Longer cumulative use of medication to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with a small, but statistically significant, increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), results of a large Swedish nested case-control study suggest. The increased risk was evident only for hypertension and arterial disease, was dose-dependent, and was higher for stimulant than nonstimulant ADHD medications. […]

A recent Scientific Reports study explored the association between dietary insulin index (DII) and dietary insulin load (DIL) with metabolic healthy (MH) status and the serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and adropin among the Iranian adult population. Study: Association between dietary insulin index and load with brain derived neurotrophic factor, adropin and metabolic health status […]

NEW YORK – Many inflammatory diseases, such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis (AD), can present differently in patients with darker skin types, but it is the pigmentary changes themselves that are often a dominant concern for parents, according to pediatric dermatologist Candrice R. Heath, MD. Skin diseases pose a greater risk of both hyper- and hypopigmentation […]

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Consistent evidence gathered over many years supports the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, including decreases in mortality and hospitalizations, and increase in quality of life. In one study of 601,099 Medicare patients older than 65 years with coronary disease, 5-year mortality was lower in patients […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest long COVID news and guidance in Medscape’s Long COVID Resource Center. How have you been sleeping? And what about your patients? The COVID-19 pandemic affected people’s sleep in various ways, leading to several reports of negative changes as well as some positive experiences. These effects are associated with physiological aspects (ie, those […]

The last time I stepped on a plane for vacation, for fun, was more than three years ago. I haven’t been able to visit California, whose coast I adore. Nor Rome, where my husband and I lived for some time. And yet, I’m told, I’ve been on a journey. Two journeys, actually: First, a “traumatic […]

If generative AI is the future of marketing (and media in general), how can you compete with other marketers if ALL OF US have access to the same tools? We can all create amazing images, videos (soon), and articles. We can all use the most amazing copywriter as a template to write our own copy. […]

The American Heart Association (AHA) has unveiled a new heart disease risk calculator that aims to estimate an individual’s long-term risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The new Predicting Risk of CVD Events (PREVENT) calculator is the first risk calculator that combines measures of cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic health to estimate risk for CVD. It follows […]

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, a group of researchers determined a distribution-based minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the Diabetes Distress Scale–17 (DDS-17) and its four subscales. Study: Ascertainment of Minimal Clinically Important Differences in the Diabetes Distress Scale–17. Image Credit: goffkein.pro/Shutterstock.com Background  Clinical trials indicate that lowering hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels reduces […]

The cancer death rate for children and young people up to age 19 went down 24% from 2001 to 2021, the CDC reported. The death rate went from 2.75 per 100,000 to 2.10 per 100,000 over that time span.  Brain cancer was the most common type of cancer that caused death in this age group in […]