Chronically Short Sleep May Lead to Weight Gain in Adults...
(MedPage Today) — Shorter periods of sleep over the long term may lead to weight gain in adults at increased risk for cardiometabolic disease, a pooled analysis of two randomized...
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Alzheimer's Biomarkers Change After Tuberculosis Vaccination
(MedPage Today) — The bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, commonly used against tuberculosis, changed how immune cells behaved and altered markers linked to Alzheimer’s disease in a pilot study involving two...
Climate Change Is Already at the Bedside. Why Aren't We...
(MedPage Today) — The World Health Organization has identified climate change as the single greatest threat to global health in the 21st century. This crisis spans borders and political sentiment,...
'Not an Inconsequential Nothing-Burger': What We Heard This Week
(MedPage Today) — “It’s still not an inconsequential nothing-burger.” — Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, of Washington University in St. Louis, remarking that while severity has declined, COVID-19 still poses a particular...
She Struggled to Get Lifesaving Immunodeficiency Drug After Insurers Vowed...
(MedPage Today) — LADUE, Mo. — Over 4 consecutive days in January, Margaret Hvatum ran a 5K, a 10K, a half-marathon, and a full marathon. The 70-year-old covered a combined...
Exercise May Not Be a No-No After Aortic Dissection
(MedPage Today) — It was feasible for survivors of thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) to engage in a structured exercise program, according to a pilot study. Among 93 adults post-Type A...
Stop Calling It Cancer; The Alcohol Paradox; Rural Patients Lose...
(MedPage Today) — Relabeling the lowest-risk prostate cancers as a non-cancerous condition might reduce overtreatment and prevent as many as 2,400 prostate cancer deaths annually. (UCLA Health) Social media influencer...
Alibaba to Pay $600M Over Allegations of Illegal Pharmaceutical Sales...
(MedPage Today) — The Chinese tech giant Alibaba will pay $600 million to resolve a dispute with the U.S. government over allegations that the Hangzhou-based firm sold and imported illegal...
Tech to Improve Stroke Outcomes; Impact of a Nation's Social...
(MedPage Today) — TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president...
It Has Wide Support and Costs Nothing. Can This Prior...
(MedPage Today) — “I still have hope,” said Peggy Tighe, legislative counsel for the Regulatory Relief Coalition, a group of physician specialty organizations advocating for regulatory burden reduction in Medicare,...
