By Dr. Chinta Sidharthan Mar 14 2023 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent article published in the journal Cureus, researchers at Loma Linda University Medical Center and the University of California Irvine reviewed the impact of applying the six pillars of lifestyle medicine — stress management, plant-based nutrition, avoidance of risky substances, physical activity, social connections,...
Doing so could diminish the risk of serious injury or death and encourage conversations about secure firearm storage, the researchers say. For the study in Preventive Medicine researchers surveyed 3,510 English-speaking adults in five states: Colorado, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Texas, asking if a health care provider had ever asked them whether they have access to...
EL CAMINO HEALTH IMAGE: THE FDA-APPROVED FLOPATCH DEVICE PROVIDES A SIMPLE, FAST, AND CONSISTENT METHOD FOR MEASURING CHANGES IN HEART FUNCTION. ONCE PLACED ON A PATIENT’S NECK, THE FLOPATCH CONTINUOUSLY ASSESSES BLOOD FLOW IN THE CAROTID ARTERIES, WHICH ARE THE MAJOR BLOOD VESSELS THAT SUPPLY BLOOD TO THE BRAIN, NECK, AND FACE. CREDIT: EL CAMINO...
by University of Sydney Hypothesised change in cognitive function over time in individuals with high and low cognitive reserve, adapted from Bialystok, 2021. Credit: Journal of Neurology (2023). DOI: 10.1007/s00415-023-11638-w University of Sydney researchers who compared people with frontotemporal dementia have found that those born overseas who first spoke a language other than English can tolerate the...
by Cory Pedersen, Mayo Clinic Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The recent death of an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia’s Prey Veng province infected with avian influenza has reinvigorated concern over the virus potentially gaining the ability to spread among humans. And while experts maintain the risk of that happening “remains low” at this time, the World...
by Tohoku University Images of skin lesions can vary significantly depending on the distance between the lesion and the imaging device. By minimizing the imaging bias caused by distance, the accuracy of skin lesion differentiation can be enhanced. Credit: Yuta Yanagisawa et al Atopic dermatitis skin lesions and the lesions produced by infectious complications of...
by American College of Physicians Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A patient presenting with painful, swirling skin lesions, chills, and weight loss was found to be suffering from erythema gyratum repens (EGR), a rare and striking skin condition that is associated with underlying malignancy in most cases, but in some cases can stem from an autoimmune...
by Justin Jackson, Medical Xpress Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Medical student and researcher Faisal Elali of the State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University and medical scribe and researcher Leena Rachid from the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center wanted to see if artificial intelligence could write a fabricated research paper and then investigate...
The discovery provides a tool for developing better insulin preparations that millions of people around the world depend on. If you are one of the many millions of type 1 diabetics worldwide, you know that there is a difference in how rapidly and for how long insulin preparations work in the body. For diabetics, these differences are crucial for...
It is known that toxins in tobacco smoke can change our DNA – but where exactly in the genome they do this has been a mystery. A new approach developed by researchers at ETH Zurich now brings light into the darkness. In the future, this could make it easier than ever to determine the safety of many...
