MAY 24, 2024 by Elana Gotkine Patients with fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have increased rates of severe multiple drug intolerance syndrome (MDIS), according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Alicia A. Alvarez, M.D., from Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida, and colleagues...
MAY 16, 2024 by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Men are at greater risk than women of the major health effects of diabetes (types 1 and 2), proposes a long term study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Rates of cardiovascular disease, leg, foot, and kidney complications, and the...
NEWS RELEASE 16-MAY-2024 The number of people experiencing poor health and early death caused by metabolism-related risk factors such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high BMI has increased by 50% since 2000, reveals new global studyPeer-Reviewed PublicationINSTITUTE FOR HEALTH METRICS AND EVALUATION Embargo: 23.30 [UK time], 6:30 p.m. [EDT] May 16, 2024 Global...
by Tina Brown Short-term exposure to wildfire-related air pollution is associated with an increase in clinic visits for acne vulgaris among adults, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, held from March 8 to 12 in San Diego. Alex Ha, from the University of California, San Francisco,...
by University of Exeter Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA large-scale study has found that some people whose genetics are linked to the common iron overload condition hemochromatosis have substantially greater levels of liver, musculoskeletal and brain disease than previously reported, especially at older ages. Hemochromatosis causes a build-up of iron in the body which can cause...
by Hebrew SeniorLife Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research association with subsequent risk of a hip fracture in women (left panel) and men (right panel). Hazard ratios (HR), adjusted for duration of follow-up, and 95% confidence interval are shown. P values are for the interaction term with age at baseline. Credit: Osteoporosis International...
People with essential tremor (ET) have nearly three times increased risk of developing dementia compared with the general population, new research showed. In a prospective, longitudinal study, incidence of dementia was nearly 20% among older adults with ET. However, the rates were lower than those in adults with Parkinson’s disease. The study is “the most...
by Jane E. Dee, Yale University Climate change poses profound public health threats to people of all ages. But as the climate changes, the world is facing another public health challenge: aging. The proportion of the world’s population 65 and older is projected to rise from 9% at present to 16% in 2050. As the...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainConditions affecting the nervous system—such as strokes, migraines and dementia—have surged past heart disease to become the leading cause of ill health worldwide, a major new analysis said on Friday. More than 3.4 billion people—43 percent of the global population—experienced a neurological condition in 2021, far more than had previously been thought,...
by De Gruyter Credit: CC0 Public DomainTen percent of respondents to a recent survey of Norwegian adults had undergone cosmetic surgery, with one in eight of these experiencing chronic post-operative pain, according to results published in the Scandinavian Journal of Pain. The study is the first to examine the prevalence of cosmetic surgery among Norwegian...
