Written by Cheyenne Buckingham, BS | Reviewed by Katie E. Golden, MDKey takeaways: Certain foods may ease colon inflammation symptoms. These include cooked vegetables, lean proteins, and some starchy foods.When you have a condition that causes colon inflammation, you may want to steer clear of foods that can cause a flare-up. These include foods high...
Written by Tracy Norfleet, MD, MBA, FACP, ABOM | Reviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH Key takeaways: Nail polishes and removers, medications, hair dyes, and cigarettes can turn nails yellow.Some medical conditions can also turn nails yellow, like vitamin deficiencies, thyroid and kidney conditions. Nail fungus can also turn nails yellow.Finding the cause of your...
Y CORINNE PURTILL STAFF WRITER Under a microscope, this drug-resistant superbug looks as benign as a handful of pebbles. Yet carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, or CRAB, is a nightmare for hospitals worldwide, as it kills roughly half of all patients who acquire it. Identified as a top-priority pathogen by both the World Health Organization and the...
Matthew F. Watto, MD; Paul N. Williams, MD Matthew F. Watto, MD: Welcome back to The Curbsiders. I’m Dr Matthew Watto, here with America’s primary care physician, Dr Paul Nelson Williams. Paul, are you ready to talk about some adrenal insufficiency? We had a great conversation with Dr Kargi, and I’d like you to start...
by Case Western Reserve University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new study by researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine reveals that a chemical used in the diabetes drug Ozempic and the weight-management drug Wegovy is not associated with an increased risk for suicidal thoughts. The findings about the chemical—known as semaglutide—are particularly significant because...
by Kirstie Ganobsik Anxiety attacks can seem overwhelming when you’re in the middle of one, but with the right coping tools you can come out the other side. According to the Detroit Medical Center, an anxiety attack is a stretch of time during which you experience “intense” anxiety symptoms, especially fear. It can last anywhere...
by Fred Schulte and Holly K. Hacker, KFF Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLiving with diabetes, Carlton “PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream. The pump, manufactured by device maker Medtronic, connected plastic tubing to an insulin reservoir, which...
by Lori Solomon Overall, patients with overactive bladder (OAB) do not have worse sleep disturbance, fatigue, or depression scores than the general population, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in Neurourology and Urodynamics. Sally Jensen, Ph.D., from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and colleagues characterized sleep disturbance, depression, fatigue,...
(Reuters) – Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic and weight-loss therapy Wegovy are being studied to see whether they can improve health in other ways. Both treatments contain the active ingredient semaglutide, part of a class known as GLP-1 drugs that work by helping control blood sugar levels and triggering a feeling of fullness. New...
by UT Southwestern Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA two-step screening protocol that combines clinical risk assessment with biomarker testing can more effectively identify which patients with type 2 diabetes need medication to prevent heart failure, according to a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. Published in Circulation, the study found that the new strategy...
