August 12, 2024 by Lori Solomon Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a significantly increased risk for lung cancer, according to a study published online July 28 in Arthritis & Rheumatology. Rebecca T. Brooks, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and colleagues evaluated lung cancer risk in people with RA and RA-interstitial lung...
by Nathaniel Weixel – 08/08/24 1:51 PM ET COVID-19 killed far fewer Americans in 2023 than 2022, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The percentage of people who died from the disease dropped nearly 69 percent last year, and COVID-19 was listed as the 10th leading cause of...
August 7, 2024 by American Academy of Neurology Immunohistochemistry for alpha-synuclein showing positive staining (brown) of an intraneural Lewy-body in the Substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease. Credit: WikipediaThere’s some good news for people with Parkinson’s disease: The risk of developing dementia may be lower than previously thought, or dementia may occur later in the course...
August 7, 2024 by Valerie Goodwin, University of Michigan Descriptive characteristics of adults with cerebral palsy. Credit: JAMA Neurology (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2443Pain management is an important component of caring for adults with cerebral palsy. However, it’s the least understood comorbidity in the adult cerebral palsy population. A study led by Mark Peterson, Ph.D., M.S., FACSM,...
August 13, 2024 by University of South Australia Say ‘aah’ and get a diagnosis on the spot: is this the future of health?A researcher demonstrates how a camera captures images of the tongue and analyzes it for disease. Credit: Middle Technical UniversityA computer algorithm has achieved 98% accuracy in predicting different diseases by analyzing the...
August 13, 2024 by Radiological Society of North America Lung nodules seen in a high percentage of non-smokersRepresentative chest low-dose CT images show lung nodules (arrows) and were included in the study. (A) A solid lung nodule, 82 mm3, in a 77-year-old male participant. (B) A clinically relevant nodule, 174 mm3, in a 55-year-old female...
by Nathaniel Weixel – 08/12/24 1:23 PM ET Getty Images New research, published in the journal Cancer, showed the current sharp disparity in cancer mortality and cases among men is likely to increase without interventions.Cancer cases and deaths among men are projected to skyrocket by 2050, according to a new study, especially for those aged...
August 13, 2024 by Eric B. Larson and Laura Gitlin, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainNearly half of all dementia cases could be delayed or prevented altogether by addressing 14 possible risk factors, including vision loss and high cholesterol. That is the key finding of a new study that we and our colleagues published in...
August 13, 2024 by Zara Abrams, Keck School of Medicine of USC vapeCredit: CC0 Public Domain In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC compared epigenetic changes across the genome in young adults who vaped, smoked or did not use nicotine products, finding a tumor-suppressor gene...
August 14, 2024 by Robin Foster Parvovirus B19, a seasonal respiratory virus that subsided during the pandemic, is making a comeback, U.S. health officials warned Tuesday. In a health alert issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency said it has received reports of higher test positivity rates in recent months:...
