Home Walking Program Eases Peripheral Artery Disease Limitations
Motivating patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and intermittent claudication to start walking at home improved their exercise capacity, the MOSAIC trial showed. Six-minute walk distance improved by 16.7 m more with the physical therapist-led intervention compared with usual care alone at 3 months (from 352.9 m at baseline to 380.6 m vs 369.8 to […]
Critical benefits of snowpack for winter wheat are diminishing
University of Minnesota scientists are partnering with a global team to study the complex effects of climate change on winter crops. Warming winters may sound like a welcome change for some farmers because the change in temperature could reduce freezing stress on plants and create more ideal conditions for growing overwinter cash crops and winter […]
Do People With Schizophrenia Tend to Be Violent?
How to manage violence in people with schizophrenia People with schizophrenia rarely resort to violence with strangers. Their behavior mainly affects their family and friends. If your loved one with schizophrenia starts to show signs of becoming violent, seek help from a medical professional immediately. Psychiatrists use risk assessment tools to determine a patient’s tendency toward […]
Is Alzheimer’s Risk Lower With TNF Inhibitors?
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis were linked with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, but only in people with cardiovascular disease, data from the DREAM (Drug Repurposing for Effective Alzheimer’s Medicines) study showed. Among more than 22,000 older adults, targeted disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs overall were not associated with a […]
Impetigo Treatment, Symptoms, Causes, Definition, Pictures & Types
12 Common Childhood Skin Disorders Impetigo can be confused with other skin infections, including cellulitis (a deeper infection) and even ringworm. Causes of common childhood skin disorders include: Impetigo Ringworm Chickenpox Contact dermatitis Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease (coxsackievirus) Scarlet fever Fifth disease Sixth disease (roseola) Click to read the full 12 common childhood skin disorders with pictures […]
Human gene variant produces attention deficit disorder-like problems in mice
Mutant mice are providing scientists with a new neurobiological framework to understand the brain changes observed in distractible humans who carry a common gene variant whose frequency has been associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The scientists demonstrate that mice that express the variant adopt an inattentive phenotype similar to that seen in humans. […]
Chemical compound promotes healthy aging, study finds: BAM15 helped geriatric mice with obesity add muscle, strength and energy while losing fat
A recently discovered chemical compound helped elderly mice with obesity lose fat and weight, add muscle and strength, reduce age-related inflammation and increase physical activity, a new study shows. The study, published in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, provides the first evidence that BAM15, a mitochondrial uncoupler, prevents sarcopenic obesity, or age-related muscle […]
HCM and Exercise: The Ball Is in Whose Court?
Cardiologists are drifting away from blanket restrictions on exercise for people with the most prevalent genetic cardiomyopathy causing sudden cardiac death in the young — hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). But how are patients and physicians now expected to make personalized and informed decisions? Fears of HCM patients triggering a life-threatening arrhythmia during exercise stem from the […]
COVID-19 Tied to High Risk of Thrombotic Events
COVID-19 was associated with a greater risk for a host of thrombotic events in the months following a patient’s infection, a large study in Sweden found. Among over 1 million people who tested positive for COVID-19 in the past month, risk for a first pulmonary embolism was 33 times higher compared with a matched control […]
Selena Gomez Opens Up
The actress and singer spoke with “Good Morning America” about how being diagnosed with bipolar disorder changed her life.