Genetic effect on the response to treatment for obesity
Collaborative research between University of Galway and Brunel University London has found that patients with severe and complicated obesity respond differently to a dietary weight loss programme based on their genes. The GERONIMO project studied patients attending the obesity clinic at Galway University Hospital who were undergoing an intensive short-term programme of medically supervised dietary […]
Patient Accused of HIPAA Violation, Threatened With Jail for TikTok Posts
A confrontation between hospital staff and a patient over wait times and patient rights was documented in a series of viral TikTok videos, according to a local news report. Denise Bradley, a patient at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan, was confronted by hospital security and a nurse after she was found to be recording an […]
Opinion | Treatment Is a Two-Way Street
I was reading about the relationship between the pioneering psychologist Erik Erikson and the iconic painter Norman Rockwell. Erikson, who gained fame for explicating eight crucial stages of psychosocial development across the lifespan, was Rockwell’s psychotherapist. Both men lived in the idyllic Massachusetts town of Stockbridge, where Rockwell painted one of his most recognized pieces […]
Fatty liver disease endangers brain health
In a study examining the link between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and brain dysfunction, scientists at the Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology, affiliated to King’s College London and the University of Lausanne, found an accumulation of fat in the liver causes a decrease in oxygen to the brain and inflammation to brain tissue — […]
7 Holiday Tasks That Are Secretly Depleting You
As merry as it may be, the holiday season can also be synonymous with stress. Between spending lots of money on gifts, living up to the (probably very high) expectations in your head and making time for all of the holiday events throughout the month, it’s an overwhelming season for many people. But you’re definitely […]
Large U.S. Study Finds No Link Between COVID Vaccine and Shingles
No association was detected between COVID-19 vaccination and herpes zoster infection in a database study involving more than 2 million individuals in the U.S. Using a self-controlled risk interval (SCRI) analysis, the risk of herpes zoster in the month after receiving a dose of COVID-19 vaccine was no different when compared with a control period […]
Motivation is affected by oxidative stress, nutrition can help
In life, motivation can be the difference between success and failure, goal-setting and aimlessness, well-being and unhappiness. And yet, becoming and staying motivated is often the hardest step, a problem which has prompted much research. A very small part of that research has looked into the question of metabolism. “Do differences in metabolites in the […]
Taylor Swift Captures What It’s Like To Struggle With Your Mental Health
It’s somewhere between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. and I am wide awake, headphones shoved into my ears, my eyes brimming with tears. I’m listening to Taylor Swift’s latest album, “Midnights,” which was released at midnight (of course) on Friday. Once again, Swift puts words to emotions that many of us experience but can’t adequately […]
Extra Pounds May Blunt Benefit of Aspirin in Advanced Colorectal Cancer
The association between aspirin use following an advanced colorectal cancer diagnosis and better survival was only significant among patients with a normal body mass index (BMI) prediagnosis, a cross-sectional study found. In the large single-center analysis of patients diagnosed with stage IV disease, those with prediagnosis obesity had a higher risk for death compared with […]
The Workplace Is Making Black Women Sick. Here’s How To Make It Healthier.
There’s a growing chasm between the incomes of Black women and white men. This year’s Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the date that symbolizes how far Black women must work into the current year to match what white men made the year before, was on Sept. 21 ― more than a month later than last […]