Shouldn’t Docs Who Spread False COVID Info Lose Their Licenses?

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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A tall, distinguished-looking physician in shirtsleeves and suspenders walked to the microphone at the Mt. Vernon, Indiana, school board meeting on a Friday evening in early August. He launched into an impassioned, 7-minute attack on the public health establishment’s medical guidelines for COVID-19. “The Center for […]

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New study reveals that children of mothers with diabetes during pregnancy have an increased risk of eye problems

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A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) finds that mothers who have diabetes before or during their pregnancy are more likely to have children who go on to develop eye problems. The research is by Dr. Jiangbo Du, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, […]

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How to live longer: Key lifestyle tip that ‘acts as a buffer to effects of brain ageing’

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Study finds being OUTDOORS helps you live longer We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Cognitive decline is a crippling mental condition that sees its victims struggle […]

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Dead Butt Syndrome: From symptoms to prevention, all you need to know

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"Lesser physical activity progressively leads to a number of muscle and bone health issues. Getting active can ensure prevention up to some extent," said Dr Rajesh Kumar Verma, director orthopedics and spine surgery, Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Gurugram Can prolonged sitting make some of the body muscles inactive to such an extent that they tend to forget their real function? Doctors […]

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Protein implicated in tumor growth may protect against neurodegenerative diseases

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Cells translate their genetic material at rapid rates with exquisite precision to reproduce, repair damage or even combat disease. But the process can deregulate and give rise to disease. Byproducts of errant processes can build up like gunk in the gears, especially around neurons, breaking down the repair mechanisms and causing further damage and even neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's […]

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Access to care for minority Medicare patients is worse than that of non-minority patients

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Saint Louis University research has found that Medicare patients who belong to racial and ethnic minority groups (Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or Native American) experience worse access to and quality of ambulatory medical care than patients who are white or multiracial, regardless of whether they may be enrolled in Medicare Advantage or traditional Medicare. The research also found that minority […]

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