AAP Guidelines: ‘Watchful Waiting’ No Longer the Right Call for Child Obesity
In contrast to previous recommendations, pediatricians and other pediatric healthcare providers are advised to provide “immediate, intensive obesity treatment to each patient” as soon as they receive a diagnosis, according to new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The guidance, published in Pediatrics, marks the AAP’s first clinical practice guideline outlining evidence-based evaluation […]
To Combat Opioid Epidemic, Step Up Safe Prescribing Practices, Expert Urges
SAN DIEGO — While urology and other medical specialties have taken steps to rein in opioid overprescribing, the skyrocketing death rate in the U.S. due to opioid overdose indicates urologists — and other healthcare providers — are not being aggressive enough in implementing safe prescribing practices, according to Benjamin Davies, MD, of the University of […]
How Well Do Opioids Stack Up for Musculoskeletal Pain in the ED?
For musculoskeletal pain in the emergency department (ED), opioids weren’t clearly better than other analgesics across studies in a systematic review and meta-analysis. When evaluated at a median of around 2 hours of follow-up, opioids were not statistically or clinically more effective against pain than nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs; mean difference [MD] -0.1 on a […]
Clinicians Need More Training in Nutrition Education and Spotting Hunger, Biden Says
WASHINGTON — Doctors and other clinicians need more training on how to recognize hunger symptoms and to teach patients about proper nutrition, President Biden said Wednesday. Guidance to Stay Healthy “In 19 states, more than 35% of adults are obese,” Biden said at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, which was held […]
Biden Administration Reverses Trump-Era ‘Public Charge’ Rule
Noncitizens can receive or apply for health benefits and other services without hurting their chances of securing permanent residency status — a “green card” — thanks to a final rule from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued on Thursday. The rule centers around the contentious “public charge” reason for inadmissibility and focuses on clarifying […]
Medical Groups Warn Of ‘Irreparable Harm’ To Patients In Confusing Post-Roe Era
The American Medical Association and three other major health groups warned Thursday patients across the nation could suffer “irreparable harm” due to the shattered legal landscape left in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. In a statement, co-authored with the American Pharmacists Association, the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists […]
Vitamin D Failed to Stop COVID, Other Respiratory Infections
Vitamin D supplements did not ward off COVID-19 or other respiratory infections, two randomized controlled trials showed. Among 6,200 participants in a phase III study from the U.K., 2.6% of those in the control group developed COVID-19 compared with 3.6% of those who received 800 IU vitamin D daily (OR 1.39, 95% CI 0.98-1.97) and […]
Nearly Half of MSM Are Changing Sex Behaviors to Reduce Monkeypox Risk
Roughly half of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) said they have cut down on their sexual activities due to the monkeypox outbreak, according to a CDC report. Among 824 men who participated in the American Men’s Internet Survey (AMIS) monkeypox-specific follow-up survey, 47.8% said they reduced their number of […]
Vegans who lift weights may have stronger bones than other people on a plant-based diet: Vegans and omnivores who do resistance training may have similar bone structure
People on a plant-based diet who do strength training as opposed to other forms of exercise such as biking or swimming may have stronger bones than other people on a vegan diet, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. About 6 percent of people in the United […]
Swimming without brains and muscles: Physical mechanisms behind the movement of microswimmers
Bacteria and other unicellular organisms developed sophisticated ways to actively navigate their way, despite being comparably simple structures. To reveal these mechanisms, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) used oil droplets as a model for biological microswimmers. Corinna Maass, group leader at the MPI-DS and Associate Professor at the University […]