In a large national survey, adults who struggled with picky eating habits as children overwhelmingly said they benefitted more from positive and encouraging strategies their parents used than forceful or coercive approaches. The research involved people from a generation that struggled with food avoidance before it was identified in 2013 as a psychiatric condition called...
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Smoking associated with lower rates of blood pressure control, even for patients taking medication
by American College of Cardiology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Smoking and high blood pressure are independent cardiovascular risk factors that frequently coexist within patients. While the exact effect of smoking on blood pressure control is not fully understood, smoking is associated with lower rates of blood pressure control in patients taking medication for high blood pressure,...
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LG Air Purifier Mask Makes Breathing Easy
AUGUST 28TH, 2020 MEDGADGET EDITORS OTC, PUBLIC HEALTH Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, companies around the world have been working on solutions to improve how the world responds to the crisis. LG, the giant South Korean electronics manufacturer, has just announced that it has developed a face mask that is an air purifier that cleans...
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UMass Amherst scientists invent new sensing eye mask
Wearable soft mask will be useful for new, cutting-edge sleep and psycho-social studies UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST ANNOUNCING A SOFT NEW WEARABLE EYE MASK FOR USE IN SLEEP AND OTHER STUDIES, LEAD AUTHOR TRISHA ANDREW AT UMASS AMHERST SAYS THAT RECORDING HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR SIGNALS ON OR… view more CREDIT: UMASS AMHERST/ANDREW LAB AMHERST, Mass....
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This online calculator can predict your stroke risk, study finds
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM MARK DEBOER, MD, OF UVA CHILDREN’S, DEVELOPED A CALCULATOR THAT CAN PREDICT THE RISK OF STROKE, DIABETES AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. HE DEVELOPED THE CALCULATOR IN COLLABORATION WITH MATTHEW Doctors can predict patients’ risk for ischemic stroke based on the severity of their metabolic syndrome, a conglomeration of conditions that...
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FDA confirms Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 3 is cleared for EKG, just like the Apple Watch
It’s not clear when the app will be available for US users By Nicole Wetsman Updated Aug 5, 2020, 2:45pm EDT The Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 includes a heart-monitoring electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) app, which has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It’s the second smartwatch in the US with this...
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What to do when ears do not pop
From altitude changes to ear infections, there are many reasons why pressure may build up in the ears. Sometimes, the pressure is easy to relieve, but on occasion, it takes a little longer. Pressure in the ears develops when air and fluid block one of the major ear tubes, causing what is medically known as...
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Implantable transmitter provides wireless option for biomedical devices
PURDUE UNIVERSITY A PURDUE UNIVERSITY TEAM DEVELOPED A FULLY IMPLANTABLE TRANSMITTER CHIP FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NODES AND BIOMEDICAL DEVICES. view more CREDIT: HANSRAJ BHAMRA/PURDUE UNIVERSITY WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University innovators are working on inventions to use micro-chip technology in implantable devices and other wearable products such as smart watches to improve biomedical devices,...
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Reducing corticosteroid use in rheumatoid arthritis
Large multinational study evaluates early discontinuation CHARITÉ – UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN Is the long-term use of glucocorticoids essential in people with chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, or can early discontinuation prevent characteristic side effects? How can these drugs be discontinued without giving rise to glucocorticoid withdrawal syndrome? These were the questions addressed by the...
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Antiviral method against herpes paves the way for combatting incurable viral infections
by Lund University Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new method to treat human herpes viruses. The new broad-spectrum method targets physical properties in the genome of the virus rather than viral proteins, which have previously been targeted. The treatment consists of new molecules that penetrate the protein shell of the virus...