Katherine Rich, MD MPH, resident in the MGH Department of Medicine, is the first author of a recently published paper in JAMA Network Open, “Projected Life Expectancy Gains from Improvements in HIV Care in Black and White Men Who Have Sex With Men.” Aima Ahonkhai, MD MPH and Emily Hyle, MD MSc, physician investigators in the Division of Infectious Diseases […]

Life expectancy and healthy aging in mice can be determined by a protein present in some cells of the immune system, according to a study published in the journal Cell Reports. When this protein—known as the CD300f immune receptor—is absent, animal models have a shorter life expectancy and suffer from pathologies associated with cognitive decline and premature aging, especially in […]

Bed-ridden mother, 39, battling long Covid ‘death sentence’ wants to end her life in Switzerland after almost two years of suffering that has left her in constant agony and unable to care for her four children Her family, who support her choice are seeking for donations for the trip READ MORE: Headaches sufferer finds he has CHOPSTICKS lodged in his […]

How quickly can your clinicians reach each other during emergencies? What about during EHR downtime? Providence St. John’s Health Center uses the TigerConnect Clinical Collaboration Platform, allowing clinicians to communicate seamlessly in both of those situations. In this podcast, Dr. Russ Kino, coupon for astelin Medical Director of Emergency Services and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Providence St. John’s Health […]

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the levels of toxic micro-elements and elements between breast milk samples from non-smoking women and those who were exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke or smoked tobacco during their pregnancy or lactation. Study: The effects of active and passive smoking on selected trace element levels in human milk. Image […]

OpenAI’s GPT-4 correctly diagnosed 52.7% of complex challenge cases, compared to 36% of medical journal readers, and outperformed 99.98% of simulated human readers, according to a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine. The evaluation, conducted by researchers in Denmark, utilized GPT-4 to find diagnoses pertaining to 38 complex clinical case challenges with text information published online between January […]

About one in 10 prescription drugs—mainly brand-name and expensive drugs and those for rare diseases—has a manufacturer-sponsored patient support program, which usually includes financial, nursing and educational supports. “In an era where policy-makers are grappling with escalating drug prices and budgetary impacts globally, ouvir cd eyshila deus provera the pharmaceutical industry promotes patient support programs as adding complementary value to […]

Jet lag is all in the mind. What exactly lags has more to do with the hypothalamus than the jet. A misalignment of the body’s internal clock following jet travel across multiple time zones causes sleep deprivation and physical discomfort. The master clock in the tiny suprachiasmatic nucleus—or SCN in the anterior part of the hypothalamus—keeps the departure time and […]

About 10-15% of pregnancies fail after conception has been recognized, amounting to 23 million losses a year. Chromosomal anomalies underlie many embryonic and fetal losses, but their exact frequency and localization to the embryo or placenta are still unclear. A new study published in Nature Medicine reports on a chromosomal analysis of over 1,700 spontaneous early miscarriages. Study: Prevalence of […]

An optician has warned that millions of Britons could be at risk of sight loss through bad shower habits. According to The Association of British Dispensing Opticians, there are an estimated 3.6 million contact lens wearers in the UK. A recent study by Vision Direct, revealed that 22 percent of these contact lens wearers shower in their lenses, putting their […]