by Joel Streed, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMarch is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the difference between two kidney disorders—kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease. Your kidneys are situated in the back of your abdomen under your lower ribs, one on each side of...
Megan Brooks In recent years, media reports touting ketamine as a fast-acting, highly effective treatment for severe depression have increased. In part, this phenomenon is due to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) 2019 approval of ketamine’s cousin, esketamine (Spravato), the first antidepressant in a new drug class for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Yet, news...
Written by Payton Sy, BSN, RN | Reviewed by Christina Palmer, MD Key takeaways: Water hardness refers to the mineral content in water, with hard water having more minerals and soft water having fewer minerals.There is no clear consensus on whether hard water or soft water is better for drinking, but soft water is gentler...
Researchers from the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit and Oxford University’s Department of Computer Science have set out a new principle to explain how the brain adjusts connections between neurons during learning.This new insight may guide further research on learning in brain networks and may inspire faster and more robust learning algorithms in artificial intelligence....
Chlamydia and gonorrhea are sexually transmitted bacterial infections. A person can contract one of these infections if they have unprotected sexual contact with someone who has it. It can be hard to tell the difference between the two, as the symptoms can be similar. Chlamydia and gonorrhea are both extremely common. In 2018, chlamydia had...
