A study of hospital emergency departments suggests that women have more limited access to painkillers and medical care. By Lilly Tozer Women are less likely than men to be given painkillers.Credit: Natalia Gdovskaia/Getty Physicians treat men and women differently when it comes to pain — women in hospital wait longer to be seen and are...
from STAT:First Opinion By Mike ZuendelAug. 5, 2024 Reprints As I roamed the meeting rooms and halls of the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia last week, I kept hearing a word — dementia — I’ve come to loathe as someone with early Alzheimer’s. The use of this term goes back as far as the...
August 5, 2024 by Elana Gotkine For patients with Meniere disease (MD), vestibular neurectomy is effective, resolving vertigo episodes and resulting in hydrops regression, according to a study published online July 30 in Acta Neurologica Belgica. Agnieszka Jasińska-Nowacka, M.D., Ph.D., from the Medical University of Warsaw in Poland, and colleagues assessed endolymphatic hydrops in patients...
August 5, 2024 by Medical University of Vienna Cumulative survival of male (left) and female (right) patients stratified according to the NYHA classification. Credit: Cardiovascular Diabetology (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12933-024-02360-6A MedUni Vienna study has investigated gender-specific differences in the diagnosis of systolic heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes. The results, recently published in the...
August 5, 2024 by Julie Grisham, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for the immunotherapy afamitresgene autoleuecel (Tecelra, also known as afami-cel) for the treatment of adults with a rare soft tissue cancer called synovial sarcoma. Afami-cel is the first engineered T...
August 5, 2024 by Monash University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A large study of older Australians has found more would exercise—and exercise better—if classes were subsidized. The Monash University research studied exercise classes all over the country, which had been commissioned and run by the national exercise industry group, Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)....
August 5, 2024 by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert, Northeastern University Stairway to Heaven virtual reality program uses biofeedback from breath sensors to encourage users to pass stone markers and complete a mindfulness journey in a beautiful natural setting. Credit: Northeastern UniversityPine trees blow in the wind and sunlight glitters on the sea in a virtual reality...
August 5, 2024 by Katie Brace, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Credit: JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2024.03.032Affecting as many as 6 million people in the United States, atrial fibrillation (or AFib) occurs when the heart’s upper chambers beat out of coordination with the lower chambers, resulting in an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm....
August 5, 2024 by Liz Murphy, Massachusetts General Hospital Distribution of smoking duration (years), smoking intensity (cigarettes per day), and pack-year smoking history among SCCS participants diagnosed with lung cancer. SCCS, Southern Community Cohort Study. Credit: Journal of Clinical Oncology (2024). DOI: 10.1200/JCO.23.01780Early detection of lung cancer through low-dose computed tomography screening is one of...
Medscape Medical News > Conference News > AAIC 2024 Megan Brooks July 31, 2024 PHILADELPHIA – Nearly half of dementia cases worldwide could theoretically be prevented or delayed by eliminating 14 modifiable risk factors during an individual’s lifetime, a report from the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care. The report adds two new...
