Eczema and psoriasis are skin conditions that can each affect a person’s quality of life. The best way to know which one you have if you have an itchy rash or burning feeling on your skin is to see an expert. “Both eczema and psoriasis can impact your sleep, mood and quality of life, so it’s important to seek help […]

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers assessed the association between specific reproductive factors and the risk of endometrial cancer among women based on data from 13 cohort studies. Study: Reproductive Factors and Endometrial Cancer Risk Among Women. Image Credit: megaflopp/Shutterstock.com Background  In 2020, endometrial cancer, ranking sixth in global cancer occurrences among women, represented 2% of new cases […]

There’s no better feeling than stepping out from under a hot shower and wrapping yourself up in a fresh warm fluffy towel. Apparently though, it’s a feeling us Brits aren’t all that familiar with, with new research showing that a lot of us aren’t washing our towels anywhere near as much as we should be. New research from the experts […]

Reviewers’ Notes The NYU Langone Transplant Institute offers the highest-quality kidney and lung transplant programs in the nation, according to new federal quality data, while its heart and liver transplant programs hold the highest organ survival rates in New York. Data released this summer by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, a national quality tracker overseen by the U.S. Department […]

Reviewers’ Notes Over half of patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure achieved controlled blood pressure measurements after participating in a remote digital monitoring program, according to new research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2023, held Sept. 7-10, 2023, in Boston. The meeting is the premier scientific exchange focused on recent advances in basic and […]

Bonnie Procter, a 39-year old mother of four, was first prescribed a sleep aid by her endocrinologist following a surgery in 2015. “You need to get some sleep so you can heal,” she remembers her doctor telling her.  At first it was great, Procter says. “I’d take the pill and I’d go to sleep. But before long, I would take […]

Few medications are available to treat agitation and other psychological and behavioral symptoms of dementia. Antipsychotic medicine can cause stroke or sudden cardiac death. Researchers say people with dementia are likely prescribed antipsychotic drugs too often and inappropriately. Antipsychotic medications are likely overprescribed and misused in people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias who receive home health care. That’s according […]

Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc, principal investigator of the Neurodisparities & Health Justice Lab in the Department of Neurology at Mass General and an assistant professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, is lead author of a new study in the Journal of Head Trauma and Rehabilitation, titled “Examining the Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Lifetime History of Head or […]

Reviewers’ Notes New research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that antipsychotics are likely overprescribed and used inappropriately among patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) receiving home health care, and such use is linked to worse patient outcomes. Antipsychotic drugs are not approved for the treatment of dementia-;they are mostly used off-label to manage […]

There are a lot of things that need to be done before a newborn baby is brought home. There are all the safety projects (anchor those heavy objects!), the furniture that needs to be built (stop putting off the crib!), and whatever else will make the newly grown family feel safe and at ease. Related story Hundreds of Redditors Are […]