In a recent study published in Frontiers in Nutrition, researchers explored the awareness of the Mediterranean diet and its impacts among older persons and healthcare professionals. Study: Older adults and healthcare professionals have limited awareness of the link between the Mediterranean diet and the gut microbiome for healthy aging. Image Credit: Foxys Forest Manufacture/Shutterstock Background […]

Regularly using a mobile device as a calming strategy for your child could lead to worse behavioral challenges down the road, according to developmental behavioral pediatricians at University of Michigan Health C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital. What to Know Using a mobile device to distract children from how they are feeling may displace opportunities for […]

Vanessa Garcia Clark wanted a more personal, nontraditional birth when she was pregnant with her son. She hired a midwife and gave birth at her home in California. But when she asked her insurer to reimburse her for the midwifery bill totaling more than $9,500, her claim was denied. In the first installment of InvestigateTV […]

A new comprehensive study of organ impairment in long COVID patients over 12 months shows organ damage persisted in 59% of patients a year after initial symptoms, even in those not severely affected when first diagnosed with the virus. The study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, focused on patients reporting […]

A review of associations between cancer waiting times and treatment outcomes highlights inconsistencies in reporting that make it hard to draw firm conclusions, according to a report published today in eLife. The analysis suggests that methods used to measure lag times between cancer diagnosis and treatment should be standardized and updated to take into account […]

Ginger has a reputation for stimulating the immune system. New results from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM) now support this thesis. In laboratory tests, small amounts of a pungent ginger constituent put white blood cells on heightened alert. The study also shows that this process involves […]

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against routine screening for genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) among asymptomatic adults and adolescents. This recommendation forms the basis of a final recommendation statement published in the Feb. 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Gary N. Asher, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of […]

Contrary to the widely shared popular belief, the primary purpose of current vaccines against COVID-19 is solely to protect against serious forms of the disease in order to prevent the risk of hospitalizations and death… and not to block transmission between individuals. To do this, it would be necessary to aim for a so-called sterilizing […]

A half-dozen organizations on Monday were approved by the Department of Health and Human Services as the inaugural batch of candidates to participate as qualified health information networks as part of ONC’s Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. During a Feb. 13 event at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, six healthcare organizations […]

On February 13, the government leaders thanked the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and six Qualified Health Information Networks (QHIN) for working to create a nationwide interoperability network under the 21st Century Cures Act.  The ‘Network of Networks’  At the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, Secretary Xavier Bacerra presented certificates […]