In an article published in the Journal of Pediatrics, researchers based in Brazil describe the case of a nine-year-old boy admitted to hospital with multiple symptoms and overlapping conditions that made diagnosis difficult, such as short stature, thin tooth enamel (dental enamel hypoplasia), moderate mental deficiency, speech delay, asthma, mildly altered blood sugar, and a history of recurring […]
Launched in 2005, YouTube now stands as the second largest search engine after Google. Almost 2.7 billion people use YouTube worldwide every month and 87.7% of those users access it on their mobile phones. Owing to the large number of video content available on the platform, you want to ensure that yours stands out. To […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved omalizumab (Xolair, Genentech) for reducing allergic reactions to foods in adults and most children. The drug is meant to be taken regularly by patients with food allergies to reduce the risk for reactions, including anaphylaxis, in case of accidental exposure to one or more allergens. The […]
Food or nutrition-related New Year’s resolutions were more popular among consumers going into 2024 compared to last year, according to the January Consumer Food Insights Report. This year 25% of consumers responded “yes” when asked if they had any food or nutrition-related New Year’s resolutions, up 6 percentage points from the response to the same question last […]
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TOPLINE: Higher body mass index (BMI) at the start of pregnancy is associated with increased risk for adverse maternal outcomes, including preeclampsia, and neonatal complications, such as respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), in a dose-dependent manner, new research shows. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a retrospective study of 58,497 singleton pregnancies delivered at an urban hospital between 2013 […]
Frailty entails a reduced resilience to adversity. A recent PLoS ONE study used a period of austerity public spending in England to note the changes in frailty in individuals aged 50 years and above. Study: Frailty before and during austerity: A time series analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002–2018. Image Credit: Paul Maguire/Shutterstock.com Background Following the […]
TOPLINE: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery produced high rates of type 2 diabetes (T2D) remission 5 years after the operation, even after patients regained a significant amount of weight. In those who regained weight following surgery, diabetes was five times more likely to return for those who underwent sleeve gastrectomy (SG) vs RYGB. METHODOLOGY: Retrospective […]
Dizziness is a common complaint associated with multiple causes and resultant morbidity; however, it remains unclear whether symptomatic dizziness is associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality. A recent JAMA Otolaryngoly-Head Neck Surgery study assesses the associations between symptomatic dizziness, its various manifestations, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality. Study: Association of Symptomatic Dizziness With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality. Image Credit: […]
TOPLINE: A universal cardiovascular disease (CVD) prediction tool performs well in patients with and without atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD), a new study showed, suggesting this model could facilitate transition from primary to secondary prevention by streamlining risk classification. METHODOLOGY: Researchers used different models to evaluate whether established CVD predictors, including age, sex, race, diabetes, systolic blood […]