Need 10,000 Daily Steps to Prevent Obesity? It May Depend on Genetics
The daily step count needed to reduce the risk of obesity may be largely dependent on genetics, a retrospective cohort study indicated. Among U.S. adults without obesity in the All of Us Research Program, incidence of obesity over a median follow-up of 5.4 years was 13% for those in the lowest quartile of BMI polygenic […]
Use of Video Laryngoscopy Reduced Endotracheal Intubation Attempts
Use of hyperangulated video laryngoscopy reduced the number of attempts needed to achieve endotracheal intubation compared with direct laryngoscopy among adults undergoing elective or emergent surgical procedures, a cluster randomized trial showed. At a single academic hospital, more than one intubation attempt was required in 1.7% of the procedures in which video laryngoscopy was used […]
Opinion | ‘We Needed to Do Something Different’: What We Heard This Week
“It was very clear just over the last 10 years … we needed to do something different.” — AnnaMarie Connolly, MD, chief of education and academic affairs at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, on next season’s changes made to the application process for ob/gyn residency programs. “Legislative efforts on a more local/state level […]
Want Us to Find the Fountain of Youth? Give Us Endpoints, Scientists Say
WASHINGTON — Better surrogate endpoints are needed to help patients benefit from anti-aging therapies, experts told a House committee Thursday. “It would be important to develop different metrics of measuring success,” said Steve Horvath, PhD, principal investigator at Altos Labs, a San Francisco-based biotechnology company focused on cellular rejuvenation programming. “Imagine that you have a […]
Researchers unveil a secret of stronger metals: Study shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties
Forming metal into the shapes needed for various purposes can be done in many ways, including casting, machining, rolling, and forging. These processes affect the sizes and shapes of the tiny crystalline grains that make up the bulk metal, whether it be steel, aluminum or other widely used metals and alloys. Now researchers at MIT […]
Opinion | There’s Something Magical About the Interface of Baseball and Medicine
When I moved from New York City to Dallas in 2004, I needed to make many personal adjustments. Surprisingly, one of the most prominent shifts was related to — baseball. In New York, baseball was essential to the city’s identity. Whether someone rooted for the Yankees or Mets (or Brooklyn Dodgers), baseball was tied inextricably […]
Effectiveness of antibiotics significantly reduced when multiple bugs present
A study has found that much higher doses of antibiotics are needed to eliminate a bacterial infection of the airways when other microbes are present. It helps explain why respiratory infections often persist in people with lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis despite treatment. In the study, published today in The ISME Journal, researchers say […]
More Workers, Better Data Needed, Frontline Health Workers Tell House Members
WASHINGTON — More doctors and nurses on staff and in the pipeline are needed to help alleviate workforce shortages that have existed in healthcare for years and got much worse during the COVID-19 pandemic, witnesses said at a House hearing Wednesday. “Only a few weeks ago, a nurse in charge of my emergency department told […]
Black, Latinx Adults With Asthma Benefit from Inhaled Glucocorticoid Add-On
Black and Latinx patients who used an inhaled glucocorticoid as needed along with usual care had improved asthma outcomes, according to results from the PREPARE trial. In the study of patients with moderate-to-severe asthma, and compared to a control group that continued usual care only, the intervention group experienced a 15% decrease in risk of […]
Energy efficiency instead of long-term storage
Incorporating energy efficiency measures can reduce the amount of storage needed to power the nation’s buildings entirely with renewable energy, according to analysis conducted by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). As more communities plan to eventually rely on 100% renewable energy, the researchers offer a strategy that […]