by Molly Chiu, Baylor College of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainGenetic test results can be hard to understand and interpret for people without a background in genetics. Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center are studying whether an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant could be beneficial in answering questions about these results for...
Miriam E. Tucker TOPLINE:European thyroid specialists report willingness to prescribe combination levothyroxine (LT4) + liothyronine (LT3) to patients with hypothyroidism who report persistent symptoms even after normalisation of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. These specialists report LT4+LT3 prescribing despite nearly half attributing patients’ persistent symptoms to nonendocrine causes, and the lack of evidence supporting the efficacy...
People with essential tremor (ET) have nearly three times increased risk of developing dementia compared with the general population, new research showed. In a prospective, longitudinal study, incidence of dementia was nearly 20% among older adults with ET. However, the rates were lower than those in adults with Parkinson’s disease. The study is “the most...
954Ashley Winter, MD, remembers the first time she Googled the skin condition lichen sclerosus. Most of the websites listed the autoimmune condition as a rare disease. In the realm of genital health, some conditions remain shrouded in silence and consequently are more likely to go undercounted and underdiagnosed, Winter, a urologist based in Los Angeles,...
Perioral dermatitis can look a lot like atopic dermatitis. For primary care clinicians, the similarity in presentation can create challenges in providing the right treatment and knowing when a patient needs to be referred to a dermatologist. The two conditions look similar; both present with itchy, swollen rashes. But atopic dermatitis can be located anywhere...
by The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Credit: CC0 Public DomainFindings from a new study conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and published in the journal mBio reflect the important role that the gut microbiome (communities of bacteria) plays in the airway health of persons with cystic fibrosis....
SAN DIEGO — Among patients with skin of color and moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD) who underwent 16 weeks of treatment with lebrikizumab, 68% achieved a 75% reduction in the Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI-75), interim results from a novel phase 3b trial showed. Lebrikizumab, a novel monoclonal antibody being developed by Eli...
Veterans with traumatic brain injuries show spinal fluid alterations resembling those in Alzheimer’s patients. University of Washington School of Medicine Credit: Benjamin Faust / Unsplash. U.S. veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who suffered mild traumatic brain injury from exposure to explosive blasts were found to have changes in cerebrospinal fluid proteins that...
by Jane E. Dee, Yale University Climate change poses profound public health threats to people of all ages. But as the climate changes, the world is facing another public health challenge: aging. The proportion of the world’s population 65 and older is projected to rise from 9% at present to 16% in 2050. As the...
by European Association for the Study of Obesity Credit: CC0 Public DomainNew research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (Venice, Italy, May 12-15) shows that the obesity medication tirzepatide consistently reduces body weight and waist circumference regardless of the length of time the person has been living with overweight or obesity....
