Medscape Medical News > Conference News Pauline Anderson June 19, 2024 SAN DIEGO, California — Nearly one in three patients with migraine is reluctant to seek medical help and many blame health care providers, results of a recent survey showed. Participants cited concerns that their complaints would be dismissed, a belief that health care providers...
WebMD Health News Ralph Ellis July 01, 2024 In a shifting landscape in dementia risk factors, cardiovascular health (or the health of your heart and blood vessels) is now taking precedence. That’s according to researchers from University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom who analyzed 27 papers about dementia that had data collected over...
JUNE 20, 2024 by Jesse Tse and Nick Haslam, The Conversation Percentage of participants with broad (dark blue) or narrow (light blue) concepts of mental illness who self-diagnosed at different levels of distress. Credit: Jesse Tse and Nick HaslamMental illnesses such as depression and anxiety disorders have become more prevalent, especially among young people. Demand...
JULY 2, 2024 by Lori Solomon Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is associated with an increased incidence of atrial fibrillation, according to a study published online June 2 in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. Lei Wang and Yi Wei Lu, from the Aerospace Center Hospital in Beijing, and colleagues assessed GERD’s role as a potential contributing factor...
JUNE 6, 2024 by Robin Foster Long COVID continues to plague millions of Americans as the health costs of the pandemic linger four years later, a new report warns. In a hefty document released Wednesday, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, a nongovernmental group that advises federal agencies on science and medicine, detailed...
JUNE 7, 2024 Though not at numbers seen in the 2022 outbreak, mpox cases are still circulating in the United States, largely among gay and bisexual men, new government data shows. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the outbreak of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) viral illness in the United States...
JUNE 5, 2024 by Anita Snow Phoenix Fire Capt. John Prato demonstrates a new protocol that the fire department in America’s hottest big city is adopting as the West braces for the first heat wave of the summer season, Monday, June 3, 2024, in Phoenix. The cold water immersion therapy already used by hospitals in...
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...
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...
JUNE 11, 2024 by Karen Kreeger, Monell Chemical Senses Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers and patient advocates from the Monell Chemical Senses Center, Smell and Taste Association of North America (STANA), and Thomas Jefferson University came together during the COVID-19 pandemic to incorporate patient voices in efforts to prioritize research areas focused on improving care...
