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Flashlights and candles aren't the only things people should have on hand during natural disasters and storms. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-bottles-expire-power.html

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a deadly condition. The only available therapies can slow disease progression, but they are not a cure and often cause intolerable side effects. Patients diagnosed with the disease will die within three to five years of diagnosis. "It is more lethal than most cancers," says Naftali Kaminski, MD, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Endowed Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary) at Yale School of Medicine. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-newly-molecule-deadly-lung-condition.html

In a small study, most adults seeking to lose weight overestimated the healthiness of their diet, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2022. The meeting, held in person in Chicago and virtually, Nov. 5-7, 2022, is a premier global exchange of the latest scientific advancements, research and evidence-based clinical practice updates in cardiovascular science. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-dieters-overestimate-healthiness-habits.html

Sixty seconds can make or break the outcome of a hospital "code blue" or cardiac arrest response. New research found a hospital code response team rushing to a patient in cardiac arrest may arrive at least one minute quicker and may also lead to better patient outcomes with the use of a smartphone emergency code notification system that activates the team through text messages. The findings are preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Resuscitation Science Symposium 2022. The 2022 meeting will be held in person in Chicago, November 5-6, 2022, and will feature the most recent advances related to treating cardiopulmonary arrest and life-threatening traumatic injury. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-smartphone-faster-response-in-hospital-cardiac.html

Neural implants can help treat brain disorders such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy by directly modulating abnormal activities—and the University of Toronto's Xilin Liu is working with microelectronics and artificial intelligence to make this emerging technology both safer and smarter. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-combines-ai-microelectronics-neural-implants.html

Vitiligo causes white patches on your skin that can affect your quality of life and even be emotionally devastating. Treatments include tried-and-true steroid creams, new immune-suppressing drugs, light therapy, and cell transplant surgery. source https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/features/future-treating-vitiligo?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Parents often worry about the harmful impacts of video games on their children, from mental health and social problems to missing out on exercise. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-video-games-kids-brains.html

The sun shone down on Stanley Joliva as medical staff at an open-air clinic hovered around him, pumping air into his lungs and giving him chest compressions until he died. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-cholera-overwhelms-haiti-cases-deaths.html

New research has shown a sharp increase in the incidence of stroke in young adults, in a study of more than 94,000 people in Oxfordshire. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-reveals-sharp-cases-young-adults.html

In laboratory and primate tests, a new pan-coronavirus vaccine developed by the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) has demonstrated wide protection against SARS-CoV-2 viruses and variants, including omicron BA.5. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-pan-coronavirus-vaccine-key.html

More than 10,000 nerve fibers enable the pleasurable sensations created by the human clitoris, according to new Oregon Health & Science University-led research presented at a joint scientific meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America and the International Society for Sexual Medicine. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-pleasure-producing-human-clitoris-nerve-fibers.html

Scientists investigating why people who have had shingles are at a higher risk of stroke, now believe the answer lies within lipid vesicles called exosomes that shuttle proteins and genetic information between cells, according to new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-reveal-shingles.html

A large stroke trial has shown that intensive blood pressure lowering after clot removal worsens recovery. The results of the trial, stopped early due to the significance of the findings, were presented in a late-breaking session at the World Stroke Congress and simultaneously published in The Lancet. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-large-trial-intensive-blood-pressure.html

Black patients with atrial fibrillation are less likely to be prescribed newer anticoagulant medications when they leave the hospital compared to their white counterparts and are consequently more likely to experience adverse outcomes, including stroke and death, according to a new study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine physician-scientists and published today in JAMA Cardiology. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-black-patients-atrial-fibrillation-adverse.html

Cribriform prostate cancer is an aggressive subtype of the disease characterized by its histology, but little is known about its molecular pathways. Research from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has revealed new information about these pathways, including potential therapies. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-reveals-pathways-aggressive-prostate-cancer.html

Uganda's Ebola outbreak is under control, a top public health official in Africa said Thursday, noting that local health authorities are doing well to trace most contacts. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-african-health-ebola-uganda.html

New research from King's College London has found that seeing or hearing birds is associated with an improvement in mental well-being that can last up to eight hours. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-chirpy-birds-linked-mental-health.html

Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have taken a key step toward improving and lengthening the lives of cystic fibrosis patients, who experience chronically clogged airways and a dramatically shortened life expectancy. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-key-treatment-cystic-fibrosis.html

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered that a unique bacteria found in the gut could be responsible for triggering rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in people already at risk for the autoimmune disease. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-gut-bacteria-rheumatoid-arthritis.html

A major study has examined changes in the health of Scottish veterans over time compared with people who have never served, concluding that despite many health outcomes for veterans improving, some important challenges remain. The researchers found that the Defense Health Strategy, implemented from the late 1970s, which introduced mandatory fitness training and health promotion in the Armed Forces, as well the ban on indoor smoking, have been key components in improving the health outcomes for veterans. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-health-scottish-veterans.html

What’s the best treatment for atopic dermatitis? What if it’s mild AD? What if it’s severe AD? What’s most effective? How long can I use medication for AD? Learn about different treatments for atopic dermatitis, which treatments are most effective, and how to use them. source https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/eczema/features/atopicd-skin-treatments?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Researchers at Linköping University have identified in mice the cells in the blood vessels of the brain that are necessary for a fever reaction. The results have been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), and answer a long-standing question of which organs are involved in producing fever. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-cells-blood-vessels-brain-involved.html

Germany's health minister unveiled a plan Wednesday to decriminalize the possession of up to 30 grams (about 1 ounce) of cannabis and to allow the sale of the substance to adults for recreational purposes in a controlled market. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-germany-unveils-cannabis-liberalization-caveats.html

The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-china-covid-vaccine-inhaled-mouth.html

Autistic people are more vulnerable to depression and anxiety during pregnancy, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. The results are published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and have important implications for supporting autistic people during pregnancy. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-autistic-people-depression-anxiety-pregnancy.html

With coronavirus stubbornly lingering, pandemic fatigue has fueled widespread longing for the perceived simplicities, innocence, and sense of togetherness of the early days of COVID-19. source https://www.webmd.com/lung/features/pandemic-nostalgia?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Psychedelic drugs are mostly banned in Europe, but new research suggests they may be beneficial to some when taken in a controlled setting. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-psychedelics-paired-therapy-chronic-mental.html

Researchers at Turku University and Åbo Akademi University, Finland, have identified that finger-like cellular extensions called filopodia contribute to building a barrier surrounding breast tumors. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-sticky-cell-fingers-breast-tumors.html

A study reviewing data from nearly 3,000 counties in the United States has found that living in a community with easy access to grocery stores and affordable, healthy food is associated with lower heart failure death rates, according to new research published today in Circulation: Heart Failure. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-lack-access-healthy-food-death.html

In a new commentary published in Annals of Internal Medicine, authors from Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Tufts University of School of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University offer strategies for healthcare organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and outline potential strategy tradeoffs to consider toward this goal. They say health care has a moral imperative to reduce its emissions and environmental footprint and force transformation across all other sectors it touches. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-physicians-health-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html

A study of more than 300,000 adults in the United Kingdom has found support for a causal relationship between vitamin D deficiency and mortality. These findings suggest a need for public health strategies to maintain healthy levels of vitamin D in the population. The study is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-vitamin-d-deficiency-mortality.html

Children's hospitals in parts of the U.S. are seeing a surge in a common respiratory illness that can cause severe breathing problems for babies. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-rsv-surge-children-hospitals.html

A big group of bacteria found in our soil, our water and our showerheads are harmless for most of us, but a new study indicates they are associated with an increased risk of dying in individuals whose kidneys have failed. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-common-harmless-group-bacteria-higher.html

The prefrontal-subthalamic neural circuit within the human brain is responsible for stopping inappropriate responses. The striatum in the brain is the main route of direct or excitatory and indirect or inhibitory signals, and this indirect pathway is thought to serve as an alternative stopping mechanism in humans. However, we do not have a clear understanding of how stopping is managed by the prefrontal-striatal indirect pathway. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-revealed-anterior-prefrontal-putamen-circuit-essential.html

New formulation sunscreens could offer better protect against skin cancer by filtering out more harmful ultra-violet rays. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-sunscreen-effects-uv-solar.html

People with a genital infection of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which usually causes cold sores, frequently shed the virus in the first months after infection, raising the risk that they might spread the virus to sexual partners during this time. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-viral-ebbs-hsv-genital-infections.html

When the COVID-19 vaccine became widely available in spring of 2021, Black and Latinx populations had a slower uptake of the vaccine. While this gap has narrowed over time, new research from DePaul University examines why people in communities of color delayed their vaccinations. The findings may inform more persuasive messages to break down vaccine hesitancy around the COVID-19 booster, flu shot and future vaccines, said lead researcher Joanna Buscemi. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-covid-vaccine-effectiveness-medical-mistrust.html

International efforts to promote children's physical health in schools are failing because of ineffective teacher professional development, new research suggests. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-poor-professional-failure-physical-health.html

Wearing special green eyeglasses for several hours a day reduces pain-related anxiety and may help decrease the need for opioids to manage severe pain in fibromyalgia patients and possibly others who experience chronic pain, according to a study being presented at the Anesthesiology 2022 annual meeting. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-green-eyeglasses-pain-related-anxiety-fibromyalgia.html

Women, minorities and patients enrolled in Medicaid are less likely to receive regional anesthesia techniques that consistently improve outcomes after surgery, suggests research being presented at the Anesthesiology 2022 annual meeting. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-women-minorities-patients-medicaid-regional.html

For many people, the term "eating disorder" will bring to mind its two most familiar forms—anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. What they may not realise, however, is that "binge eating disorder" is more common than the other two combined and can significantly reduce quality of life. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-binge-common-anorexia-bulimiabut-hidden.html

The COVID pandemic triggered an unprecedented rise in deaths around the world, leading to falls in life expectancy. In research last year, we found that 2020 saw significant life expectancy losses, including more than two years in the U.S. and one year in England and Wales. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-life-countries-big-falls.html

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind why eating late at night is linked to weight gain and diabetes. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-late-night-weight-gain-diabetes.html

Adaptations to a program that helps ensure the best possible outcomes from surgery allowed eligible patients to receive their hip and knee replacement surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic without spending the night in the hospital. The changes were so successful that they have been implemented permanently at the institution, according to a quality improvement study being presented at the Anesthesiology 2022 annual meeting. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-recovery-surgery-enables-same-day-hip.html

Although opioid abuse in the U.S. is trending downward overall, it remains higher among non-heterosexuals than heterosexuals, according to an analysis of national survey data being presented at the Anesthesiology 2022 annual meeting. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-opioid-abuse-decreases-pandemic-higher.html

For the first time, IVF clinics in Australia and New Zealand have reported data about the scale and range of male fertility problems in couples who have IVF. New data released by the Australia and New Zealand Assisted Reproduction Database (ANZARD) today reveal about one-third of all IVF cycles performed in 2020 included a diagnosis of male infertility. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-problems-women-male-infertility-ivf.html

Artificial intelligence can augment current methods to predict the risk that head and neck cancer will spread outside the borders of neck lymph nodes, according to researchers with the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN). A customized deep learning algorithm using standard computed tomography (CT) scan images and associated data contributed by patients who participated in the E3311 phase 2 trial shows promise, especially for patients with a new diagnosis of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related head and neck cancer. The E3311 validated dataset carries the potential to contribute to the more accurate staging of disease and prediction of risk. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-neck-cancer-capability-deep-algorithm.html

A new study finds that sexual side effects of cancer treatment are discussed far less frequently with female patients than with male patients, even when the treatment directly affects sex organs. Among patients receiving brachytherapy for prostate or cervical cancer at a high-volume cancer center, 9 in 10 men were asked about their sexual health, compared to 1 in 10 women. The study, which also found a smaller but similar disparity in clinical trials nationwide, will be presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-sexual-side-effects-cancer-treatment.html

A mechanism has been found that controls cellular levels of tau, a protein whose abnormal accumulation is at the root of tauopathies, a class of devastating neurodegenerative diseases. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-mysteries-tauopathies-protein.html

Disruptions in the gut microbiome have been linked to lower survival rates for people who have undergone kidney and liver transplants, a finding that highlights the critical importance of the vast and complex microbial communities that dwell within us. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-microbiome-disruption-gut-microbial-mortality.html

What you should know about chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), including symptoms, triggers, treatment, and a link to autoimmune disease. source https://www.webmd.com/features/urticaria-chronic-spontaneous?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Are your eyes dry, uncomfortable, and bulging? You could have thyroid eye disease, especially if you already have Graves’ disease. Learn more about TED. source https://www.webmd.com/eye-health/features/could-be-thyroid-disease?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Satoko Nagamura and her girlfriend conceived their son with donated sperm, but new legislation in Japan could effectively outlaw the procedure for lesbian couples and single women. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-women-japan-sperm-donation-law.html

All healthcare professionals should study a curriculum of nutrition education during their studies in order to help better support public health—new paper suggests. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-nutrition-menu-healthcare-professionals-educationnew.html

Researchers have made early progress toward a new approach to treating the deadly brain disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): using patients' own immune system T cells. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-cellular-treatment-als-small.html

When it comes to strokes, every second counts. Mayo Clinic experts explain how to recognize the signs of a stroke and how to reduce stroke risk. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-experts-critical-factor-outcomes.html

Researchers from the Georg-Speyer-Haus in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, were able to identify a new approach for the therapy of colorectal cancer (CRC) as part of an interdisciplinary project of the LOEWE Center Frankfurt Cancer Institute (FCI). In preclinical models as well as in studies on human immune cells, they found that urolithin A, a metabolite product of the pomegranate, sustainably improves the function of immune cells in their combat against cancer. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-metabolite-pomegranates-function-immune-cells.html

Wearing a robotic exoskeleton designed specially for children, an eight-year-old boy with cerebral palsy walked through a therapy room in Mexico City, smiling triumphantly at the once-unthinkable feat. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-robotic-paralyzed-children-gift.html

U.S. regulators on Wednesday authorized a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-novavax-covid-booster-dose.html

Six regions in Kenya have been hit with cholera outbreaks including the capital Nairobi, the health ministry announced Wednesday, with a total of 60 cases registered nationwide. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-cholera-outbreaks-regions-kenya-health.html

Only about 25 percent of children with challenging behaviors receive mental health treatment, and dropout rates are high for those who do. This makes brief and effective intervention programs to improve relationships between children and their caregivers needed. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-caregiver-child-relationships-seven-session-intervention.html

According to an accepted manuscript published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), ACR TI-RADS and a deep learning algorithm trained on adult populations offer alternative strategies for evaluating thyroid nodules in children and younger adults, including guiding decisions to perform fine-needle aspiration. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-acr-ti-rads-deep-algorithm-pediatric.html

A new study by UC San Francisco researchers of more than 23 million people concludes that some commonly used and abused drugs pose previously unidentified risks for the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), a potentially deadly heart-rhythm disorder. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-marijuana-meth-cocaine-opiate-linked.html

University of Calgary researchers have shown that the antibiotic D-Cycloserine (DCS) increases the effectiveness of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for people with major depressive disorder (MDD). TMS is a non-invasive, well-recognized therapy for people who have treatment resistant depression. Even so, it doesn't work for everyone. Researchers suspect the problem may be connected to a process in the brain essential for learning and memory. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-supercharge-brain-repurposing-antibiotic.html

Women who use chemical hair straightening products may be at an increased risk for uterine cancer, according to new research. source https://www.webmd.com/beauty/news/20221018/hair-straightening-products-linked-uterine-cancer-risk-study?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Health insurance companies may be overpaying for common radiology services, according to a study published in Radiology. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-health-companies-overpay-hospital-radiology.html

A study linked “fear of missing out” to misconduct, drug and alcohol use, and breaking the law among college students – adding to growing research on the potential harms of FOMO. source https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20221018/can-fomo-drive-you-to-drink?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Both the gut microbiome and virome of early life have always drawn research attention because they are strongly associated with the health status of an individual in the future. The gut virome, consisting of phages and eukaryotic viruses, directly or indirectly affects infant and child health. As the dominant component in gut virome, phages shape the microbiota in early life by preying on bacteria. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-infant-gastrointestinal-tract-exposure-pathogenic.html

Day after day, year after year, the struggles caregivers face, both big and small, take their toll. source https://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/features/alzheimers-caregivers?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Studies have suggested that psoriasis is an independent risk factor for heart attack in the general population, but investigators have made the surprising finding that in people who also have end-stage renal disease, which shares many risk factors with heart disease, it is not. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-psoriasis-heart-people-significant-kidney.html

Researchers at Mount Sinai's Tisch Cancer Institute have identified a new gene that is essential to colon cancer growth and found that inflammation in the external environment around the tumor can contribute to the growth of tumor cells. The scientists reported these findings in Nature Communications. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-gene-colon-cancer.html

In a survey of emergency department staff from across Europe, only around half said their hospital has a policy in place to help staff identify children who are being neglected or abused. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-hospital-emergency-departments-lack-policy.html

Generally, as people age, the rate of mortality increases. Yet there's one period, the timeframe between a child's first day of life and age five, when mortality tends to decrease as the child gets older. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-sub-saharan-africa-south-asia-young.html

A tool that promises to throw light on the strategies adopted by MRSA to avoid detection by the body's immune system has been developed at the University of Bath. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-tool-scientist-mrsa-superbug-immune.html

Alcohol consumption and hepatitis C viral infection are known risk factors for causing hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of liver cancer. Apart from these, obesity-associated nonalcoholic fatty liver disease has emerged as a major contributing factor for hepatocellular carcinoma in Western societies. The mechanisms underlying obesity-induced liver cancer are not well understood. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-mitochondria-lipid-turnover-liver-cancer.html

The mechanisms underlying decision-making have been a long-standing focus of neuroscience research. But now, researchers from Japan have found new information about how the reward system in the brain processes risky decisions. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-reward-brain-risky-decisions.html

Advice from rheumatologists for changing psoriatic arthritis medications, including side effects, symptoms, and insurance coverage. source https://www.webmd.com/arthritis/psoriatic-arthritis/features/medications-risks-benefits?src=RSS_PUBLIC

As many as 50 percent of cancer patients who've undergone a mastectomy have elected to have breast reconstruction surgery. Yet, while breast reconstruction is a common procedure, a new national survey finds that many women may have not received adequate information to evaluate how it may impact them physically, financially and emotionally. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-survey-women-lack-basic-life.html

The first months of the COVID pandemic had a profound effect on hospital discharge practices and use patterns for patients with colorectal disease, according to findings presented at the Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2022. A study of more than 100,000 surgical patients who underwent procedures for colorectal cancer found that they had 40% lower odds of being discharged to post-hospital rehabilitation during the pandemic than before. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-patients-hospital-facilities-colorectal-early.html

Surgical patients who use telehealth services are much more likely to show up for their initial clinic visit or follow-up appointment during the post-surgery period than those who rely on in-person visits only. Research findings were presented at the Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2022. During the early months of the COVID pandemic, when everything shut down, telemedicine became an effective tool to reach patients. Building on those successes, more hospitals and clinics are implementing telehealth technology into their patient care practices. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-telemedicine-odds-no-show-clinic-two-thirds.html

The first year of the COVID pandemic significantly altered how patients and providers treated diverticulitis, causing a significant drop in operations to manage the disease but a corresponding increase in the proportion of more severe cases and the need for emergency surgery, according to results of a nationwide study presented at the Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2022. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-diverticulitis-decreased-degree-disease-severity.html

Certain hospital room features, such as having a window view and distance from a nursing station, may influence clinical outcomes after undergoing high-risk operations, according to research findings presented at the Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2022. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-hospital-room-features-impact-clinical.html

Commercially available noninvasive screening tests for colorectal cancer—a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) and the multi-target stool DNAtest (mt-sDNA; or Cologuard®)—are equally effective for screening patients with early-stage colorectal cancer. However, a FIT costs about one-fifth of the multi-target DNA test, according to new study results presented at the Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2022. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-expensive-noninvasive-effective-alternative-colorectal.html

To aid in decision-making processes and increase awareness around palliative care in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), a research team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) has developed a screening tool to identify—within seconds—patients who may benefit from palliative care consultations or goals of care discussions. Their research findings, presented at the Scientific Forum during the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2022, show that the screening tool successfully identified SICU patients who were later deemed candidates for palliative care by their medical team. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-palliative-screening-tool-surgical-icu.html

Brain cells living in a dish can learn to play the classic video game Pong, thus demonstrating "intelligent and sentient behavior," Australian neuroscientists argue in a new paper. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-sentient-brain-cells-dish-video.html

Ugandan authorities on Saturday imposed a travel lockdown on two Ebola-hit districts as part of efforts to stop the spread of the contagious disease. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-uganda-districts-stem-ebola.html

In the first study of its kind, German researchers have shown that the COVID pandemic saw a huge drop in the number of patients being admitted to hospital for clinical depression. Independently of these national statistics, the researchers found that the number of outpatients they dealt with increased over the same period in their department. As inpatient treatment offers more intensive levels of care, this implies that many patients did not receive care appropriate to their condition. It is not yet known if this shift in treatment is also seen in other countries. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-patients-clinical-depression-treatment-covid.html

Research about what is healthy comes so thick and fast—red meat can appear good for you one week, stroke-inducing the next—that a confused public often struggles to keep up. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-bad-red-meat-health-star.html

Not all senescent cells are harmful "zombies" that should be wiped out to prevent age-related disease, according to new research from UC San Francisco, which found that some of them are embedded in young, healthy tissues and promote normal repair from damage. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-scientists-reappraise-role-zombie-cells.html

A Singapore research team of clinicians and scientists has validated a cancer diagnostic assay designed with Asian-centric biomarkers that aims to enable early diagnosis and timely treatment delivery. These findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences on September 21, 2022, supports the assay's use for making critical diagnoses and well-informed therapeutic decisions for Asian prevalent cancers. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-validates-diagnostic-assay-asian-cancers.html

AdvanSentinel Inc., Shionogi & Co., Ltd., and Masaaki Kitajima, associate professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University have developed a highly sensitive detection technology for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater, in which most of the steps are compatible with automation. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-automatable-highly-sensitive-method-coronavirus.html

According to the CDC, 9.4% of children and adolescents had an anxiety disorder in 2019. Up to one in five youth aged 18 or younger will experience a mental health condition at some point in their lives. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-guidelines-screening-children-anxiety-disorders.html

Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported new findings from a study exploring how certain genes can help generate a strong immune response following vaccination with two commonly used COVID-19 vaccines—identifying a particular gene associated with a high antibody response. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-gene-immune-response-covid-vaccination.html

In the brain, our perception arises from a complex interplay of neurons that are connected via synapses. But the number and strength of connections between certain types of neurons can vary. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University Medical Center Mainz and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), together with a research team from the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, as part of the Priority Program Computational Connectomics (SPP2041), have now discovered that the structure of the seemingly irregular neuronal connection strengths contains a hidden order. This is essential for the stability of the neuronal network. The study has now been published in the journal PNAS. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-secret-wiring-diagram-brain.html

The latest and most comprehensive analysis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and its impact in the entire WHO European Region (53 countries) was published in a paper today in The Lancet Public Health. Researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington's School of Medicine, Oxford Center for Global Health Research, Center for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, and other collaborators analyzed 23 bacterial pathogens and 88 pathogen-drug combinations to release the following findings: source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-europe-high-mortality-linked-antimicrobial.html

People living with dementia may benefit from talking therapies available on the NHS, if they suffer from anxiety or depression, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-therapy-mental-health-people-dementia.html

The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure—and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-iodine-tablets-block-nuclear.html

Three-quarters of the largest grocery chains in the U.S. are failing to limit the use of antibiotics in their house-brand fresh meat, thus contributing to the spread of antibiotic resistance. source https://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20221012/most-national-grocery-chains-fail-antibiotics-in-meat-test?src=RSS_PUBLIC

For the approximately 8.5 million people in the U.S. living with peripheral artery disease (PAD—pronounced P-A-D), which is narrowed or clogged arteries in the legs, treatment decisions and criteria for success should be led by their symptoms and self-reported quality of life, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in the Association's flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation. An American Heart Association scientific statement is an expert analysis of current research and may inform future treatment guidelines. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-symptoms-quality-life-important-treatment.html

People often wonder why one nutritional study tells them that eating too many eggs, for instance, will lead to heart disease and another tells them the opposite. The answer to this and other conflicting food studies may lie in the use of statistics, according to a report published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-statistical-oversight-inconsistencies-nutritional.html

Researchers from the University of Birmingham are developing a rapid test for gum disease, and they expect the technology—a probe for use in point of care settings such as dental surgeries or pharmacies—to play a pivotal role in early detection of heart or lung disease, type 2 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-device-early-gum-disease.html

Men and women in the UK have a higher probability of dying than predicted, a new report has found. The results, published in European Actuarial Journal, could have a big impact on the future viability of pensions schemes. The research from Bayes Business School, which looks at death rates for people aged 50 to 95, paints a bleak picture for men and women in the UK. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-people-uk-higher-probabilities-dying.html

Menthol use has increased over the past decade among U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes, according to a study released by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The City University of New York. Menthol use is much more common among adult smokers who are younger, from racial/ethnic minoritized groups and with mental health problems. The results are published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-adults-cigarettes-menthol.html

As lakes dry up around the world, they create a host of problems for the people near their former shorelines – including respiratory illnesses. source https://www.webmd.com/lung/copd/features/vanishing-lakes?src=RSS_PUBLIC

A small molecule called ISRIB that was identified at UC San Francisco can reverse the neuronal and cognitive effects of concussion in mice weeks after an injury occurred, new research has found. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-small-molecule-drug-reverses-neural-effects.html

The White House on Tuesday said eligible Americans should get the updated COVID-19 boosters by Halloween to have maximum protection against the coronavirus by Thanksgiving and the holidays, as it warned of a "challenging" virus season ahead. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-white-house-booster-halloween-safer.html

Wearable medical devices are an important part of the future of medicine and a key focus of researchers around the world. They open the door for long-term continuous monitoring of patients outside of the medical setting to give clinicians an accurate picture of what's happening and a better chance to effectively treat their ailments. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-stable-electrodes-long-term-wearable-brain-machine.html

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and a new national survey commissioned by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC—James) found that most women are unaware of the unusual symptoms of a particularly aggressive and deadly form of the disease known as inflammatory breast cancer. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-survey-women-unaware-aggressive-breast.html

Women are, unfortunately, more likely to get migraines and suffer from poor sleep than men, and the problems only get worse as women transition through menopause. A new study evaluates the association of migraine and sleep quality in premenopausal compared with perimenopausal women. Study results will be presented during The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, October 12-15, 2022. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-history-migraines-women-poor-sleepers.html

Service members are more likely to store firearms safely when the message on safe storage is delivered by military law enforcement, according to a Rutgers study. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-military-law-key-convincing-members.html

Millions of children are exposed to extreme hunger each year, but children who experience malnutrition are more likely to have poorer health and developmental delays that persist into old age, according to previous research findings. Researchers at Penn State recently examined the results of early-life exposures to famine and malnutrition and found numerous impacts on health and socioeconomic attainment, especially among males. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-long-term-impacts-famine-health-socioeconomic.html

Prescribing rates of opioids and tranquilizers to people undergoing treatment for alcohol abuse in New York remains high, despite public efforts to curb prescribing practices, according to a new University at Buffalo-led study. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-opioids-tranquilizers-frequently-patients-alcohol.html

Cerebral aneurysms appear in 5% to 8% of the general population. The blood vessel rupture and resultant blood leakage within the brain can lead to severe stroke or fatal consequences. More than one quarter of patients who experience a hemorrhagic stroke die before reaching a health care facility. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-patient-specific-mathematical-aneurysm-size-growth.html

The Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, has shared results from an analysis of patients in its CASCADE FH Registry showing that children with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) are diagnosed earlier and have much higher untreated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) than adults with HoFH. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-children-homozygous-familial-hypercholesterolemia-decades.html

Chronic, constant stress can increase lifetime risk of heart disease and stroke, but a new survey from the American Heart Association, a global force for longer, healthier lives for all, reveals regular mealtime with others could be a simple solution to help manage stress. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-survey-parents-family-stressed.html

Indigenous populations continue to suffer significant barriers and disparities in health care, due in part to the federal government failing to provide adequate health support and services for these communities, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new position paper. ACP says that policymakers have an obligation to fulfill the federal trust responsibility to provide equitable health care and other services to Indigenous populations in the U.S., including sufficient financial resources to support their care. The full position paper is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-acp-federal-health-indigenous.html

Electronic gaming can precipitate life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in susceptible children whose predisposition may have been previously unrecognized, according to a new report in Heart Rhythm. The investigators documented an uncommon but distinct pattern among children who lose consciousness while playing electronic (video) games. source https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-electronic-gaming-trigger-potentially-lethal.html

As the weather turns chilly, “cuffing season” starts for relationships. What exactly does that mean? Find out. source https://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/features/what-is-cuffing-season?src=RSS_PUBLIC