Your daily cup of joe might be a quick pick-me-up, but it comes with a mixed bag of good and not-so-good effects on your health, a new study reports. Drinking…
Category: Lifestyle
Mirrors may help encourage healthy behaviors in people with obesity
Viewing oneself in the mirror may help positively alter behavior in individuals with obesity, according to an analysis of published studies. The analysis, which is published in the Journal of…
No FIT: Colon cancer screening FIT doesn’t belong in emergency and inpatient settings
A clinical research study from Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute examines the use, in emergency and inpatient settings, of FIT (fecal immunochemical testing), which looks for…
Milvexian an effective and safe oral pill for prevention of venous blood clots, study shows
An effective and safe oral pill is welcome news for people at risk for blood clots, after a worldwide study led by McMaster University proved milvexian can be used with…
A method to selectively grow tumor-targeting T cells for cancer therapy
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has devised a highly efficient method to generate large numbers of immune cells specifically engineered to recognize neoantigens—small fragments of randomly mutated proteins that are…
Identity problems in clinical psychiatry practice
Many people struggle with issues of identity: who they are and their place in the world. For psychiatrists, focusing on identity problems can help patients to progress in psychotherapy and…
Surgery to replace heart valve beneficial even with no symptoms of severe aortic stenosis
For people experiencing severe aortic stenosis who do not have symptoms or need symptom relief, early aortic valve replacement surgery may be beneficial because it reduces the risk of death,…