Health Insider Young Valley man advocates for others with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Nick Ciletti
PHOENIX — It’s a disease that impacts nearly a quarter of all adults across the U.S., according to groups like The American Heart Association, and you may not even know you have it since many people never experience any symptoms. It’s called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, and a young Valley man has lived […]
Study identifies multi-organ response to seven days without food
New findings reveal that the body undergoes significant, systematic changes across multiple organs during prolonged periods of fasting. The results demonstrate evidence of health benefits beyond weight loss, but also show that any potentially health-altering changes appear to occur only after three days without food. The study, published today in Nature Metabolism, advances our understanding […]
More Parents Are Embracing ‘Gentle Parenting’ — But There’s 1 Thing Many Get Wrong
LOADINGERROR LOADING You’ve probably come across the phrase “gentle parenting.” It encompasses a lot of ideas, leaving plenty of room for disagreement. And since the name implies a certain amount of judgement (who would want to be called an ungentle parent?), it can also evoke strong reactions. To its detractors, gentle parenting is what happens […]
Removing largest serving sizes of wine decreases alcohol consumption, study finds
Across 21 licensed premises in England, removing the largest individual serving size of wine from the menu reduced the volume of wine sold, according to a new study publishing January 18 in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by Theresa Marteau of the University of Cambridge, UK, and colleagues. Alcohol consumption is the fifth largest […]
Poor diet quality during adolescence is linked to serious health risks
Diet quality among adolescents in the United States is among the worst across all age groups, putting young people at risk for heart attack, stroke, and diabetes, among other cardiometabolic diseases later in life. The research brief shared in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, used the Healthy Eating Index-2015 and […]
Rozanolixizumab Maintains Efficacy Among Generalized Myasthenia Gravis Subgroups
PHOENIX – Across subgroups, patients who had their generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) treated with rozanolixizumab (Rystiggo) maintained their responses through multiples cycles of treatment, based on extension data from the phase III MycarinG clinical trial. Those with anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR)-positive gMG receiving the higher dose of rozanolixizumab saw average Myasthenia Gravis-Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) […]
Weight-Loss Drug Benefit Spans HFpEF, HFmrEF
CLEVELAND — Semaglutide 2.4 mg (Wegovy) improved outcomes across the range of moderately reduced and preserved ejection fraction in heart failure (HFmrEF, HFpEF) related to obesity, a prespecified secondary analysis of the STEP-HFpEF trial showed. The benefits were consistent across subgroups, reported Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, of the Baylor Scott and White Research Institute […]
ChatGPT Improving, but Still Lacks Reliability as a Clinical Support Tool
Despite mostly being accurate and showing clear improvement over time and across versions, caution is still warranted when using ChatGPT as a clinical decision support tool, according to authors of a cross-sectional study. In an analysis of nearly 300 medical questions developed by 33 physicians across 17 specialties posed to ChatGPT, the median accuracy score […]
Wyoming Medicaid Renewals Continue Across State – Wyoming Department of Health
Wyoming Medicaid Renewals Continue Across State August 9, 2023 Wyoming Medicaid’s renewal process, which was restarted earlier this year to review client eligibility, has reached a key stage, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). Medicaid is a joint federal-state insurance program that pays for the medical and long-term care of qualified low-income and […]
Wyoming Medicaid Renewals Continue Across State – Wyoming Department of Health
Wyoming Medicaid Renewals Continue Across State August 9, 2023 Wyoming Medicaid’s renewal process, which was restarted earlier this year to review client eligibility, has reached a key stage, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). Medicaid is a joint federal-state insurance program that pays for the medical and long-term care of qualified low-income and […]