Be Alert For Ectopic Pregnancy After Self-Managed Abortion
Clinicians in the emergency department (ED) and primary care settings should be prepared to spot complications of self-managed abortion, according to a case report. A patient who had attempted self-managed abortion presented to the ED with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy that went undetected, reported Isabel Beshar, MD, of Stanford University in California, and colleagues. They […]
Medicare Advantage Plans Take Top Spot in Shkreli Awards
Medicare Advantage plans took the top spot in this year’s Shkreli Awards, the annual list from the Lown Institute that calls attention to some of healthcare’s most greedy and unethical behavior. The plans’ penchant for defrauding or overbilling Medicare by an estimated $25 billion in 2020 alone by saying beneficiaries were much sicker than they […]
Polynesian Island yields ‘treasure trove’ of fungal biodiversity
The islands of the South Pacific are a hot spot for biodiversity, but their jagged peaks, hot and humid conditions, and remote locations have limited scientists’ ability to document the many fantastic forms of life in the region. In a new study published this week in the Journal of Biogeography, researchers from the University of […]
Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain
Micro-sized cameras have great potential to spot problems in the human body and enable sensing for super-small robots, but past approaches captured fuzzy, distorted images with limited fields of view. Now, researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington have overcome these obstacles with an ultracompact camera the size of a coarse grain of […]
Here’s Who Made This Year’s List of Top Hospitals
The Mayo Clinic has taken the top spot on U.S. News & World Report‘s “Best Hospitals” rankings for the sixth year in a row. For the 2021-2022 edition, the Cleveland Clinic took second place, with UCLA Medical Center coming in third. Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore claimed fourth place, and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston […]
Phone Calls Spot Early Alzheimer’s
Speech patterns in phone conversations can spot people with early to moderate Alzheimer’s dementia, a Japanese study suggested. A machine-learning predictive model correctly identified people with Alzheimer’s dementia with about 90% accuracy using audio files of phone conversations of 24 people with confirmed Alzheimer’s and 99 healthy controls, reported Akihiro Shimoda, MPH, of McCann Health […]
Molecular underpinnings of a disease affecting corals
Coral reefs are a favorite spot for scuba divers and are among the world’s most diverse ecosystems. For example, the Hawaiian coral reefs, known as the “rainforests of the sea,” host over 7,000 species of marine animals, fishes, birds and plants. But coral reefs are facing serious threats, including a number of diseases that have […]
When taste and healthfulness compete, taste has a hidden advantage: New research describes what goes on in your brain when you reach for a candy bar instead of an apple
You dash into a convenience store for a quick snack, spot an apple and reach for a candy bar instead. Poor self-control may not be the only factor behind your choice, new research suggests. That’s because our brains process taste information first, before factoring in health information, according to new research from Duke University. “We […]