More than 70 million people worldwide suffer from glaucoma, a condition that causes a build-up of fluid and pressure inside the eye and can eventually lead to blindness. Treatment options have traditionally included eye drops to reduce the fluid the eye produces or surgery to unclog the eye’s drainage. But a new study from the University of Missouri School of […]
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The majority of children and adolescents with mental health problems in Australia are not receiving the basic standard of treatment and those that are do not actually improve, according to a new study. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the University of Melbourne and published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, found no evidence of […]
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The number of in-person doctor appointments has dropped from 70 percent to 23 percent within weeks of lockdown, and remains low despite the easing, according to a new report by the Royal College of General Practitioners. This has sparked concern over people with non-coronavirus related illnesses not being diagnosed in good time. However, Rupert Spiegelberg, CEO of Doctorlink, the leading […]
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Melbourne’s usually vibrant downtown streets were draining of signs of life on Wednesday on the eve of Australia’s toughest-ever pandemic restrictions coming into force. Many of the stylish boutiques and eateries in a city dubbed Australia’s Hipster Capital that prides itself on superior coffee had already closed their doors ahead of a ban on non-essential businesses that will throw 250,000 […]
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An online survey involving nearly 800 cigar smokers found while the majority of the people surveyed intended to quit smoking due to concerns about elevated health risks if they contracted COVID-19, more than twice as many reported they increased rather than decreased their tobacco use since the pandemic’s onset. The multi-institutional study led by researchers from the University of North […]
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Arthritis is a common condition that causes pain and inflammation in a joint. Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are the two most common types of arthritis. Both forms of arthritis can cause painful swelling and stiffness in the joints. The main difference between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis is the cause behind the joint symptoms. Osteoarthritis is caused by mechanical wear and […]
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New research shows children don’t expect adults to have all the answers, and want them to understand more about the role of media messages and approval in their lives. When 11-year-old Oscar told his mum, Dr. Emma Maynard, that “grown-ups don’t always get it right, you know” the statement struck a chord with the Senior Lecturer in Education at the […]
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(HealthDay)—A new, remote weight-loss program from Northwestern Medicine, called Opt-IN, yields maximum weight loss for the lowest price and less burden compared with the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), the current gold standard of behavioral, nondrug weight-loss programs, according to a study published online July 12 in Obesity. Bonnie Spring, Ph.D., from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in […]
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Researchers from the newly-established Center for Neural Circuit Mapping at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine evaluate the properties of anterograde and retrograde viral tracers, comparing their strengths and limitations for use in neural circuit mapping. Results were published today as a primer in Neuron. The article provides a comprehensive comparison of anterograde and retrograde viral and non-viral […]
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Lifestyle Medical is a primary care practice in Riverside, California, dedicated to chronic disease prevention and reversal. THE PROBLEM The core problem it sought to address is that lifestyle factors are the root causes for the majority of its patients’ disease burden, but more than 99% of the underlying drivers of health take place outside of the clinics. The traditional […]
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