Havana Syndrome Mystery Continues to Deepen
Despite persistent symptoms, no significant evidence of brain injury and no abnormalities in most clinical measures were found in U.S. government personnel who experienced anomalous health incidents (AHIs) known as Havana syndrome, NIH researchers said. After adjusting for multiple comparisons, no differences in MRI measures of brain structure or function emerged between individuals with AHIs […]
Lawsuit Challenges Federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
A recently filed lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of the federal Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP). In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana last month, attorneys for a group of plaintiffs alleging they have been seriously injured after they “did the right thing” and received a COVID-19 […]
AKI Cleared of Worsening CKD Trajectory
Acute kidney injury (AKI) didn’t predict worsening kidney function in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a prospective study showed. According to findings from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study, CKD patients hospitalized for AKI saw a statistically insignificant drop in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) during a nearly 4-year follow-up period, reported Chi-yuan […]
Mixed Results With Alerts for AKI-Related Medications in Hospital
While medication-targeted acute kidney injury (AKI) alerts led to certain kidney-affecting medications being stopped, the overall clinical impact was limited, a researcher reported. The open-label, randomized trial included over 5,000 patients hospitalized for AKI with an active order for one of the medication of interest (MOIs) classes that were selected as being possibly nephrotoxic — […]
Opinion | Does Healthcare Produce Health?
Medical care can diagnose illness and injury, but a lack of medical care is not the cause of illness or injury. Medicine is more an art than a science. State-of-the-art care changes over time. When I was in medical school in 1972, a professor of medicine began his lecture by informing us that, “In 10 […]
Anti-inflammatory compound shows potential in treating patients with severe COVID-19
An anti-inflammatory compound may have the potential to treat systemic inflammation and brain injury in patients with severe COVID-19 and significantly reduce their chances of death, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston and other institutions. A team of researchers including UTHealth Houston faculty members Aaron M. Gusdon, MD, assistant professor in the Vivian […]
5 Podiatrist-Recommended Recovery Sandals That’ll Pamper Your Feet
Amazon One of the most important parts of healing from a foot injury or living with a foot condition is the type of shoe you wear. Whether you have plantar fasciitis, heel spurs or even hammertoes, protecting your feet with comfortable shoes during the recovery process can make all the difference in your progress. Recovery […]
Is Pus a Sign of Infection? What Causes It?
What is pus? Pus is a thick fluid that builds up when an injury becomes infected. But pus isn’t the only sign of an infection. The word “pus” conjures all kinds of unpleasant images. It’s linked with injuries and infection and no one likes to think about that. Pus is a thick fluid that builds […]
Blood Biomarker Linked With Parkinson’s Disease
Serum neurofilament light (NfL), a measure of axonal injury, was associated with incident Parkinson’s disease, parkinsonian signs, and decline in physical functioning, a longitudinal study showed. Among 1,300 people in the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP), a twofold higher concentration of serum NfL was associated with incident clinical Parkinson’s disease (OR 2.54, 95% CI […]
Shoulder Injury More Common After Certain Vaccines
Certain types of vaccines contributed to a risk of shoulder injury following vaccination, a large, retrospective population-based dataset found, although the absolute risk was small. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines were tied to the highest risk of post-vaccination shoulder conditions of any vaccine, while among influenza vaccines, quadrivalent influenza vaccines were associated with the highest risk, reported […]