Experts On Aging Reveal The 5 Major Habits That Will Improve Your Longevity
LOADINGERROR LOADING Remaining healthy and sharp are goals for most people as they age. But one group of people — known as “SuperAgers” — is said to have this all down as they go through life, even into their later years. The term SuperAgers was created by researchers at Northwestern University, who define it as […]
The Most Common COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing This Holiday Season
ljubaphoto via Getty Images Experts share the most common COVID-19 issues that they are seeing in their patients. In unfortunate news, cases of COVID-19 are increasing just in time for the holidays. Behind this uptick is a new strain called JN.1, which accounted for 21.4% of cases in the United States as of Dec. 9, […]
Fecal Transplants in Kidney Recipients Reduced Resistant Pathogens
In the single-center PREMIX clinical trial, most renal transplant recipients were negative for multidrug-resistant pathogens shortly after receiving fecal microbiota transplants (FMT), with longer times to recurrent infections. Eight of 10 participants who received a least one FMT, and eight of nine participants who received all FMT treatments were multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) negative by day […]
10 Foods That’ll Help Boost Your Immune System This Fall
At this point, most of us know that the very best thing we can do to give our immune system a boost is to get our COVID vaccine and flu shot, and a COVID booster, if you’re eligible. But as the days grow darker and colder and we’re faced with a possible “twindemic” — meaning […]
Here’s Exactly When You Should Get Your COVID, Flu And RSV Shots
Jasmin Merdan via Getty Images “The most important thing right now, I would say is to make a plan. We know that people who have a plan to get there [and] get a vaccination are much more likely to get it than people who intend to get it but don’t make a plan,” said Dr. […]
Malnutrition early in life sets stage for poor growth and early death
In a trio of papers appearing in Nature on Sept. 13, 2023, the researchers offer the most comprehensive look yet at how malnutrition affects growth in the first two years of life, underscoring a devastating reality for millions of children in the Global South, particularly Asia. In 2022, more than one in five children around […]
Most Patients Don’t Realize HPV Causes Throat Cancer, Survey Finds
Most respondents to a survey conducted at an academic medical center were not informed of the relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) and throat cancer by their healthcare providers, a study showed. Among 271 respondents who visited an otolaryngology clinic, only 23.3% understood the relationship between HPV infection and throat cancer and a mere 7.4% said […]
Adding complex component of milk to infant formula confers long-term cognitive benefits for bottle-fed babies
Breast milk is widely acknowledged as the most beneficial nutrition for infants, but many families face medical or logistical challenges in breastfeeding. In the U.S., just 45% of infants continue to be exclusively breastfed at 3 months of age, according to the Centers for Disease Control. For decades, researchers have sought to create a viable […]
Oral Cancer Patients Face Worse Outcomes With Delayed Radiation Therapy
MONTREAL – Most patients in a Canadian cohort had prolonged times to postoperative radiation therapy, and those delays were associated with worse survival outcomes, a multicenter study showed. Among 1,368 postsurgical patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, 80% waited more than 42 days to start postoperative radiation therapy (S-PORT). Delays in starting RT were […]
Opinion | How to Prevent Addiction Patients From Leaving Treatment Against Medical Advice
Perez is a licensed psychologist. It’s widely known that length of stay is one of the most important determinants of success in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Data has proven that the longer we can keep patients engaged, the better their long-term prognosis. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the hardest factors for providers to overcome. […]