For people with HIV (PWH) with low-to-moderate atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk, metabolic risk factors contribute to new-onset diabetes mellitus (DM) among those treated with pitavastatin or placebo, according to a study published online Oct. 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Kathleen V. Fitch, from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues examined...
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How excessive daytime sleepiness can affect heart health
If you have a difficult time staying awake and alert during the day, you may be experiencing excessive daytime sleepiness. Dr. Virend Somers, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist with a focus on sleep medicine, explains the difference between being tired and being sleepy and how excessive daytime sleepiness can have a negative effect on the heart....
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Benefit trend: Employers opt to give workers an allowance for coverage
Dave Lantz is no stranger to emergency department or doctor bills. With three kids in their teens and early 20s, “when someone gets sick or breaks an arm, all of a sudden you have thousand-dollar medical bills,” Lantz said. The family’s health plan that he used to get as the assistant director of physical plant...
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The ‘EpiPen’ ingredient and how it treats anaphylaxis
The recent approval of a new epinephrine nasal spray gives patients a powerful new way to keep life-threatening allergic reactions at bay. But that doesn’t mean folks no longer have to worry about anaphylaxis. According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, anaphylaxis can occur within minutes of exposure to an allergen. Common triggers include...
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How epigenetic modifications can influence the onset and progression of various diseases
Epigenetics, the study of changes in gene function that do not involve alterations to the DNA sequence, plays a pivotal role in understanding the complex interplay between genetics and the environment. A review article titled “Epigenetics and Environmental Health” provides an in-depth analysis of how epigenetic modifications can influence the onset and progression of various...
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Rates of a tick-borne parasitic disease are on the rise, researchers find
Rates of babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, increased an average of 9% per year in the United States between 2015 and 2022, and 4 in 10 patients were found to be co-infected with another tick-borne illness such as Lyme disease, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey...
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People with hip osteoarthritis are unable to activate their muscles as efficiently, irrespective of strength
Muscle activation in people suffering from hip osteoarthritis might be a case of “mind over matter,” new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has shown. Research undertaken by ECU post-doctoral research fellow Dr. Myles Murphy investigated muscle function in people with hip osteoarthritis and found that these patients were unable to activate their muscles as efficiently. The...
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Long COVID symptoms found to be prevalent among health care workers
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, and University College London has found that 33.6% of surveyed health care workers in England report symptoms consistent with post-COVID syndrome (PCS), more commonly known as long COVID. Yet only 7.4% of respondents reported that they have received a formal...
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Extra virgin olive oil may delay cognitive decline in Down syndrome
Researchers working with the Alzheimer’s Center at Temple (ACT) recently investigated the effect of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) on brain health and memory to determine if consumption of extra virgin olive oil, the main component of the Mediterranean diet, can delay cognitive decline in people with Down syndrome (DS). DS is the most common...
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Hospital lobby calls for national emergency over IV shortage
Hurricane Helene killed more than 230 people when it tore through the Southeast U.S. just over a week ago. The storm also shut down an IV manufacturing plant in Marion, North Carolina, that’s responsible for about 60% of the IV solutions for the U.S. As the company, Baxter, deals with the damage, the American Hospital Association is...