U.S. adults with cerebral palsy aren’t getting adequate physical therapy, according to a new study. While they’re more likely than other adults in community-living situations to have debilitating pain from musculoskeletal disorders, those with cerebral palsy receive significantly less physical therapy, a Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan team found. For the study, the researchers analyzed four… read on > read on >
Ethan Lindenberger knows what it’s like when you have anti-vaxxer parents: At 18, he gained national notoriety when he sought vaccines in defiance of his mother’s fervent wishes. Now, the 20-year-old has some advice for teens facing a similar dilemma posed by the pandemic — how to convince their anti-vaxxer parents to let them get… read on > read on >
A new quick and painless sensor that measures blood sugar in human sweat may mean far fewer finger pricks for the millions of people who live with diabetes. Monitoring blood sugar to make sure it remains in the target range is the cornerstone of diabetes management, but the pain and inconvenience of daily finger pricks… read on > read on >
Women may have different symptoms and are more likely to die after acute aortic dissection than men, a new study finds. Up to 40% of patients die instantly from this spontaneous tear in one of the body’s main arteries, and the risk of death increases about 1% for every hour of delay in diagnosis and… read on > read on >
Because of controversial statements about racism made by a staff member, the editor-in-chief of JAMA and JAMA Network will step down on June 30, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced Tuesday. Dr. Howard Bauchner, JAMA‘s chief since 2011, has been on administrative leave due to a JAMA podcast and tweet about structural racism in medicine… read on > read on >
The health of your lungs may have a lot to do with the size of your bank account, a new, large study indicates. The finding follows a six-decade look at lung disease risk among more than 215,000 American children and adults. In general, poorer Americans continue to have worse lung health than their wealthier peers.… read on > read on >
COVID-19 does not pose a threat to the safety of the United States’ blood supply under existing donor screening guidelines, researchers report. For the study, the investigators reviewed the results of tests for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in nearly 18,000 pools of donated blood, representative of over 257,800 single blood donations that were collected between… read on > read on >
COVID survivors can relax when it comes to vaccination: A new study shows that getting immunized will not worsen any symptoms that linger long after infection, such as breathing difficulties, fatigue and insomnia. The encouraging takeaway is based on a small analysis that looked at how 44 “long-haul” British COVID patients fared after being inoculated… read on > read on >
Breathing in tiny particles of air pollution over a long period of time may put your sense of smell at risk, a new study suggests. Researchers found the risk for loss of smell — a condition called anosmia — was nearly doubled among people with lengthy exposure to this type of air pollution, known as… read on > read on >
Expectant mothers’ high blood pressure heightens kids’ risk of stroke later in life, a Swedish study finds. “Our findings indicate that hypertensive disorders during pregnancy are associated with increased risks of stroke and potentially heart disease in offspring up to the age of 41 years,” said study author Fen Yang, a doctoral student at Karolinska… read on > read on >
