John M. Mandrola, MD DISCLOSURES | August 08, 2024 The new American Heart Association Predicting Risk of cardiovascular disease EVENTs (PREVENT) equation outperforms the standard pooled cohort equation (PCE). But there is a problem. A big one, actually. The new score incorporates kidney function and social situation, and it eliminates race from the estimate. It...
Month: <span>September 2024</span>
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Dermatoporosis in Older Adults: A Condition That Requires Holistic, Creative Management
Christine Kilgore July 09, 2024 WASHINGTON, DC — The chronic, excessive fragility of aging and sun-damaged skin has a name in the medical literature: dermatoporosis. This identification is helpful because it validates patients’ suffering and conveys the skin’s vulnerability to serious medical complications, said Adam Friedman, MD, at the ElderDerm conference on dermatology in the...
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What Does Inflammation Do to the Body?
By Marzia KhanReviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. What is inflammation?Inflammation is an immune response from the body’s immune system when there is a perceived injury or infection. When injured, inflammation causes the area to become red and swell due to a large number of white blood cells flowing into the area to fight against infection...
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1 in 7 kids in US may have blood pressure that’s higher than normal
September 5, 2024 by Laura Williamson, American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public DomainAbout 14% of children and teens in the U.S. either have high blood pressure or are headed toward it, according to preliminary new research that suggests a need for greater prevention efforts earlier in life. “Hypertension can begin in childhood, and it’s a...
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Robots help guide self-managed rehabilitation for stroke and brain injury survivors
September 5, 2024 by Heriot-Watt University During rehabilitation exercises socially assistive robots communicate with patients using a headset that detects brain neural activity. Credit: Heriot-Watt UniversityRobotic ‘coaches’ aiding upper limb rehabilitation for stroke and brain injury survivors have been successfully trialed in Vienna, Austria. This international pilot study was led by researchers from Heriot-Watt University’s...
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Shedding light on how oral bacteria can aggravate rheumatoid arthritis
News Release 5-Sep-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationTokyo Medical and Dental University Caspase-11 drives interleukin-1β (IL-1β) secretion in paws and affects clinical severity of arthritis in mice infected with Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A. actinomycetemcomitans)image: Researchers unveil mechanism by which periodontal bacterium A. actinomycetemcomitans exacerbated symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) conducted various experiments in a mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis...
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High insulin levels genetically linked to lower lipoprotein(a)
September 4, 2024 by Lori Solomon There is an association between genetically predicted increased insulin concentrations and decreased concentrations of circulating lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]), according to a study published online Aug. 29 in Cardiovascular Diabetology to coincide with the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2024, held from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 in London. Mateusz Lejawa,...
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Ruling out other conditions needed with suspected interstitial cystitis
September 4, 2024 by Lori Solomon Efforts to rule out bladder tumors and tuberculosis are still essential in the follow-up of patients with suspected interstitial cystitis (IC), according to a study published online Aug. 11 in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. Hyun Ju Jeong, from the Seoul National University College of Medicine in...
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Long COVID inflicts deep scars on the lungs. Targeting specific immune cells could reverse damage
September 4, 2024 by Harish Narasimhan, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe long-term effects of respiratory viral infections such as COVID-19 are a major public health burden. Some estimates suggest over 65 million people around the world suffer from long COVID-19. Efforts to better understand this condition, however, have been hampered by its ability to...
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Study identifies therapeutic targets for veterans with Gulf War illness
September 4, 2024 by University of California, Irvine (A,B) β-diversity analysis (Bray–Curtis) of altered gut bacteriome at species level in the control group (deployed GW Veterans with no GWI) and the GWI group (deployed GW veterans with GWI symptoms). Credit: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2024). DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21081102Gulf War illness is characterized...