As deadly heatwaves become more common, researchers are studying what people can tolerate. People have struggled to keep cool during intense heatwaves in this year’s Northern Hemisphere summer. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty This year’s Northern Hemisphere summer has been unlike any other. In July in Mexicali, northern Mexico, temperatures reached a blistering 47...
Christopher Labos, MD CM, MSc I have written before about the COSMOS study and its finding that multivitamins (and chocolate) did not improve brain or cardiovascular health. So I was surprised to read that a “new” study found that vitamins can forestall dementia and age-related cognitive decline. Upon closer look, the new data are neither...
by Eric W. Dolan in Mental Health, Psychedelic Drugs Scientists have begun to investigate whether psychedelic substances could aid in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. A preliminary study, published in Scientific Reports, has found that more than 30% of individuals with OCD who consumed these substances reported positive effects lasting for more than three months. OCD is...
Players in an ‘overweight football league’ warm up before a match in Germany. To join, members must have a BMI of at least 31. Credit: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty The main diagnostic test for obesity — the body mass index — accounts for only height and weight, leaving out a slew of factors that influence...
Peer-Reviewed Publication LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY MÅRTEN SANDSTEDT, MD, PHD, AT THE DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY IN LINKÖPING AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, MEDICINE AND CARING SCIENCES, FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY. CREDIT: CHARLOTTE PERHAMMAR/LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY Thymus, a small and relatively unknown organ, may play a bigger role in the immune system of adults than was...
by Maddie Massy-Westropp, University of New South Wales Experienced value—devaluation test results. Credit: Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2022.11.004A new study from UNSW Sydney shows that teenagers with OCD experience deficits in decision making and behavioral control. This is linked to abnormal activity in an area of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)....
by University of California, Los Angeles 3D Model of the heart by Dr. Matthew Bramlet. Credit: NIHA UCLA-led team has identified an essential internal control mechanism that can promote the maturation of human stem cell-derived heart muscle cells, offering a deeper understanding of how heart muscle cells develop from their immature fetal stage to their mature...
by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearch published in the Journal of Internal Medicine indicates that SARS-CoV-2 infection may worsen lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men. The study included 17,986 men receiving medication for LUTS within the public health care system of Hong Kong in 2021–2022, half of whom had SARS-CoV-2 infection. The group with SARS-CoV-2...
by Lisette Hilton, University of Miami Dr. Bruno Nahar says his experience with HIFU has taught him the importance of patient selection, as the procedure isn’t “one size fits all.” Credit: Desai Sethi Urology InstituteFor Bruno Nahar, M.D., urological oncologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Desai Sethi Urology Institute, performing the 150th focal high-intensity focused...
by Research Society on Alcoholism Cumulative any SUD treatment and mean days in any treatment by condition at each follow-up. *p < 0.05 indicates that the adjusted odds ratio or beta for condition are equal beyond change within quarters, n = 259. Credit: Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research (2023). DOI: 10.1111/acer.15172Highly vulnerable patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) or substance...
