Talk therapy and rehabilitation may improve long COVID symptoms, but effects are modest

Credit: SHVETS production from Pexels Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and a program of physical and mental rehabilitation probably improve symptoms of long COVID, but the effects are modest, finds a…

Clinical trial reveals twice-yearly injection reduces risk of HIV infection by 96%

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For oral medications that prevent new HIV infection to be effective, the patient must take certain actions, including attending doctor’s visits every three months and—most importantly—consistency.…

Higher sweet beverage tax shows null result in lowing Philadelphia youth obesity

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found no significant changes in pediatric…

No ‘one size fits all’ treatment for type 1 diabetes, study finds

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Factors beyond carbohydrates have a substantial influence on blood glucose levels meaning current automated insulin delivery systems miss vital information required for glucose regulation, a new…

Early-stage trial finds stem cell therapy for retinitis pigmentosa is safe

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team of UC Davis Health researchers has shown that CD34+ stem cells can be safely administered into retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients’ eyes and may offer…

Trauma care and mental health interventions training can help family physicians prepare for times of war

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In wars and conflict, family physicians are frequently called on to serve in expanded roles and are witnesses to the enormous mental and physical suffering of…

Popular diabetes and obesity drugs also protect kidneys, study shows

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The biggest and most comprehensive analysis of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists on kidney and cardiovascular outcomes shows they have significant benefits in people with and…

A robust tool for complex time-to-event data analysis in the context of myeloproliferative neoplasms

MPNs are a group of chronic diseases of the hematopoietic stem cell resulting in overproduction of myeloid progenitor cells, including white blood cells, red blood cells or platelets in the…

Why the early hours of the day can be especially dangerous to our health

Credit: Cell Metabolism (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.07.003 Why do asthma, heart attacks and many other health conditions tend to strike in the early hours of the morning? One possible explanation for…

Risk perception and antibiotic resistance: Bridging knowledge and action

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest health threats of our time. With microbes increasingly evading the effects of the drugs designed to combat them, we…