JUNE 11, 2024 by Elana Gotkine Myocardial blood flow (MBF) increases about twofold with exposure that increases the core temperature by 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a study published online June 11 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Hadiatou Barry, from the Université de Montréal, and colleagues quantified the MBF requirements of heat exposure in...
Marilynn Larkin June 02, 2024 Nearly 2 years after their final infusion with the IGF-IR inhibitor teprotumumab (Tepezza), 82% of patients with thyroid eye disease did not need further treatment for their symptoms, revealed research presented today at ENDO 2024 and published in Thyroid. “Thyroid eye disease is a lifelong autoimmune disease that can worsen...
JUNE 12, 2024 by Tom Murphy Medical charges are seen in Temple Hills, Md., Monday, June 26, 2023. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday, June 11, 2024, it is planning a rule that would remove medical bills from credit reports and prevent lenders from making decisions based on medical information. Credit: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin,...
NEWS RELEASE 12-JUN-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG IMAGE: ÅSA WINZELL JUHLIN, SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG. CREDIT: PHOTO BY JOSEFIN BERGENHOLTZ. All had hearing loss, eight out of ten needed hearing aids and three out of ten had occluding ear wax. A study from the University of Gothenburg examined a scarcely studied group...
JUNE 12, 2024 by University of Rochester Medical Center Credit: CC0 Public DomainUbiquitous wearable technologies, like smartwatches, could help researchers better understand progressive neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease and speed up the approval of new therapies, a critical need given that no drugs exist to slow progression of the world’s fastest growing brain disease. New...
theheart.org on MedscapeCOMMENTARY Christopher Labos, MD CM, MSc, FRCPCDISCLOSURES | May 02, 2024 How did cholesterol denialism become a pseudoscience? It happened so slowly that many of us didn’t notice. But somewhere along the way, cholesterol deniers stopped questioning the scientific evidence and started denying it. Christopher Labos, MD CM, MSc If you weren’t paying...
by Ernie Mundell Cerebral aneurysms: For most people, the word signals a sudden, fatal brain bleed that seemingly comes out of nowhere. However, an expert at Penn State Health says that in many cases these brain blood vessel ruptures are spotted early, before they rupture. And even when they do occur, they are not uniformly...
by Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania The CDC has said there is no evidence of a link between the MMR vaccine and getting autism, but an April 2024 survey finds that a quarter of U.S. adults think that statement is inaccurate. This finding is consistent with prior surveys by the Annenberg...
Medscape Medical News > Conference News > ATS 2024 Neil Osterweil May 22, 2024 SAN DIEGO — Although there is as yet no smoking gun definitively showing that indoor nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations from gas appliances are a cause of pulmonary diseases, the circumstantial evidence of the baleful effects of gas stoves on lung function...
MAY 30, 2024 by King’s College London Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new study published in JAMA Dermatology looks at how taking the oral contraceptive pill could be linked to a form of hair loss, known as frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA). FFA is a highly distressing skin disorder, which is associated with inflammation, scarring and irreversible...
