Pain Exposure Can Alter Brain Development in Preterm Infants, Especially Girls
There are associations between early-life pain exposure and altered brain development in preterm infants, especially in girls. Further, decreased brain structural connectivity is tied to poorer neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18…
Vitamin D as an Anti Colorectal Cancer Agent in 2024 – a Review of the Evidence
Vitamin D has a protective effect against colorectal cancer, but it is patient and population dependent.According to the WHO, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second biggest cause of cancer-related deaths…
Blink Triple Care drop shows good comfort, vision improvements for dry eye
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WHO’s Farrar: Social context is key to halting bird flu spread
Jeremy Farrar, now the World Health Organization’s chief scientist, was working in Vietnam 20 years ago when the H5N1 virus started to spread across Asia — at that point in…
Cannabis, nicotine use during pregnancy found to increase rate of infant death fourfold
With half of individuals who use cannabis in pregnancy also using tobacco or nicotine products, OHSU researchers investigated the effects of using both substances on both mother and newborn health…
What’s keeping the US from allowing better sunscreens?
When dermatologist Adewole "Ade" Adamson sees people spritzing sunscreen as if it's cologne at the pool where he lives in Austin, Texas, he wants to intervene. "My wife says I…
One Dose of LSD Med Yields Rapid, Durable Response for GAD
A single oral administration of MM120 (lysergide d-tartrate), an investigational lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)–based medicine being developed by Mind Medicine Inc (MindMed), provided rapid and durable improvement in generalized anxiety…
Beneath the Surface: Diving into JAK inhibitors for alopecia areata, Part 1
Beneath the Surface is a video series in which Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, Healio Dermatology Chief Medical Editor, discusses hot topics in the field with leading experts.In this edition,…
AI doesn’t have to replace humans to accelerate medicine
When patients are dealing with a sexually transmitted infection, they don’t always get advice on whether they should come into the clinic in a timely fashion. So patient interface company…
Meth houses: Time for more testing?
Emma Kuhn, from Flinders University Environmental Health, demonstrates a wall swab method used to assess the absence or level of methamphetamine contamination – used to assess whether remediation action is…