August 13, 2024 by Elana Gotkine Treatment with glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) is associated with lower rates of hyperkalemia and a lower rate of renin-angiotensin system inhibitor (RASi) discontinuation compared with treatment with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4is) among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study published online Aug. 12...
August 12, 2024 by Tsinghua University Press Four major aspects (concept, lifestyle, food processing, modernization and internationalization) of transformation from traditional medicine-food homology to modern food-medicine homology. Credit: Food & Medicine HomologyLong the bedrock of traditional Chinese medicine, the “medicine and food homology” principle has long dictated health-conscious eating. Yet, in the face of modernization...
August 13, 2024 by Laura Williamson, American Heart Association News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For years, the question of whether to take medication to lower high blood pressure had been partly answered by a tool that calculated someone’s 10-year risk of having a heart attack or stroke. But new equations, which take into account both...
COMMENTARY Christopher Labos, MD CM, MSc, FRCPC DISCLOSURES | August 08, 2024 If this is what your kitchen looks like, you may not be good with change. By the end of this video, I’m going to explain to you why carpets in your kitchen are a bad idea, and why your patient may not need...
The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill by Gene Baur, opinion contributor – 08/05/24 4:30 PM ET Cambridge, MA – May 14: From left, Jon Arizti Sanz, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow with Liam Alec Stenson Ortiz, research associate working in the lab. The Broad institute, Sabeti Lab is...
The virus is primarily spread through insect bites, including mosquitoes, and originates from pale-throated sloths, non-human primates, and birds. World NewsEdited by Anjali ThakurUpdated: August 11, 2024 10:14 pm IST Oropouche can cause symptoms such as headaches, nausea, vomiting, and muscle and joint pains A debilitating virus originating from sloths and transmitted by midges has...
August 12, 2024 by University of South Australia Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new Australian study has identified why a diet rich in magnesium is so important for our health, reducing the risk of DNA damage and chronic degenerative disorders. The paper is published in the European Journal of Nutrition. Scientists from the University of South...
August 12, 2024 by Ernie Mundell For years, the treatment of early-stage prostate cancers that haven’t spread beyond the organ has often included the removal of nearby lymph nodes in the pelvis. It’s done as a precaution and as a means of “staging” the disease. Now, a major expert review on the topic suggests that,...
August 12, 2024 by Lori Solomon Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a significantly increased risk for lung cancer, according to a study published online July 28 in Arthritis & Rheumatology. Rebecca T. Brooks, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and colleagues evaluated lung cancer risk in people with RA and RA-interstitial lung...
Medscape Diabetes & EndocrinologyCOMMENTARY Kevin Fernando, MBChB, MSc Diabetes, BSc DISCLOSURES | June 03, 2024 There has been much hyperbole since the presentation of results from the SELECT cardiovascular outcomes trial (CVOT) at this year’s European Congress on Obesity, which led many to herald semaglutide as the “new statin.” In the SELECT CVOT, participants with...
