Reviewed By: Megan Elizabeth Collins, M.D. Undetected vision problems can impact your child’s performance both in and out of the classroom. Therefore, it’s important to understand eye health so you can recognize the signs that your child may have a vision problem and possibly need glasses. “The visual system in a child is still developing during the...
WHY FACEBOOK TARGETED ADS ARE OFTEN HILARIOUSLY WRONG
Researchers already knew Facebook creates interest profiles for users based on each user’s activities, but the new study finds this process doesn’t seem to account for the context of these activities. “For example, if you posted something about how much you dislike green cheese, the algorithm Facebook uses to infer your interests would likely notice...
Mild fever helps clear infections faster, new study suggests
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA IMAGE: USING A CUSTOM SWIM CHAMBER TO STUDY HOW FISH RESPONDED BEHAVIOURALLY TO FEVER, RESEARCHERS DANIEL BARREDA, AMRO SOLIMAN, FARAH HADDAD AND THEIR TEAM FOUND THAT MILD FEVER HELPED THE FISH CLEAR THEIR BODIES OF INFECTION RAPIDLY, CONTROLLED INFLAMMATION AND REPAIRED TISSUE DAMAGE. CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA It may be better to...
How ‘patient influencers’ may be misleading patients on prescription drugs
by Lisa Marshall, University of Colorado at Boulder Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Patients-turned-social-media-influencers routinely offer prescription drug advice to their followers and often have close ties with pharmaceutical companies, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research. But they also tend to have good intentions, the study found. The study, published this week in the Journal of...
What are the best sleeping positions for a more comfortable day
by Kirstie Ganobsik If you were asked your favorite sleep position, you’d probably be able to answer pretty quickly. But it can be a little trickier to figure out the best sleeping position—one that helps you reduce your aches and pains and maximize the enormous health benefits that research has shown a good night’s sleep can provide. Here are...
A perilous prescription: The dangers of unregulated drug ads
by Morgan Coulson, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain During the COVID-19 pandemic, as many stayed home, direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising—already big business—boomed. Websites, social media, streaming services, and other on-demand platforms became ideal real estate for drug manufacturers, start up clinics, telemedicine practitioners, and others to market drugs,...
Norovirus and Shigella outbreaks, State Health Leaders give tips to know the differences
by Jedediah HoytSun, March 12th 2023, 5:45 PM MST KEPR Action News Tri-Cities Wash. — State health leaders say outbreaks of stomach flu-like illnesses like Norovirus and Shigella, often spread quickly through communities, and say symptoms can often be similar and hard to identify during an outbreak. Health leaders say shigella is a bacterium, while norovirus is a virus, but...
Ask a Doctor: What to know about Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs
Advice by Silvana Pannain, MD Updated March 13, 2023 at 5:13 p.m. EDT|Published March 13, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. Q. I am hearing good things about weight-loss drugs. Are they effective? A. Jimmy Kimmel joked about widespread use in Hollywood of the weight loss drug Ozempic during his Oscars monologue, and now many people are searching...
Study Shows How Low Blood Glucose May Worsen Eye Disease
BY QUINN PHILLIPS | MARCH 10, 2023 Researchers have discovered how hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) may contribute to eye damage in people with diabetes, according to a new study published in the journal Cell Reports. The connection between high blood glucose levels in people with diabetes and a variety of potential complications — including retinopathy and other eye diseases linked to diabetes — is...
Common Acid Reflux Drugs Linked to Greater Cardiovascular Disease and Death in Type 2 Diabetes
BY QUINN PHILLIPS | MARCH 6, 2023 People with type 2 diabetes who take a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drug for acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD) are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease and death, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Proton pump inhibitors are a widely used...