UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES Research from UCLA scientists and colleagues from other institutions finds that people with Parkinson’s disease who lack meaningful social interactions may be at an increased risk for severe symptoms related to the disease. The study, which was published in the journal NPJ Parkinson’s Disease, evaluated not only the...
Month: <span>November 2020</span>
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Diagnosing the cause of exercise-induced respiratory symptoms
WILEY Exercise-induced respiratory symptoms are common in childhood, and it can be difficult to diagnose their cause. A study published in Pediatric Pulmonology found that the diagnoses proposed by primary care physicians are often not the same as the final diagnoses after specialist referrals. In the study of 214 children, the final diagnosis was asthma in 54%...
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Vanished’ or ‘hidden’ prostate cancer? Men with negative biopsies during active surveillance have good outcomes
WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH November 17, 2020 – Can early-stage prostate cancer “vanish” during follow-up? More likely the cancer is just “hidden”–either way, negative biopsies during active surveillance for prostate cancer are associated with excellent long-term outcomes, reports a study in The Journal of Urology®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio...
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Home oxygen therapy for adults with COPD and ILD: New ATS clinical practice guideline
AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY IMAGE: NEW CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE ON HOME OXYGEN THERAPY IN ADULTS WITH COPD AND ILD. Nov. 17, 2020 – The latest clinical practice guideline on home oxygen therapy addresses long-term and ambulatory oxygen therapy for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and interstitial lung disease (ILD) and includes the most comprehensive...
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Suffering in silence: two-thirds of older adults say they won’t treat their depression
GENESIGHT MENTAL HEALTH MONITOR IMAGE: AFTER EXPERIENCING DEPRESSION, SAMI SMITH FOUND AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT WITH THE HELP OF HER PSYCHIATRIST AND THE GENESIGHT TEST, A GENETIC TEST THAT CAN HELP DETERMINE HOW A PATIENT’S GENES MAY IMPACT THEIR OUTCOME WITH CERTAAIN MEDICATION BASED ON THEIR UNIQUE DNA. SALT LAKE CITY, November 16, 2020 – A...
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Good long-term effects of continuous glucose monitoring
UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG IMAGE: PROF. MARCUS LIND, UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG. New data on continuous glucose monitoring for people with type 1 diabetes, over a significantly longer period than before, are now available. A University of Gothenburg study shows that using the CGM tool, with its continuous monitoring of blood sugar (glucose) levels, has favorable effects...
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Virtual reality helps measure vulnerability to stress
by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne The researchers measured the heart rates of the participants as they went through each VR scenario, collecting a large body of heart-rate variation data under controlled experimental conditions. Credit: EPFL We all react to stress in different ways. A sudden loud noise or flash of light can elicit different degrees of response...
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A gene mutation that protects against disease
by McMaster University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Canadian scientists looking at a rare genetic mutation think they may have discovered the proverbial fountain of youth. But it’s not for everyone: so far, the mutation has only been found in a handful of French-Canadian families. Called PCSK9Q152H, the mutation of the PCSK9 gene was initially thought to...
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MMR vaccine could protect against COVID-19
by American Society for Microbiology Credit: CC0 Public Domain The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has been theorized to provide protection against COVID-19. In a new study published in mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, researchers provide further proof of this by showing that mumps IgG titers, or levels of IgG antibody, are inversely correlated with severity...
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Researchers reverse severe lymphatic disorder in patient with Noonan syndrome
by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have resolved a severe lymphatic disorder in a girl with Noonan Syndrome that had led to upper gastrointestinal bleeding, fluid collection around the lungs, and numerous surgeries that had been unable to resolve her symptoms. By identifying a genetic mutation along...