Scientists have found toxic flame retardants in newly manufactured children’s car seats, sparking concerns about children’s health. Of the 18…
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Bonus for superior snoozing: Students who meet 8-hour sleep challenge do better on finals
Students given extra points if they met ‘The 8-hour Challenge’ — averaging eight hours of sleep for five nights during…
Monogenic diabetes
Whereas most people with diabetes mellitus have type 1 (T1DM) or type 2 (T2DM) diabetes, there are a number of…
Healthcare Providers’ Advice on Lifestyle Modification in the US Population: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2016
Healthcare providers are encouraged to prescribe lifestyle modifications for preventing and managing obesity and associated chronic conditions. However, the pattern…
Peri-Procedural Antithrombotic Management from a Patient Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis
Peri-procedural antithrombotic medication management is a complex, often confusing process for patients and their providers. Communication difficulties often lead to…
Health Care Providers’ Advice on Lifestyle Modification in the US Population: Results from the NHANES 2011-2016
Health care providers are encouraged to prescribe lifestyle modifications for preventing and managing obesity and associated chronic conditions. However, the…
How can clinicians, specialty societies and others evaluate and improve the quality of apps for patient use?
Health-related apps have great potential to enhance health and prevent disease globally, but their quality currently varies too much for…
Epileptics in high-crime neighborhoods have three times as many seizures
People with epilepsy living in high crime neighborhoods in Chicago had three times as many seizures as those living in…
Global trial shows CAR T therapy can lead to durable remissions in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
In an update to a global clinical trial stretching from Philadelphia to four continents, the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T…
What is diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus represents a set of autoimmune, metabolic and genetic disorders that share one major characteristic – hyperglycaemia. The recommended…