When Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey, she may have been doing more than filling her tummy. “Curds” is an old word for yogurt, and evidence is mounting that some of the bacteria contained in yogurt can prevent and treat diarrhea. They may also ease other ailments of the …
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a boxed warning to the label of the osteoporosis drug denosumab (Prolia) about increased risk for severe hypocalcemia in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Denosumab is a monoclonal antibody, indicated for the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who are at increased risk for …
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Clinician-scientists from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago were among a diverse, international group of experts tasked by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) with developing and validating new data-based criteria for sepsis in children. Sepsis is a major public health burden, claiming the lives of over …
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THE MOST RECENT true-crime documentary to hit Netflix is American Nightmare, a compelling three-part series which recounts how the police investigation into an abduction turned into a media circus in which the victim herself was accused of faking her own kidnapping. On March 23, 2015, Denise Huskins and her then-boyfriend Aaron Quinn were sleeping at …
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KING CHARLES III is set to undergo surgery next week to treat an enlarged prostate. Several of his forthcoming engagements, including meeting with cabinet members and foreign dignitaries in Scotland, have been canceled on medical grounds while he prepares to be admitted to hospital. Queen Camilla has traveled to Scotland in the King’s stead, and …
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5 min read Jan. 18, 2024 – We’ve been through this before. A new COVID-19 variant emerges somewhere in the world, grows in strength, and comes to dominate, bringing with it an increase in hospitalizations and deaths. It’s happening now. But so far, the JN.1 variant, while causing a spike in cases and worse outcomes, …
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Contrary to the known benefits of testosterone on bone health in the treatment of older men with hypogonadism, a new study reported a surprisingly increased, not decreased, incidence of fracture with the treatment compared with placebo, with the most common fracture sites being those associated with low bone mineral density (BMD). “We did not expect …
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Intake of protein, especially from plants, in middle age is associated with higher odds of healthy aging and positive mental and physical health status in older women, a recent analysis of the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) data suggests. The study is said to be the first to examine the long-term impact of midlife protein consumption …
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New data from the Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) suggest that a daily multivitamin may help protect the aging brain. However, at least one expert has concerns about the study’s methodology and, as a result, the interpretation of its findings. The meta-analysis of three separate cognition studies provides “strong and consistent evidence that …
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