Melatonin: Doctor advises how to take supplement for sleep Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone in your body that helps to regulate sleep. At night, your levels of melatonin start rising, prompting your body to relax and eventually sleep. Due to these abilities, melatonin has also been turned into a…
The flu is soaring in seven US states and rising in others, health officials say
The U.S. flu season is underway, with at least seven states reporting high levels of illnesses and cases rising in other parts of the country, health officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted new flu data on Friday, showing very high activity last week in Louisiana, and…
TV can be educational but social media likely harms mental health: Research on children and screens
Ask any parent and it’s likely they’ll tell you they’re worried about their kids’ screen time. A 2021 poll found it was Australian parents’ number one health concern for their kids—ahead of cyberbullying and unhealthy diets. But how worried should parents be? The information that’s out there can be confusing….
Over two-thirds of over-60s would refuse to move into a care home, study finds
Nearly seven in ten Brits aged 60 or older (68%) would refuse to move into a care home in later life – as 25% have their doubts as to whether care facilities are safe environments, a study has found. A poll of 1,300 adults over 60 years old found that…
Recording Residents Patient Exams Raises Privacy Concerns
Residency programs often observe their residents in training to gauge their performance, with some even videotaping residents as they examine patients. Studies in recent years in primary care and emergency medicine show that videotaping residents during patient visits can help improve trainees’ communication skills. But it can make some residents…
Non-invasive technology maps brain activity to investigate behavior changes in neurological disease
A research team led by Cleveland Clinic and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) has developed a new method for mapping how the parts of the brain “speak” to each other, critical to understanding behavior changes in patients with neurological disease. Diseases like Alzheimer’s disease change how patients communicate and…
Getting X-rays at the dentist? Its safer than you realize
Since dental X-rays became commonplace some seven decades ago, dentists and hygienists have been draping their patients with protective gear to shield them from the possibility of radiation exposure to body parts other than the jaw. But experts in dental radiology say it’s time to hang up those lead aprons…
New research finds two regions of the brain critical to integrating semantic information while reading
Two different regions of the brain are critical to integrating semantic information while reading, which could shed more light on why people with aphasia have difficulty with semantics, according to new research from UTHealth Houston. The study, led by first author Elliot Murphy, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow in the Vivian…
I drank lemon and ginger tea for two weeks – what it did to my health
We are edging ever so close to the winter months now, whether we like it or not. And for many of us, myself included, this often brings with it a dose of seasonal illnesses. Having recently suffered from a run of poor health, which included testing positive for Covid and…
Phenotype-Targeted Treatment Sought for Psoriatic Disease
WASHINGTON — In psoriatic disease, psoriatic arthritis (PsA) remains one of the greatest unmet needs, with the transition from cutaneous psoriasis poorly understood, diagnosis challenging, and therapeutic accomplishments trailing far behind advances for skin disease. However, leading researchers in rheumatology and dermatology believe that they’re turning the corner toward a day…