Medscape Medical News > FDA Approvals Miriam E. Tucker August 26, 2024 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Omnipod 5 for use by people aged 18 and older with type 2 diabetes, a first for any automated insulin delivery (AID) system. The Omnipod 5 system (Insulet) comprises a tubeless plastic “pod”...
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Internal tremors: Adding to the list of long COVID symptoms
August 28, 2024 by Freda Kreier, Yale University Most important symptoms for differentiating between participants with and without internal tremors. Credit: The American Journal of Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.07.008Long COVID has a laundry list of symptoms—and a lesser-known but troubling one is the sensation of having internal tremors, often with no outward evidence that this...
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Healthcare workers unprepared for mpox outbreak due to knowledge gaps and vaccine inequity
By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Aug 27 2024 Study: International healthcare workers’ experiences and perceptions of the 2022 multi-country mpox outbreak. Image Credit: Corona Borealis Studio / Shutterstock *Important notice: medRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and, therefore, should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or treated as...
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How Old Is Too Old for a Colonoscopy?
Medscape Medical News > Features Carolyn Crist August 26, 2024 Colonoscopy remains the gold standard method for detecting colorectal cancer (CRC) and removing precancerous polyps. The recommended age for CRC screening in the United States spans 45-75 years, with the benefits of colonoscopy diminishing considerably after this point. Older adults are much more likely to...
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Mobile App Shows Promise in Managing Fibromyalgia Symptoms
TOPLINE:A smartphone app that delivers acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a type of cognitive behavioral therapy, improves overall well-being and reduces the severity of pain, fatigue, sleep issues, and depression to a greater extent than daily symptom tracking in patients with fibromyalgia. METHODOLOGY:Researchers conducted the phase 3 PROSPER-FM trial at 25 community sites in the...
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Diabetes took over her life, until a stem cell therapy freed her
Scientists are making progress replacing the critical insulin-producing cells that are destroyed by the disease. By Carolyn Y. JohnsonAugust 26, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. EDT For years, Amanda Smith and her husband were jolted awake at night by a buzz-buzz-beep — an alarm warning that her blood sugar was too high or too low. She...
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How exercise influences addiction recovery: Q&A with neuroscientist
August 27, 2024 by Ellen Goldbaum, University at Buffalo Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA University at Buffalo neuroscientist whose focus is the brain’s reward system and its role in addiction is helping to illuminate how exercise can aid the brain in addiction recovery. Over the past year, this research has revealed that because exercise acts on...
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What is type 1.5 diabetes? It’s a bit like type 1 and a bit like type 2—but it’s often misdiagnosed
August 27, 2024 by Emily Burch and Lauren Ball, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhile you’re likely familiar with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, you’ve probably heard less about type 1.5 diabetes. Also known as latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), type 1.5 diabetes has features of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes....
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Pregnancy after sterilization turns out to be surprisingly common
News Release 27-Aug-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationUniversity of California – San Francisco Study led by UCSF estimates 3 to 5% of women have unplanned pregnancies following “permanent” sterilization Tubal sterilization is thought to be a permanent form of birth control and is the most common method of contraception nationally. But a new study led by UC San...
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Older adults with acute kidney injury face higher dementia risk
August 26, 2024 by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAcute kidney injury is associated with an increased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study published in the journal Neurology by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and others. Acute kidney injury (AKI), a sudden deterioration in kidney function, is relatively common in older people and...