Costco shoppers know: Girl Scout cookie season never really ends — at least, not when you can pick up a 1-pound jar of Girl Scout Thin Mints Almonds at the warehouse retailer well after the season ends. Sure, it’s not quite the same as biting into a crunchy, flaky, minty round cookie, but the dark […]
Over the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in the number of adults in the United States with small fiber neuropathy (SFN), but in many cases, no cause can be determined. The exact reason for the increase in isolated SFN “remains unclear,” Christopher J. Klein, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, […]
As the world’s attention turns to the climate summit in Glasgow, where governments are negotiating the future of international action on climate change, many will be feeling the acute stress and dread that comes with living in a world where it seems environmental catastrophe is around every corner. Beyond the well-acknowledged threats of climate change […]
Many people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) experience unfavorable physical and psychological effects of their condition. Researchers at the American Heart Association found some patients with HCM have lengthy diagnosis journeys and, once diagnosed, face anxiety and necessary modifications to their everyday routines. Patients could benefit from expanded clinician recognition of HCM and amplified patient education […]
One of the most common worries among the concerns of a mother is if the baby is getting the right nutrition and is being fed correctly says Dr Bansal By Dr Nishant Bansal Having a newborn comes with its set of curiosities and questions according to a mother’s concerns, no matter how prepared a mother […]
In the face of new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants such as Delta, reasonable concerns have been raised over how COVID-19 vaccines are affected. But new research finds people continue to have high vaccine effectiveness until around 6 months after being vaccinated. More than 4.9 million individuals were assessed for eligibility between […]
It remains a central challenge in psychiatry to reliably judge whether a patient will respond to treatment. In a new study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Germany show that moment-to-moment fluctuations in brain activity can reliably predict whether patients […]
Laser treatment has the potential to transform the management of glaucoma in Africa, and to prevent more people from going irreversibly blind, particularly in regions with high disease prevalence and incidence, suggests new research published in Lancet Global Health. Conducted in Tanzania, the research is the first randomized controlled trial exploring the use of the […]
Titin is a “titanically large” protein—the largest in the human body—which enables elastic movements of our muscles, including the heart. Mutations in the titin gene (TTN) that impair this function are the most frequent cause of a heart muscle disease known as dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), which is characterized by a weak pump function. However, it […]
Researchers are looking at ways to boost the performance and lower the environmental impact of millions of inhalers used for treating asthma and COPD. Working with Kindeva – a drug manufacturer based in Loughborough – the University is developing a new way to deliver medication to the lungs via an inhaler using greener propellants. Lead […]
