by Justin Jackson , Medical Xpress Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearch led by the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Illinois, found that home-based walking exercise regimens outperformed supervised treadmill physical therapy in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease. In a paper, “Home-Based Walking Exercise and Supervised Treadmill Exercise in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease:...
by Elana Gotkine For women with overactive bladder symptoms, supervised pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) does not provide additional improvement over bladder training, according to a study published online Sept. 18 in Neurourology Urodynamics. Sílvia Monteiro, from the School of Medical Sciences of the State University of Campinas in Brazil, and colleagues conducted a randomized...
The medicines appear to be real but they are made up of ingredients which are not knownBy Web Desk September 01, 2023 Healthcare professional can be seen picking drug tablets. — AFP/FileA new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the number of deaths from fake prescription medicines has increased...
by American Cancer Society (ACS) Credit: CC0 Public DomainProstate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States. According to the latest research from scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS), more than 288,000 men will be diagnosed with the disease this year, with close to 35,000 deaths. Black...
By University of Southampton smoking teensCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study suggests boys who smoke in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung function. Research published in Clinical Epigenetics is the first human study to reveal the biological mechanism behind the...
Look for changes in your pet’s behaviors over time and make sure they are not caused by other, treatable, medical conditionsBy Marlene CimonsAugust 31, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Sullivan, also known as Sully, a Boston terrier, began behaving oddly at age 9. He would poop inside the house, circle the kitchen island and bark...
Meg Burke, MDSophie Vergnaud, MDWritten by Meg Burke, MD | Reviewed by Sophie Vergnaud, MDUpdated on May 12, 2022 Key takeaways: Some medications (and foods) can cause an abnormal urine color.Urine color typically returns to normal when you stop the medication.One example is metronidazole, an antibiotic. It colors urine brown. Tom Merton/OJO Images via Getty...
Updated August 30, 2023Deborah Becker A Narcan nasal device used to administer naloxone. (Mary Altaffer/AP)A Narcan nasal device used to administer naloxone. (Mary Altaffer/AP)The overdose reversal nasal spray Narcan will be available over the counter at many large chain pharmacies in the coming days, at a cost of $44.99 for a two-dose pack. The company...
By Michael FrancoAugust 29, 2023 Surprisingly, even the healthier brownies scored higher marks in the study DepositphotosIt’s a law of nature almost akin to gravity itself: food that tastes good is usually bad for us. But new research shows that a simple preparation trick can dramatically slash fat, sodium and added sugars while making foods...
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN—A group of novel synthetic opioids emerging in illicit drugs in the United States may be more powerful than fentanyl, 1,000 times more potent than morphine, and may even require more doses of the medication naloxone to reverse an overdose, a new study suggests. A bag of evidence containing the synthetic...
