NEWS RELEASE 10-JUN-2024 When is genome sequencing advisable? Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG Genetic mutations in human DNA can prevent proteins that perform important functions in the body from being formed correctly. This can lead to serious disorders that cause disease or even disability. Many of these diseases are already known and can be attributed to specific...
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For type 1 diabetes distress, focus first on managing emotions
NEWS RELEASE 10-JUN-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Jess Berthold (628) 399-0432 [email protected] Subscribe to UCSF News For Type 1 Diabetes Distress, Focus First on Managing EmotionsVirtual, emotion-centered program cuts distress in half after one year, while also improving patients’ glucose control. The most effective way to reduce the...
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Oral Contraceptive Use Linked to Hair Loss
The contraceptive pill could increase the risk of frontal fibrosing alopecia if a mutation in a specific gene is present.NewsPublished: May 30, 2024 | Original story from King’s College London Credit: Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition / Unsplash. A new study published in JAMA Dermatology looks at how taking the oral contraceptive pill could be linked...
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Opioid giant’s tactics to influence doctors revealed in court documents
JUNE 10, 2024 by British Medical Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainOpioid giant Mallinckrodt, selling more than Purdue Pharma in the US, was forced by the courts to publish more than 1.3 million internal documents. In The BMJ, researchers Sergio Sismondo and Maud Bernisson sift through nearly 900 contracts which together reveal a carefully coordinated effort...
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Nearly 1 in 4 people with a history of bipolar disorder achieve complete mental health
NEWS RELEASE 11-JUN-2024 The most influential factors contributing to psychological flourishing in this group include having a trusted confidant, using religion or spirituality as coping mechanisms, and the absence of disabling chronic pain Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Toronto, ON —New research conducted by the University of Toronto and published in the Journal of Affective Disorders...
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DRUG MIMICS GOOD BACTERIA TO FIGHT NASTY GUT FUNGUS
JUNE 11TH, 2024POSTED BY NADINE YEHYA – UC DAVIS (Credit: Getty Images) TAGS CROHN’S DISEASEFUNGIGUT BACTERIAMEDICATIONSPROBIOTICSYEASTUNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS A common anti-inflammatory drug, mesalamine, can replace the work of good bacteria in fighting the nasty fungus Candida albicans in the gut. C. albicans, or candida, is known to cause yeast infections. In some cases,...
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Study shows ultra-low dose PET protocol eliminates need for CT, uses dose 50 times lower than current standard
JUNE 11, 2024 by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Top row: CT- and LSO-TX-based attenuation maps with their respective percentage relative change (%RC) map. Bottom row: PET images reconstructed using CT- and LSO-TX-based attenuation maps with their respective %RC map. Credit: Image created by H Sari et al., Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland...
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Depressive symptoms may hasten memory decline in older people
NEWS RELEASE 11-JUN-2024 Depressive symptoms are linked to subsequent memory decline in older people, while poorer memory is also linked to an increase in depressive symptoms later on, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Depressive symptoms are linked to subsequent memory...
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Cognitive test is poor predictor of athletes’ concussion
NEWS RELEASE 11-JUN-2024 Part of the NCAA’s standardized concussion evaluation fails to distinguish athletes who were actually injured, a study shows. Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE/UW MEDICINE When college athletes are evaluated for a possible concussion, the diagnosis is based on an athletic trainer or team physician’s assessment of three things: the player’s...
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Nonvisible Hematuria: Management Guidance in Primary Care
COMMENTARY Kevin Fernando, MBChB DISCLOSURES June 06, 2024 This transcript has been edited for clarity. Linda, a 50-year-old hedge fund manager, consults you in clinic after her recent annual company health screen detected 2+ blood on her urine dipstick test. She is asymptomatic. She has no past medical history of note and takes no prescribed...