TOPLINE: Exposure to hormones, hyperpigmenting drugs, and giving birth to two or more children was associated with varied risk for melasma across different racial groups, a US study found. METHODOLOGY: Melasma mainly affects women of color disproportionately. While risk factors like UV radiation, family history, and hormones have been identified, few studies have explored these…
More than 5,500 people have received a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as part of the HSE’s catch-up programme. Established to help combat a recent surge in measles cases, the health service launched the catch-up service in March to encourage greater take-up of the jab. Figures provided to Irish Medical Times show that, up…
Zach Dyer La esposa de Bill Thompson nunca lo había visto sonreír con confianza. Durante los primeros 20 años de su relación, una infección en la boca le había ido robando los dientes, uno a uno. “¡No tenía dientes para sonreír!”, dijo el hombre de 53 años de Independence, Missouri. Thompson dijo que durante años…
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Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell thanks to the never-ending parade of motor cars streaming outside our window and the joyous sounds of our official mascots, who are barking at passersby. As for us, we are immersed in the usual rituals, starting with heating the coffee kettle…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A Northwestern Medicine study shows that technology alone can’t replace the human touch to produce meaningful weight loss in obesity treatment. The study, titled “An Adaptive Behavioral Intervention for Weight Loss Management: A Noninferiority Randomized Clinical Trial,”was published May 14 in JAMA. “Giving people technology alone for the initial phase of…
The opportunistic bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is dangerous due to its resistance to multiple antibiotics. A research team from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and Jülich Research Center (Forschungszentrum Jülich – FZJ) has now found a mechanism that makes it possible to weaken the virulence of the pathogen. Based on this knowledge, a new approach…
Studies have long shown that if you carry two copies of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) 4 gene, your chances of developingAlzheimer’s disease are much higher. Now, researchers say in a new study that gene pair isn’t just a risk factor, but a genetic form of the disorder. With two APOE4 genes, you’re almost certain to…
Medications that could have a negative effect on cognition are often used by older adults with dementia, based on data from approximately 13 million individuals presented at the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting. Classes of medications including anticholinergics, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, and non-benzodiazepine sedatives (Z drugs) have been identified as potentially inappropriate medications…
Ireland is on track to meet global targets for the elimination of hepatitis C, health officials have said, as new figures show that more than 5,500 people ordered a home-test kit to check for the condition in the last 12 months. In 2016, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) strategy on viral hepatitis targeted an 80…
