September 2, 2024 by Angelika Leute, Kompetenznetz Vorhofflimmern e.V. (AFNET) Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn international cardiology working group has published a consensus report on atrial cardiomyopathy in Europace. Twenty-one scientists from the rhythmological societies of Europe (European Heart Rhythm Association), North America (Heart Rhythm Society), South America (Latin American Heart Rhythm Society) and the Asia-Pacific...
NEWS29 August 2024 Bacteria and fungi in fermented favourites such as kimchi are also present in the human microbiome. By Ewen Callaway Fermented foods such as kimchi contain microbes that are also found in the human microbiome.Credit: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty You are what you eat — at least when it comes to the microbiome. A catalogue...
Medscape Medical News Sean Hyson, CSCS August 28, 2024 If you encourage patients coming back from stroke to exercise, you’re doing the right thing. Regular physical activity can help improve recovery and reduce the risk for another stroke. But emerging evidence suggests that post stroke, patients may be capable of working out much harder than...
August 28, 2024 by Marilyn Perkins, Thomas Jefferson University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAsian Americans comprise just 6% of the U.S. population, but they represent over 60% of Americans with hepatitis B. Hepatitis B (HBV) is a virus that infects the liver, and while some people may recover from the infection, others can go on to...
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”...
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...
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Corona Borealis Studio / Shutterstock *Important notice: medRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and, therefore, should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or treated as...
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...
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...
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...
