Albuminuria Testing Falling Short in Patients at Risk for CKD
Many cases of albuminuria may be missed in the U.S. due to lack of testing among patients at risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), a cohort study suggested. Examining electronic health records for nearly 200,000 patients with hypertension or diabetes, only 17.5% underwent albuminuria testing, reported Chi D. Chu, MD, MAS, of the University of […]
Small-scale octopus fisheries can provide sustainable source of vital nutrients for tropical coastal communities
Undernourished coastal communities in the tropics — where children’s growth can be stunted by a lack of micronutrients — can get the vitamins and minerals they need from sustainable small-scale octopus fisheries, say researchers. Research led by Cambridge scientists, and published today in Nature Food, shows that tropical small-scale octopus fisheries offer a sustainable source […]
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 […]
Long COVID Patients Turn to ‘Blood Washing’ Procedure
With long COVID patients becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of available treatments, some have now taken to traveling to Cyprus, Germany, and Switzerland for experimental “blood washing,” according to a recent investigation by The BMJ and ITV News. Over the past year, people experiencing this often debilitating condition have visited private clinics for apheresis, […]
Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat, study finds
New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat inside the belly. Findings from a randomized controlled crossover study led by Naima Covassin, Ph.D., a cardiovascular medicine researcher at Mayo Clinic, show that lack of sufficient sleep […]
Heart Failure Patients Still Undertested for CAD
People with new-onset heart failure (HF) continued to lack adequate testing for coronary artery disease (CAD), a common and treatable cause of HF, and nationwide variations in testing rates suggested room for quality improvement across physicians and geographic regions. From a large pool of patients with incident HF in 2004-2019, just 34.8% underwent CAD testing […]
Are Eye Styes Caused by Stress? Risk Factors & Prevention
Stress and lack of sleep can increase the risk of getting an eye stye by lowering immunity and making the body more susceptible to infection Styes are caused by bacterial infections in the oil glands of the eyelid. However, stress and lack of sleep can increase the risk of getting an eye stye by lowering […]
7 Ways Therapists Personally Deal With Burnout
Avoiding burnout has become nearly impossible. A lack of boundaries due to working from home, increased demands in our personal lives and endless uncertainty thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic have us feeling more depleted than ever. This results in sleep problems, loss of motivation and little energy, among many other issues. Even therapists aren’t immune. […]