The contraceptive pill could increase the risk of frontal fibrosing alopecia if a mutation in a specific gene is present.NewsPublished: May 30, 2024 | Original story from King’s College London Credit: Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition / Unsplash. A new study published in JAMA Dermatology looks at how taking the oral contraceptive pill could be linked...
JUNE 10, 2024 by British Medical Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainOpioid giant Mallinckrodt, selling more than Purdue Pharma in the US, was forced by the courts to publish more than 1.3 million internal documents. In The BMJ, researchers Sergio Sismondo and Maud Bernisson sift through nearly 900 contracts which together reveal a carefully coordinated effort...
NEWS RELEASE 11-JUN-2024 The most influential factors contributing to psychological flourishing in this group include having a trusted confidant, using religion or spirituality as coping mechanisms, and the absence of disabling chronic pain Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Toronto, ON —New research conducted by the University of Toronto and published in the Journal of Affective Disorders...
JUNE 11TH, 2024POSTED BY NADINE YEHYA – UC DAVIS (Credit: Getty Images) TAGS CROHN’S DISEASEFUNGIGUT BACTERIAMEDICATIONSPROBIOTICSYEASTUNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS A common anti-inflammatory drug, mesalamine, can replace the work of good bacteria in fighting the nasty fungus Candida albicans in the gut. C. albicans, or candida, is known to cause yeast infections. In some cases,...
JUNE 11, 2024 by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Top row: CT- and LSO-TX-based attenuation maps with their respective percentage relative change (%RC) map. Bottom row: PET images reconstructed using CT- and LSO-TX-based attenuation maps with their respective %RC map. Credit: Image created by H Sari et al., Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland...
NEWS RELEASE 11-JUN-2024 Depressive symptoms are linked to subsequent memory decline in older people, while poorer memory is also linked to an increase in depressive symptoms later on, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Depressive symptoms are linked to subsequent memory...
COMMENTARY Kevin Fernando, MBChB DISCLOSURES June 06, 2024 This transcript has been edited for clarity. Linda, a 50-year-old hedge fund manager, consults you in clinic after her recent annual company health screen detected 2+ blood on her urine dipstick test. She is asymptomatic. She has no past medical history of note and takes no prescribed...
Medscape Medical News Marta Zaraska June 10, 2024 When doctors and patients consider the appendix, it’s often with urgency. In cases of appendicitis, the clock could be ticking down to a life-threatening burst. Thus, despite recent research suggesting antibiotics could be an alternative therapy, appendectomy remains standard for uncomplicated appendicitis. But what if removing the...
Perspective > Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology > ADA 2023COMMENTARY Kevin Fernando, MBChB, MSc DISCLOSURES June 29, 2023 Cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading causes of death in patients with type 2 diabetes in the United Kingdom. Sadly, these patients are twice as likely to suffer or die from a cardiovascular event, compared with patients...
JUNE 11, 2024 by Elana Gotkine The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for osteoporosis for women aged 65 years and older and for postmenopausal women younger than 65 years with one or more risk factors. These recommendations form the basis of a draft recommendation statement published online June 11. Researchers reviewed the...
