It’s getting harder to find long-term residential behavioral health treatment for kids
Connie MacDonald works for the State Department at the U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It's a dream job, and she loved living abroad with her two sons.
Compensation is key to fixing primary care shortage
Money talks. The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons, but one, in particular, is inescapable: compensation.
One in five patients on Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir experience virologic rebound, new observational study reveals
The frequency of viral rebound (VR) among acute coronavirus disease 2019 patients.
Study reveals acupuncture and massage as effective pain management in advanced cancer
In a clinical trial, acupuncture and massage therapy significantly reduced pain, fatigue, and insomnia, enhancing quality of life in advanced cancer patients over 26 weeks.
Curcumin boosts brain delivery of HIV drug, curbing inflammation and oxidative stress
Study shows curcumin enhances antiretroviral delivery and reduces inflammation and oxidative stress in HIV, offering potential improvements in treating HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders.
Guinea worm cases near eradication, but animal infections pose new challenge
The CDC's latest report in the MMWR reveals significant progress in the global fight against guinea worm disease, with human cases dropping to 13 in 2022 and only three in…
Study challenges health benefits of artificially sweetened beverages, links to increased health risks
An umbrella review in Advances in Nutrition, examining previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses, reveals that regular consumption of artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs) is associated with increased risks of obesity, all-cause…
New study highlights urgent need for specific biomarkers in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia diagnosis
A review in Nature Reviews Neurology discusses the pathophysiological processes in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID), emphasizing the need for specific biomarkers to differentiate VCID from Alzheimer's disease and…
Does regular cannabis use affect motor skills?
A study in Human Brain Mapping reveals that regular cannabis use alters the neural dynamics of motor control, showing that while cannabis users perform tasks with similar accuracy and reaction…
Fecal microbiota transplantation boosts survival in metastatic colorectal cancer treatment
A recent study in eClinicalMedicine found that fecal microbiota transplantation, combined with fruquintinib and tislelizumab, significantly improved survival rates in patients with microsatellite stable metastatic colorectal cancer, showing manageable safety…