINE HAVE PROVED FRUITLESS. CREDIT: NIAID For the most part, the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is common and harmless, posing no threat to humans with whom they coexist. Occasionally, though, it can become...
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The human body has 37 trillion cells. If we can work out what they all do, the results could revolutionize health care
by Daniel M. Davis, The Conversation Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg with Moshe Biton (right) and Aviv Regev (left). The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the major funders of the Human Cell Atlas. Credit: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, CC BY-ND The average body contains about 37 trillion cells—and we are in the midst of a revolutionary quest...
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Long COVID Neuropsychiatric Deficits Greater Than Expected
Nancy A. Melville May 31, 2022 NEW ORLEANS – Patients experiencing brain fog and other persistent symptoms of long COVID show significant deficits on neuropsychiatric testing that correspond with prior acute COVID-19 infection, adding to mounting evidence of the significant toll the chronic condition can have on mental health. “Many clinicians have observed the symptoms...
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A Psychiatric Patient Confesses to Murder: Now What?
Randy Dotinga May 23, 2022 NEW ORLEANS – The patient, a 60-year-old woman who’d just tried to kill herself by overdosing on gabapentin, felt the need to make a confession. As she told a resident psychiatrist late one night at a Philadelphia crisis response center, she’d just murdered two people and buried them in her...
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Faster Response to IV vs Intranasal Ketamine in Depression
Nancy A. Melville May 26, 2022 NEW ORLEANS – New research reveals that patients with treatment-resistant depression who were treated with repeated intravenous ketamine show no significant differences in achieving response or remission, compared with those receiving the intranasal formulation of the drug, esketamine – although fewer treatments appear necessary with the intravenous formulation. “This...
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5 Melatonin Side Effects You Should Know About
Written by Sheila McAdoo, PharmD | Reviewed by Christina Aungst, PharmD Published on June 13, 2022 Key takeaways: Melatonin is a hormone that regulates your sleep-wake cycle. It’s commonly available as a dietary supplement. Daytime sleepiness is the most common side effect people experience while taking melatonin. Other potential side effects include sleep changes, headache,...
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Study finds people who practice intermittent fasting experience less severe complications from COVID-19
by Intermountain Healthcare Intermittent fasting has previously shown to have a of host of health benefits, including lowering the risk of diabetes and heart disease. Now, researchers from Intermountain Healthcare have found that people who regularly fast are less like to experience severe complications from COVID-19. Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Intermittent fasting has previously shown to...
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40% of Older Adults: Newly Identified Form of Dementia Is Shockingly Common
By UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY JULY 2, 2022 The symptoms of Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) are comparable to those of Alzheimer’s disease, involving memory loss and issues with thinking and reasoning in old age. A recent study indicates the prevalence of brain changes from limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy might be approximately 40% in older adults and as...
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Low iron is a health risk made worse by COVID. How to get more without reaching for supplements
by Yianna Zhang, Ken Ng and Said Ajlouni, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock “Beauty is an iron mine,” once remarked the Australian mining magnate, Gina Reinhart. She was talking about a precious resource, but iron is also profoundly important to living organisms: from bacteria and fungi, to mammals like us. Iron acts as a key to numerous metabolic...