Primary Care Strategy Fails to Reduce Kidney-Dysfunction Triad Hospitalizations
Using a personalized algorithm to identify primary care patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), type 2 diabetes, and hypertension (the kidney-dysfunction triad) — plus practice facilitators to help providers deliver guideline-based interventions — didn’t move the needle for reducing hospitalizations, the ICD-Pieces study found. At 1 year, the hospitalization rate of patients in the intervention […]
Alzheimer’s Blood Test Predicts Who Might Benefit Most From Anti-Amyloid Drugs
Plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217) outperformed p-tau181, p-tau231, and other blood-based biomarkers to identify which patients might benefit most from anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drugs, a cohort study showed. Plasma p-tau217 helped rule out two groups who would not likely benefit: those who were amyloid-negative, and those who were amyloid-positive but had a high tau burden, reported […]
Dementia Risk From Midlife Onward Predicted With New Tool
A novel 14-year risk score helped identify people from age 50 onward at risk for all-cause dementia, a large U.K. study showed. The tool, called the U.K. Biobank Dementia Risk Score (UKBDRS), was developed and validated in two U.K. cohorts, reported Raihaan Patel, PhD, of the University of Oxford in England, and co-authors. The area […]
Early signs that may help predict ADHD risk
Information available at birth may help to identify children with higher likelihood of developing ADHD, according to new research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. The study, published in Development and Psychopathology, examined data from almost 10,000 children in the United States, showing information about pregnancy and birth may help to help predict […]
Lone star tick bites may be to blame for unexplained digestive problems
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released new clinical guidance to help physicians and patients identify if unexplained digestive symptoms are due to alpha-gal syndrome, a food allergy that is caused by lone star tick bites. The AGA Clinical Practice Update was published today in Gastroenterology. Alpha-gal syndrome is an allergy that causes your body […]
Demi Lovato Changes Pronouns
The entertainer told fans that they now identify as nonbinary and will be changing their pronouns to they/them.
What is a pond? Study provides first data-driven definition
Nearly everyone can identify a pond, but what, exactly, distinguishes it from a lake or a wetland? A new study co-led by Cornell University offers the first data-driven, functional definition of a pond and evidence of ponds’ distinct ecological function, which could have broad implications for science and policy. “The lack of a universal pond […]
Study reveals imaging approach with potential to detect lung cancer earlier, at the cellular level
Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to identify lung cancer at the cellular level in real time during a biopsy, offering promise in the ability to detect the disease earlier and with more confidence. The findings, which build on previous Penn research, demonstrate that an imaging […]
What Are the First Signs of Going Crazy? Mental Illness
How do you know if you’re going crazy? It’s important to identify the warning signs and seek help early on Unfortunately, there is no easy way to determine whether certain behaviors are a sign of mental illness. However, people who feel they are going crazy often have one thing in common: something feels amiss. Mental […]
Why Am So I Angry for No Reason? 16 Possible Causes
If you constantly feel angry for no reason, it’s important to identify potential causes and learn how you can control your anger before it escalates. Anger is a natural response to negative situations, and sometimes a healthy outlet for expressing your feelings about something that has hurt you. To some degree, anger is also helpful […]