A US teenager died of cardiac arrest after taking part in a social media challenge daring people to eat a single extremely hot tortilla chip, an autopsy revealed Thursday…
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TOPLINE: Individuals with overweight and obesity who reach a weight loss plateau at around 6 months on a healthy weight loss diet may not achieve further weight reduction after switching to a different weight loss diet. METHODOLOGY: Dietary and lifestyle interventions initially result in rapid weight loss…
Este delgado dispositivo, que funciona con baterías, se llama BioButton y registra los signos vitales de los pacientes, incluidas la temperatura, y las frecuencias cardíaca y respiratoria…
Fat-enlarged axillary nodes on screening mammograms can predict the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, held May 5–9 in Boston. Jessica Rubino, M.D., from the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and colleagues used electronic medical record data from
MedPage Today) — NEW ORLEANS — A “culturally sensitive” exercise intervention led to weight loss and other benefits in African-American women with obesity at risk for diabetes, researchers reported. The program tested in the ongoing, single…
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Targeted video games could help reduce symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression in children and adolescents, results of a new review and meta-analysis suggested. Although the video game–based or “gamified” digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) were associated with modest improvements in ADHD symptoms and depression…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Heart failure patients who are vaccinated against COVID-19 have an 82% greater likelihood of living longer than those who are not vaccinated, according to research presented at Heart Failure 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), held 11–14 May in Lisbon, Portugal. Heart Failure is a life-threatening
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TOPLINE: Overall, patients with solid tumors who receive an investigational cancer drug experience small progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival benefits but much higher toxicity than those who receive a control intervention. METHODOLOGY: The view that patients with cancer benefit from access to investigational drugs in the clinical trial setting is widely held but does