MONDAY, May 20, 2024 — When a stroke hits, “time is brain,” doctors say, with neurons beginning to die off in minutes. Quickly figuring out which type of stroke a patient has been hit with is crucial. Now, an experimental blood test might speed that process along. A team from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in… read on > read on >
Blood pressure medications appear to more than double the risk of life-threatening bone fractures among nursing home residents, a new study warns. The increased risk stems from the drugs’ tendency to impair balance, particularly when patients stand up and temporarily experience low blood pressure that deprives the brain of oxygen, researchers reported recently in the… read on > read on >
Women treated for infertility were twice as likely as those who conceived naturally to be hospitalized with heart disease within a year of delivery, recent research shows. They are particularly likely to land in the hospital with dangerously high blood pressure, with risks more than double that of moms who didn’t receive fertility therapy, researchers… read on > read on >
People with seasonal allergies often turn to over-the-counter and prescription medicines to relieve symptoms like coughing, sneezing, runny nose, congestion and itchy eyes, nose or throat. But they often aren’t aware that these meds — including antihistamines — have as much risk for potential side effects, drug interactions and overdose as other drugs. “All medicines… read on > read on >
People with asthma who vape tend to develop the respiratory disease earlier in life than folks who never vaped, new research shows. Overall, asthmatic adults who said they’d vaped over the past month were over three times as likely to have developed asthma relatively early in life (before the age of 27) compared to folks… read on > read on >
The smell of food is appetizing when you’re hungry. At the same time, it can be a turnoff if you’re full. That’s due to the interaction between two different parts of the brain involving sense of smell and behavior motivation, a new study finds. And it could be why some people can’t easily stop eating… read on > read on >
Kids and young adults who use social media for seven or more hours per day have double the risk of taking up vaping or smoking or both, new research shows. The study is based on a survey of almost 11,000 young British people ages 10 to 25 who were tracked from 2015 through 2021. Overall,… read on > read on >
Men are more vulnerable than women to the debilitating effects of diabetes, a new long-term study finds. Overall rates of diabetes are similar between men and women, according to the report published May 16 in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. But heart disease, eye disorders, kidney problems and leg and foot complications are… read on > read on >
Sleepaway camp can be a lot of fun for kids, but only if they’re ready for the experience. And that’s the tough part — figuring out as a parent when a child is ready to stay away from home, and what they’ll need while they’re at camp, said Dr. Laurel Williams, a professor of psychiatry… read on > read on >
