Medications for Opioid Addiction Significantly Underutilized

Just 1 in 5 American adults with opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2021 received medication for the condition, a new study shows. Using data from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), investigators found that of the 2.5 million adults with OUD in that year, 35.6% received some kind of substance abuse […]

AI tool can quickly diagnose muscle wasting in head and neck cancer patients

Reviewers’ Notes Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a way to use artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose muscle wasting, called sarcopenia, in patients with head and neck cancer. AI provides a fast, automated, and accurate assessment that is too time-consuming and error-prone to be made by humans. The tool, published in JAMA Network Open, […]

Including women in their 40s in breast cancer screening programs beneficial

Screening programs that include women in their 40s are associated with significantly higher breast cancer (BC) 10-year net survival (NS) for women aged 40 to 49 years, according to a study published online Aug. 4 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Anna N. Wilkinson, M.D., from the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, and colleagues […]

How drugs can warp your sense of time

Imagine a world where you could control your sense of time. Where trips to the dentist flew by in a second and holidays felt like they lasted forever. Time altering pills may sound like science fiction but the time warping effects of psychoactive drugs suggest that deliberate time manipulation may be possible. Drug induced time-warps […]

Gastrointestinal viruses all but disappeared during COVID—but surged back two years on

Following the first stay-at-home orders issued in the U.S. to curb the spread of COVID-19, gastrointestinal viruses such as norovirus, rotavirus and adenovirus all but disappeared from California communities, and remained at very low levels for nearly 2 years. The research is published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, a journal of the American Society […]

Doctor shares seven lifestyle choices that could lead to erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction: Dr Sara on possible injections for condition Erectile dysfunction is an inability to get or maintain an erection. Dr Patel, based at LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor, revealed seven factors that could lead to the health condition. Dr Patel said: “In most cases, it is due to a reduced blood flow to the penis. However, […]