by Len Canter “Mom, can I get a tattoo?” Tats, along with body piercings, have become mainstream. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports that 29% of the population has at least one tattoo. So this is a question you’re likely to face as a parent. You may not be in favor of it, but...
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Salad bars and water systems are easy targets for bioterrorists—and America’s monitoring system is woefully inadequate
by Ana Santos Rutschman, The Conversation In October 2019, a House Homeland Security Committee subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Defending the Homeland from Bioterrorism: Are We Prepared?” The answer was a resounding no. The experts testified that our biodefense system has been vulnerable and outdated for well over a decade. This might provoke worries about...
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Neuromodulation for Tinnitus Relief
SCOTT JUNG ENT, EXCLUSIVE, NEUROLOGY Our nervous system plays a central role in how we sense things in our environment, and modulating the signals that pass through our nerves can manipulate our brain in various ways. Neuromodulation is commonly used for pain relief and is being researched to help restore movement, sight, hearing, and cognitive function for those...
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SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AMONG BLACK TEENS ROSE 73% FROM 1991-2017
“The rise in suicide rates among black youth can most likely be traced back to an internalization of issues around structural racism in America, along with a lack of coping mechanisms and lack of investment in mental health services in black communities,” says Sean Joe, professor of social development at Washington University in St. Louis...
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Gabapentinoids appear increasingly to be prescribed, off-label, for cancer pain
IMAGE: A GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT SHOWING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE STUDY. view more CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Between 2005 and 2015, as the opioid crisis in America came into focus, prescriptions for gabapentinoid medications — gabapentin and pregabalin — to adults with cancer saw a two-fold increase, a University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center study has found. Gabapentin, which...
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Thirty-three percent of people on anticoagulants take OTC supplements with potentially serious interactions
by University of California, Los Angeles Credit: CC0 Public Domain Nearly 98% percent of people prescribed direct-acting oral anticoagulants such as apixaban used over-the-counter products. Of those, 33% took at least one such product that, in combination with the anticoagulants, could cause dangerous internal bleeding. People on these medications largely lacked knowledge of some potentially serious...
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Tough as nails: Older people reluctant to ask for mental health support
New ECU research has found that more than 40 per cent of older Australians with chronic disease would be unlikely to seek help for mental health conditions even if they needed it. One in seven Australians is aged over 65. But while we’re living longer, we’re not necessarily living better or happier. Edith Cowan University...
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Anti-inflammatory agents can effectively and safely curb major depressive symptoms
by British Medical Journal Credit: CC0 Public Domain Anti-inflammatory agents, such as aspirin/paracetamol, statins, and antibiotics, can safely and effectively curb the symptoms of major depression, finds a pooled analysis of the available evidence, published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. And the effects are even stronger when these agents are added on to...
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Spironolactone noninferior in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(HealthDay)—In a head-to-head study of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, spironolactone was found to be noninferior to eplerenone for slowing the progression of heart damage in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to a study published in the Oct. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association. Subha V. Raman, M.D., from The Ohio State...
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First Portable Carb Metabolism Monitor Unveiled
OCTOBER 28TH, 2019 MEDGADGET EDITORS CARDIOLOGY, DIAGNOSTICS, MEDICINE, SPORTS MEDICINE Kyocera of Japan has just unveiled the first carbohydrate metabolism measurement device. The system is portable and users can assess their carbohydrate metabolism just about anywhere. The soon to be released product is a radial arterial pulse wave gyro sensor that analyzes pulse-wave patterns at the wrist. Kyocera...