by Kaiser Permanente Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study released April 22 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine shows that a booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine provides strong protection, roughly 80% to 90%, in the first few months against hospital admissions and emergency department visits caused by the delta and omicron variants. However, against omicron, this...
By: Melissa Blasius Posted at 7:03 PM, Apr 21, 2022 and last updated 7:03 PM, Apr 21, 2022 Some people who developed tinnitus shortly after getting COVID-19 vaccinations are urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to recognize the condition as a potential side effect of the vaccine. Tinnitus is commonly called ringing in...
by Lisa Ercolano, Johns Hopkins University Credit: Onder Erin Imagine a tiny, untethered needle that can enter the body through an incision no larger than a pin prick to perform biopsies, suture wounds, and even deliver cancer-fighting chemotherapy directly to tumors. Controlled by externally applied magnetics forces—no attached, guiding wires, or human or robotic hands—these...
Guided imagery is a relaxation technique that involves dwelling on a positive mental image or scene. It is a tool that psychotherapists use, but a person can also teach it to themselves and use it at any time. This technique is sometimes called visualization, or guided meditation. There are many benefits to using guided imagery,...
Megan Brooks April 19, 2022 Sips of pickle juice may be all it takes to lessen the severity of muscle cramps in adults with cirrhosis, according to results of the PICCLES randomized controlled trial. In the trial, patients with cirrhotic cramps who sipped pickle brine at the onset of a muscle cramp saw a significant decrease...
by University of Tübingen Colonization with CalRes-associated gut microbiota alters body fat and glucose clearance. Metabolic analysis of germ-free (GF) mice and mice inoculated with AdLib and CalRes human gut microbiota. A–C Spleen (A), epigonadal white adipose tissue (eWAT) (B), and liver (C) weights from GF and colonized mice. D Feces weight was measured using...
by Weill Cornell Medical College Prostate cancer cells. Credit: NIH Image Gallery Over the past 15 years, public health authorities have downgraded recommendations for the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test as a screening tool to reduce the overdiagnosis and overtreatment of men with low-grade prostate cancer. Now, researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have found that while...
by Alokananda Rudra, The Conversation Many women have to wait years for a diagnosis. Credit: Roman Kosolapov/Shutterstock Over the last decade or so, there’s been an uptick in the number of adults being diagnosed with autism and ADHD. Any number of factors might explain this rise, including greater public awareness of both conditions, broader diagnostic criteria and changing perceptions in who...
by Thamarasee Jeewandara, Medical Xpress Representative results of the proposed approach on a porcine brain sample. a Brightfield image of the sample, where the arrows indicate areas with a lipid-rich and pharmaceutical compound. In the brightfield image it is not only challenging to localize the regions but does not provide any possibility to differentiate between...
Interview conducted by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Apr 22 2022 Thought Leaders Dr. Zhaoming Wang Epidemiology & Cancer ControlSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital In this interview, we speak to Dr. Zhaoming Wang about his latest research that investigated accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors and the underlying genetics causing this. Please could you introduce yourself and tell us...
