SAN DIEGO – The landmark Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) follow-up study has entered a new phase, focusing on a relatively recent phenomenon: aging in type 1 diabetes. New funding for 2022-2027 for the DCCT long-term observational follow-up study, the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) will go toward investigating aspects of type […]
In an Editor’s Statement in the peer-reviewed journal Transgender Health on the importance of access to gender affirming care for our nation’s youth, Journal Editor-in-Chief Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH, states “LGBTQ youth need love, support, and acceptance , not misinformation and hate thinly veiled as compassion.” Although recent attempts to distort science and disseminate misinformation […]
As a marketing mogul, you’re probably no stranger to the importance of creating content that stands out and keeps your reader hooked. However, brainstorming ideas, crafting and editing content, and promoting it can be time consuming, overwhelming, and let’s face it: you’d rather outsource it or, at the very least, get some help. You may […]
A teenager who weighed 300 lb and was homeschooled because he was too big to fit in a classroom chair is among the patients Manal Habib, MD, has seen in her pediatric endocrinology practice. The boy, a social butterfly who hated isolation and blamed himself for his “poor choices,” turned out to have an MC4R […]
Starting this July, people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s before age 65 will have a new opportunity to connect with others while exploring the great outdoors through a program called SOAR. The name is an acronym for Shared Outdoor Adventures for Resilience. Offered by the UW Medicine Memory and Brain Wellness Center, SOAR will feature free monthly […]
Are you scared of AI yet? Are you worried that it’s just waiting to steal your job and eliminate the need for humans at all? Why won’t AI replace everything that we thought we were good at? There has been a ton of speculation regarding the use of AI, and whether its capabilities will spell […]
A catch-up screening test for human papillomavirus (HPV) may improve cancer prevention and detection in women older than 65 years, according to a new study. The findings, published on July 6 in PLOS Medicine, included women between ages 65 and 69 years in Denmark who had no record of cervical cancer screening or an HPV […]
AI (artificial intelligence) may sound like a cold robotic system, but Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have shown that it can deliver heartwarming-;or, more to the point, “heart-warning”-;support. They unveiled an innovative use of AI that classifies cardiac functions and pinpoints valvular heart disease with unprecedented accuracy, demonstrating continued progress in merging the fields of medicine […]
It’s Friday. You’re finally going out with that person you met online. You’ve been talking for weeks, and you’re excited to see them in person at last. The outfit you’ve chosen is perfect. That fresh haircut is serving you well. One spritz of perfume, and then you’re out the door. Only when you get to […]
SINGAPORE — When injected subcutaneously, the interleukin-36 (IL-36) receptor antagonist spesolimab significantly reduced the risk for generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) flares, according to results of a study presented in a late-breaker session at the 25th World Congress of Dermatology (WCD) 2023. Dr Bruce Strober In the phase 2b study, patients who received the high-dose regimen […]