TBI May Reactivate Herpes Virus Leading to Neurodegeneration
Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) may reactivate latent herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in the brain and contribute to ...
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Family Physicians See Culture Improve, Challenge RVU System
Family care physicians are seeing steady or gradual improvements in several key aspects of running their practices, according to the ...
PSMA-PET Challenges Current Prostate Cancer Staging
TOPLINE: Prostate-specific membrane antigen–positron emission tomography (PSMA-PET) detected metastatic disease in 46% of patients with high-risk prostate cancer previously classified as ...
Loneliness and Social Isolation Leave a Mark on the Blood
Social isolation and loneliness have long been linked to adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, and premature death. ...
Mum told by 999 to give seriously ill son painkillers over ambulance delay
Roisin WilshawBrian Rooney with his mother Isobel Benson - he collapsed at the doors of the Royal Victoria Hospital after ...
Glass of milk a day cuts bowel cancer risk
Getty ImagesA large UK study has found further evidence that people with more calcium in their diet - equivalent to ...
Personalized Care Can Ease Preoperative Anesthesia Anxiety
TOPLINE:Personalized interventions, including empathic conversations and educational videos, significantly reduce preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing elective surgery.METHODOLOGY:Researchers conducted a prospective, ...
Mental Health Tools for Kids
A young boy with a habit of screaming when he didn’t get his way is among the patients Joannie Yeh, ...
Early Patching Benefits Kids Born With Cataract in One Eye
TOPLINE:Children with congenital cataract in one eye are more likely to achieve nearly normal vision when their caregivers maintain consistent ...
Politics in the Exam Room
As political decisions increasingly affect healthcare, doctors weigh in on the changes and challenges they’ll likely see with the new ...
Obstetric VTE Risk Rose Significantly Over Past Decade
TOPLINE:Risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) during pregnancy increased significantly from 2009 to 2019, with an average annual percent change of ...
Choline Alfoscerate Has Modest Benefits on Cognition in T2D
TOPLINE:Daily treatment with 1200 mg of choline alfoscerate for 12 months shows a modest yet significant improvement in cognitive function ...
FMT Shows Early Success in Type 1 Diabetes With Bowel Issues
TOPLINE:In patients with type 1 diabetes and severe gastroenteropathy, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) demonstrates a favorable safety profile and is ...
How Often Do Radiation Plans Need Peer Review Changes?
TOPLINE:Institutional peer review of radiation therapy resulted in changes to treatment plans in over a quarter of cancer cases, according ...
Gabapentin Shows Lower Fall Risk Than Duloxetine in Elderly
TOPLINE:Among 57,086 older adults, new gabapentin users demonstrated lower fall-related healthcare visits than duloxetine users, with a weighted cumulative incidence ...
Cardiac Health Can Determine Breast Cancer Severity
TOPLINE:Patients presenting with advanced breast cancer at diagnosis are more likely to have prevalent cardiovascular disease, and this association is ...
Merkel Cell Less Common, With Higher Mortality Than Melanoma
TOPLINE:Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is less common and is associated with higher mortality rates than melanoma, according to a study ...
Coffee Drinking Tied to Better Survival, but Timing Matters
Lower risks of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality were observed in people who mostly drank coffee in the morning.Study is ...
