High-dose pressurized oxygen can stress out old immune cells, leaving behind a younger, better-functioning immune system. It helped with acute COVID, and now Anders Kjellberg is also testing the post-covid method. An example of a hyperbaric chamber. Image credit: Steve Simpson via Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Text: Fredrik Hedlund; first published in the magazine Medicinsk...
by Elana Gotkine For older primary care patients, clinician decision support can reduce unspecified testing compared with traditional case-based education alone, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Stephen D. Persell, M.D., M.P.H., from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and colleagues examined the effect...
Peer-Reviewed Publication AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY LUNG CANCER SCREENING GUIDELINE UPDATE CREDIT: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ATLANTA, November 1, 2023 — Today, the American Cancer Society (ACS) released an update of its lung cancer screening guideline to help reduce the number of people dying from the disease due to smoking history. The new guideline recommends yearly screening...
by University of Queensland Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn Australian-first study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, has found significant prevalence of undiagnosed celiac disease among first degree relatives of people already diagnosed. The study findings support existing overseas recommendations for screening of first degree relatives for celiac disease. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder where...
Beth Snyder Bulik Senior Editor The nation’s largest lab provider is coming to your living room — with both its tests and a first-ever advertising campaign. Quest Diagnostics’ lineup of 50+ tests, from sexually transmitted disease screenings to allergy and metabolic panels, lets people skip the line at doctors’ offices and get results at home....
by Steve Graff, University of Pennsylvania For Mark Paviglianiti, it started in 1962 when he was just six years old. While he lay in bed sick for weeks with a fever, doctors from his hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, worked to figure out what was wrong. Eventually, they spotted high levels of protein in his urine—a surefire sign...
There is a joke that you’re never lonely just think of the many organisms with whom you share your own body. While the human organism itself is said to contain about 37 trillion human cells, the microbiome – and the bulk of bacteria making it up – means an additional 30-50 trillion cells. That means that every...
