Newly discovered cellular hot spots of a potentially toxic protein could open new research avenues into how Alzheimer’s disease progresses in the brain. Scientists made the discovery while trying to understand how the protein Tau spreads throughout the brain at the Queensland Brain Institute’s Clem Jones Center for Aging Dementia Research (CJCADR). “Tau is particularly […]

STOCKHOLM — First came the GLP-1 receptor agonists as treatments for patients with type 2 diabetes, then came tirzepatide (Mounjaro) which added a second incretin agonism for the receptor to the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP). Now coming onto the clinical scene is a molecule with triple agonism to the GLP-1 receptor, the GIP receptor, and to […]

Acute kidney injury-; defined as an abrupt decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR)-;is among the top causes of hospitalization during a heat wave. New research published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology sheds light on how heat stress affects kidney function. The study was chosen as an APSselect […]

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Health Alert Network (HAN) has provided certain recommendations to inform healthcare providers, infection control professionals, clinical laboratories, and public health departments about the recent increase in pediatric cases of severe respiratory illness in several regions of the USA. Study: Severe Respiratory Illnesses Associated with Rhinoviruses and/or […]

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Physicians may witness disagreements between co-workers, or between a co-worker and patient, that involve elements of racial bias. Or a physician may become part of such a disagreement at work, as either the accuser or accused. How have physicians chosen to act in these situations? Source: Read Full Article

Negotiating lower health insurance premiums could help Fortune 500 companies increase profits while maintaining high-quality coverage for their workers, according to a new research paper from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Employers are the largest source of health insurance coverage in the United States, accounting for 50.3% of the total population, according to […]

‘Men don’t like to talk about this,’ says 63-year-old Steve Bergman. Married for over 30 years, Steve is a survivor of neck cancer. While it might not seem a taboo subject, the actor and campaigner reveals that when he was first diagnosed in 2015, his doctor was wary of telling him that his cancer was […]

The conventional wisdom is that medical and dental care are related, but less is known about how dental care relates to health outcomes after acute incidents like heart attacks. To that end, University of Michigan researchers studied patients receiving periodontal care, dental cleanings or no dental care during 2016-2018 and who had acute myocardial infarction […]

Medical advice on giving Covid jabs to pregnant women has NOT changed, health chiefs insist amid bogus anti-vaxx claims sweeping social media Anti-vaxx zealots claimed pregnant women are no longer advised to have jabs  But ministers say the public guidance is not changed and the rumours were false Multiple studies show the jab is safe […]