Even Small Diabetes Distress Changes Clinically Important
Just a quarter of a point change in Diabetes Distress Scale-17 (DDS-17) score was enough to be clinically important, according to a secondary analysis of a clinical trial. Using data from a randomized trial of Veterans with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, a 0.25 or greater drop in DDS-17 score was determined to be a clinically […]
‘This Is A Thin Woman Who Was A Victim To 2001’ – People Are Sharing The Women People Fat-Shamed In The ’00s
Jason Merritt via Getty Images If you were old enough to read a magazine cover in the ’00s, chances are that you remember a few “of their time” phenomena. The little lipgloss phone charms that I think should make an expeditious comeback. The automatic braiding machines that I have some questions about as an adult. […]
‘This Is A Thin Woman Who Was A Victim To 2001’ – People Are Sharing The Women People Fat-Shamed In The ’00s
Jason Merritt via Getty Images If you were old enough to read a magazine cover in the ’00s, chances are that you remember a few “of their time” phenomena. The little lipgloss phone charms that I think should make an expeditious comeback. The automatic braiding machines that I have some questions about as an adult. […]
What Happens To Your Brain And Body When You Work More Than 40 Hours A Week
Work long enough, and you’ll eventually face the common pressure to work longer hours and get more done. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and new CEO of Twitter, made headlines this week as Twitter managers told some employees to work 12-hour shifts for seven days a week in a sprint to meet Musk’s new […]
Primary Care Docs Need 27 Hours a Day to Do Their Best Work
There literally aren’t enough hours in a single day for primary care physicians (PCPs) to provide the full gamut of basic, guideline-based care, according to a simulation study. PCPs would need an “infeasible” 26.7 hours each day to provide preventive, chronic disease, and acute care for a typical panel of U.S. adult patients, Justin Porter, […]
Gout Flare? Watch Out for Cardiovascular Events
As if gout flares aren’t bad enough by themselves, they come with increased risk for myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke over the next 2 months, researchers reported. Among British gout patients, the incidence rate ratio for these cardiovascular events was 1.89 (95% CI 1.54-2.30) during the 60 days after a gout flare, after adjustment for […]
Study: Not Sticking to Schedule Shouldn’t Block PAP Machines for Kids With OSA
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Positive airway pressure (PAP) machines were helpful enough that pediatric patients could have symptoms improve even without being compliant, according to researchers advocating for greater access to this therapy for this population. At one center’s sleep clinic, 172 out of 221 children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) reported improved symptoms approximately 3 […]
Chronic Conditions Require States Do More Than Expand Medicaid, Study Finds
Just expanding Medicaid was not enough to improve cardiovascular health for people across the country who have low incomes, according to a study highlighting the importance of implementing other policy strategies. Based on an analysis of 2019 survey data, adults in one of the 12 states that did not expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care […]
Seashell-inspired shield protects materials in hostile environments: Environmentally friendly coating outperforms conventional materials
Word of an extraordinarily inexpensive material, lightweight enough to protect satellites against debris in the cold of outer space, cohesive enough to strengthen the walls of pressurized vessels experiencing average conditions on Earth and yet heat-resistant enough at 1,500 degrees Celsius or 2,732 degrees Fahrenheit to shield instruments against flying debris, raises the question: what […]
Tear-free hair brushing? All you need is math: Researchers develop a mathematical understanding of detangling that could be used for textile manufacturing, robotic hairdressers
As anyone who has ever had to brush long hair knows, knots are a nightmare. But with enough experience, most learn the tricks of detangling with the least amount of pain — start at the bottom, work your way up to the scalp with short, gentle brushes, and apply detangler when necessary. L. Mahadevan, the […]