Written by Jennifer Robertson, MD, MSEd, NBHWC | Reviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH Published on June 13, 2022 Key takeaways: Spider veins, also called telangiectasias, are swollen or damaged blood vessels. Spider veins aren’t usually dangerous, but they can have a cosmetic impact. Sclerotherapy and other treatments can lessen the appearance of spider veins. ...
Written by Joshua Murdock, PharmD, BCBBS | Reviewed by Alyssa Billingsley, PharmD Updated on January 9, 2023 Key takeaways: Tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Mounjaro, is being studied in two phase 3 trials for weight loss. In one study, participants lost an average of 15% to 20% of their initial body weight. There are other...
Written by Clay M. Cooper, PharmD | Reviewed by Alyssa Billingsley, PharmD Published on July 2, 2021 Key takeaways: Anxiety conditions are common and can be treated with therapy, medication, or a combination of both. There are several common medication types that could be the cause of anxiety symptoms, including stimulants, antidepressants, and thyroid medications. ...
Published Sat, Apr 22 2023 10:00 AM EDT Renée Onque@IAMRENEEONQUE Graphic: Gabriel Cortes / CNBC In the endless pursuit of better sleep, many people have turned to unconventional methods like mouth taping, which trended for months on social media, and even hotel rooms designed for the ideal sleep experience. Now, TikTok users have moved on to the “sleepy girl...
by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and 10 other professional societies have issued new appropriate use criteria (AUC) for lymphoscintigraphy in sentinel node mapping and lymphedema/lipedema. The criteria, summarized in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM), include a list of relevant clinical...
by Justin Jackson, Medical Xpress The culture of USCs of juvenile C3H/HeN mice regenerates differentiated urothelium in vitro. a, USCs isolated from 8-week-old C3H/HeN mice were expanded by spheroidal culture in matrigel with 50% L-WRN conditioned media (CM) including Y-27632, a ROCK inhibitor, and SB431542, a TGF β type 1 inhibitor. After 3 d of spheroid...
by European Society of Cardiology A 12 lead ECG showing atrial fibrillation at approximately 150 beats per minute. Credit: James Heilman, MD/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 A novel software tool set to improve the management of elderly atrial fibrillation patients with multiple conditions is being designed by the EHRA-PATHS consortium. The latest updates on this clinical innovation will...
by Lachlan Gilbert, University of New South Wales It is more difficult to learn lessons from harmful behaviour such as excessive drinking when our story for why we are suffering is not correct. Credit: Shutterstock Misunderstanding the link between our actions and consequences could be what makes giving up harmful habits so difficult, study shows. People...
by Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung gGmbH Conceptual graphical overview. Following CSD and employing the STST, the single Defeated group is stratified based on social avoidance development toward the threat-associated cue (conditioned learning of aversive cues). The single subgroup of avoiders is further stratified based on social avoidance development toward the safe cue (threat–safety discrimination). The Discriminating-avoiders...
Elena Riboldi December 28, 2022 Approaching the topic of orogenital transmission of human papillomavirus (HPV) with a woman presenting with a persistent cervicovaginal HPV infection is more problematic than it may seem. To not mention it, however, would be to pass over an opportunity to prevent oropharyngeal cancer. There are no clear indications from any scientific authorities...
