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Puzzling paralysis affecting healthy children warns CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that a series of rare and difficult to treat cases of paralysis are being seen in otherwise healthy children since 2018. This outbreak is 2018 may soon make a comeback in 2020 the organization warns doctors and paediatricians. The report was published in the CDC’s Vital Signs this week.

11 Jul 2019

Computers, games, crafting keep the aging brain sharp

A team of researchers wanted to investigate whether timing, number, and frequency of brain-stimulating activities in midlife and late life are linked to the risk of incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

11 Jul 2019

Australian seagulls carry superbugs

In a surprising observation, a team of Australian scientists found that one in five silver gulls in Australia harbored antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which could cause a wave of serious human infections. This comes against a background of increasing alarm over the emergence of antibiotic resistance in many common bacterial species.

11 Jul 2019

Study highlights the need for larger Alzheimer's drug trials that intervene much earlier

There are currently no drugs that stop or inhibit Alzheimer's disease. Despite drug trials showing plaque reduction in the brain, the patients' cognitive function did not improve.

11 Jul 2019

Multifaceted intervention for acute respiratory infection improves antibiotic-prescribing

Antibiotic stewardship interventions for acute respiratory infection) is feasible and effective and can significantly reduce overuse in the emergency department and urgent care center settings.

11 Jul 2019

New structured approach to managing patients with depression in primary care

A questionnaire-based management algorithm for major depressive disorder in primary care is feasible to implement, though attrition from treatment is high.

11 Jul 2019

'Traffic light' food labels associated with reduction in calories purchased by hospital employees

A new study by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators released today in JAMA Network Open, a publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that labeling food choices in a hospital cafeteria with simple "traffic-light" symbols indicating their relative health value was associated with a reduction in calories purchased by employees, and that the dietary changes were sustained over two years.

11 Jul 2019

Gay men in China eight times more likely to face social discrimination

A new study highlights the importance of social and emotional support in homosexual men. Young adult gay men in China were found to be eight times more likely to feel rejected and criticized, fueling feelings of interpersonal sensitivity and loneliness.

10 Jul 2019

British boys to receive HPV jabs

From this September, boys of 12 and 13 will receive the HPV vaccine in all UK schools, hopefully preventing mouth, throat, penile and anal cancers caused by this oncovirus.

10 Jul 2019

Are physical examinations by family doctors still needed?

Are you wondering if an annual or regular physical examination is still necessary? A new study reveals that it’s an integral part of relationship-centered care and detection of diseases early on.

10 Jul 2019

Sleep disorders in patients with low back pain linked to increased healthcare visits, costs

Many patients with low back pain also have sleep disorders, which are linked to increased healthcare visits and higher costs for back pain treatment, reports a study in the journal Spine.

10 Jul 2019

Car safety improved over last decade but greater risk for women

Research has shown that over the last decade, cars have been rendered safer compared to older models. They are more resilient to frontal collisions say experts than before. Frontal collisions remain one of the commonest types of car crashes.

10 Jul 2019

Using Obamacare authority, Trump aims to shift dialysis care to patients’ homes

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a bold plan to improve care to patients with kidney disease, which he claimed would save thousands of lives each year and billions of dollars for taxpayers.

10 Jul 2019

Diabetes patients experiencing empathy from PCPs have beneficial long-term clinical outcomes

A United Kingdom study designed to examine the association between primary care practitioner empathy and incidence of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality among type 2 diabetes patients found that those patients experiencing greater empathy in the year following their diagnosis saw beneficial long-term clinical outcomes.

10 Jul 2019

Novel program in England's third largest city helps reduce childhood obesity

Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions, affecting children's health and wellbeing and leading to obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer later in life.

10 Jul 2019

Medicare going in ‘right direction’ on opioid epidemic

Prescriptions for two drugs used to treat opioid addiction increased significantly from 2016 to 2018 for people on Medicare, according to a federal report out Wednesday.

10 Jul 2019

New tool promotes greater sharing of clinical trial data by pharmaceutical companies

A tool developed by researchers at Yale, Stanford, and Bioethics International can promote greater sharing of clinical trial data by pharmaceutical companies.

10 Jul 2019

Cancer killing capability of lesser-known immune cells identified

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have identified, for the first time in esophageal cancer, the cancer killing capability of a lesser-known type of immune cell, presenting a new potential therapeutic target.

10 Jul 2019

Adults with family history of Alzheimer’s have learning impairments, study finds

Adults with a first-degree relative with Alzheimer's disease perform more poorly on online paired-learning tasks than adults without such a family history, and this impairment appears to be exacerbated by having diabetes or a genetic variation in the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene linked to the disease.

10 Jul 2019

Subclinical cardiovascular disease linked to higher risk of falling in older adults

Each year, one out of three U.S. adults aged 65 years or older falls - and the number of deaths from falls is rising.

10 Jul 2019

Medical News

Puzzling paralysis affecting healthy children warns CDC

Computers, games, crafting keep the aging brain sharp

Australian seagulls carry superbugs

Study highlights the need for larger Alzheimer's drug trials that intervene much earlier

Multifaceted intervention for acute respiratory infection improves antibiotic-prescribing

New structured approach to managing patients with depression in primary care

'Traffic light' food labels associated with reduction in calories purchased by hospital employees

Gay men in China eight times more likely to face social discrimination

British boys to receive HPV jabs

Are physical examinations by family doctors still needed?

Sleep disorders in patients with low back pain linked to increased healthcare visits, costs

Car safety improved over last decade but greater risk for women

Using Obamacare authority, Trump aims to shift dialysis care to patients’ homes

Diabetes patients experiencing empathy from PCPs have beneficial long-term clinical outcomes

Novel program in England's third largest city helps reduce childhood obesity

Medicare going in ‘right direction’ on opioid epidemic

New tool promotes greater sharing of clinical trial data by pharmaceutical companies

Cancer killing capability of lesser-known immune cells identified

Adults with family history of Alzheimer’s have learning impairments, study finds

Subclinical cardiovascular disease linked to higher risk of falling in older adults

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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