Children who experience racial discrimination are more likely to later have a higher body mass index (BMI) and larger waistline, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. The findings illustrate that racial discrimination may be a risk factor for young people developing obesity—above and beyond other socioeconomic factors such as family income. “Exposure to racial discrimination must […]

Reviewers’ Notes The number of young people in the United States visiting hospital emergency departments for mental health crises increased sharply during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study led by researchers from the Department of Health Care Policy in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School. The findings are published Jul 12 in JAMA Psychiatry. […]

Like many stressful chronic conditions, hearing loss appears to foster fatigue, according to an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Study data published in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, examined NHANES data from 2015 to 2016 and 2017 to 2018, including findings on more than 3,000 participants aged 40 and older. Based […]

Reviewers’ Notes U.S. military veterans who lived in what were once known as "redlined" areas had a higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular issues, according to a new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Cleveland VA Medical Center. In the 1930s, the federal government-sponsored Homeowners' Loan Corp. (HOLC) established maps of U.S. […]

Mawi’s Andrew Klymenko discusses silent heart attacks Most commonly, signs of a heart attack include chest pain that suddenly occurs and doesn’t go away. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) elaborates: “It may feel like pressure, squeezing or heaviness in your chest. It can feel like indigestion or a burning sensation.” Such pain may spread to either arm, the neck, jaw, […]

The rapid transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused hundreds of millions of infections and approximately seven million deaths from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide. The vast amount of research dedicated to understanding COVID-19 has demonstrated that this infection is often accompanied by clinical features related to other organs than the lungs. These symptoms and […]

Reviewers’ Notes A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 12, entitled, "Hepatic hydrogen sulfide levels are reduced in mouse model of Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome." Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare human disease characterized by accelerated biological aging. Current treatments are limited, and […]

Jennifer Garner and her lookalike daughter Violet are captivating fans once again, and this time it isn’t only because of their nearly identical facial features. The actress and her 17-year-old were spotted running errands in Los Angeles on Monday, and the run-of-the-mill activity proves just how lovably lowkey the Garner girls are. While many of Hollywood’s elite would have such […]

Reviewers’ Notes Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a mouse model that successfully mimics the development of frailty as mammals — likely including people — get older. The model, described June 13 in The Journals of Gerontology, focuses on a biochemical pathway involving interleukin 6 (IL-6), an inflammatory protein long associated with the development of […]

‘Who are you?’ Mum turned to me and asked. We were all together as a family celebrating my 30th birthday.  I don’t even know how I mustered the courage to respond, but I said, ‘I’m Sarah’, to which she replied, ‘That’s a nice name’.  She didn’t recognise her daughter of 30 years. Initially I didn’t feel anything other than complete […]