Written by Daphne Berryhill, RPh | Reviewed by Stacia Woodcock, PharmD Key takeaways: Traditional Chinese medicine has long used functional mushrooms to treat various health concerns. In recent years, functional mushrooms have become popular in many commercial products, like teas and powders.Growing research shows functional mushrooms may help improve health in many ways. But studies...
Rachel S. Rubin, MD I’m Dr Rachel Rubin. I am a urologist with fellowship training in sexual medicine. Today I’m going to explain why I may recommend that your patients put a needle directly into their penises for help with erectile dysfunction (ED). I know that sounds crazy, but in a recent video when I...
Marta Zaraska Eugene Aserinsky never wanted to study sleep. He tried being a social worker, a dental student, and even did a stint in the army as an explosives handler. He enrolled at the University of Chicago to pursue organ physiology, but all potential supervisors were too busy to take him on. His only choice...
Marcus A. Banks The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new catheter designed to treat urinary tract symptoms of an enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). Designed and marketed by Urotronic (Plymouth, Minnesota), the Optilume BPH Catheter System employs mechanical dilation to relieve obstruction of the prostate and then delivers...
Jay Croft If you’re looking to grow hair, you might just have a solution in your kitchen cabinet — if TikTok and some dermatologists are correct. Rosemary oil is good at regrowing hair in people with androgenetic alopecia, which is a common form of hair loss. The herb might also protect hair from the sun,...
Beverly Tchang, MD December marks the advent of the approval of tirzepatide (Zepbound) for on-label treatment of obesity. In November 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved it for the treatment of obesity in adults. In May 2022, the FDA approved Mounjaro, which is tirzepatide, for type 2 diabetes. Since then, many physicians,...
The COVID-10 pandemic may no longer be a global public health emergency, but millions continue to struggle with the aftermath: Long COVID. New research and clinical anecdotes suggest that certain individuals are more likely to be afflicted by the condition, nearly 4 years after the virus emerged. People with a history of allergies, anxiety or...
TOPLINE:Heavy secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is associated with severe headache or migraine in adults who have never smoked, with effects of exposure varying depending on body mass index (BMI) and level of physical activity, new research shows. METHODOLOGY:Investigators analyzed data on 4560 participants (median age, 43 years; 60% female; 71.5% White) from the 1999-2004 National...
BARCELONA — For the first time, new research shows that taking a specific class of migraine medication during the prodromal phase reduces the development and severity of the subsequent headache. In the randomized, placebo-controlled crossover PRODROME trial, treatment with ubrogepant (Ubrelvy) 100 mg, one of the new CGRP receptor antagonists, during the prodrome prevented the...
Pam R. Taub, MD; Michelle L. O’Donoghue, MD, MPH Michelle L. O’Donoghue, MD, MPH: Hi. This is Dr Michelle O’Donoghue, reporting for Medscape. I’m here in Amsterdam at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2023. Joining me for a great discussion is my friend Dr Pam Taub, who is a cardiologist and a professor...
