Physical exercise practiced by patients submitted to bariatric surgery acts on brain regions involved in food intake, reducing hunger or accelerating satiety, for example. This was the result observed in a clinical trial conducted at Hospital das Clínicas (HC), the hospital complex run by the University of São Paulo’s Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil. An […]
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Type 2 diabetes risk raised by being ‘addicted’ to food
Dr Amir and Dr Hilary discuss addiction to fast food We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info While it is not exactly […]
EXCLUSIVE: Experts demand crackdown on illegal Botox lotteries
EXCLUSIVE: Warning over £5 ‘Botox’ lotteries: Experts demand crackdown on boutiques illegally offering women wrinkle-banishing injections in cheap online raffles Dozens of cosmetic clinics are offering prescription only drugs as raffle prizes Read more: Urgent warning over cheap weight loss ‘Botox’ procedure in Turkey British aesthetics clinics are offering Botox in illegal cosmetics lotteries, MailOnline can […]
RAF veteran bedridden with motor neurone disease
Motor Neurone Disease: Expert on early signs and symptoms We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info In 2018, David Rhodes, who had […]
Where abortion has been banned now that Roe v. Wade is overturned
A total of 17 states have moved to ban or restrict abortion following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and end all federal protections for abortion. Why it matters: At least 24 U.S. states in total are expected to ban abortions or heavily restrict access to them, according to the Guttmacher Institute, […]
International trade of colistin in animal feed continues unabated
In a recent study published in the journal The Lancet’s Microbe, researchers investigate Enterobacterales species resistance to colistin in Pakistan. Moreover, the researchers report on colistin import and export, use, and socioeconomic variables associated with colistin resistance. Study: International manufacturing and trade in colistin, its implications in colistin resistance and One Health global policies: a microbiological, economic, […]
Survey measures causes of and counters to moral distress in radiology
According to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), moral distress is prevalent in radiology, typically relates to systemic causes, and is a reported contributor to radiologists changing jobs. “Urgent action is required by radiology practice leadership to address moral distress, as radiologists commonly practice in environments contradictory to their core […]
Colorado—a national hub for eating disorder treatment—hopes to slow surging rate of stigmatized illness
Two weeks after a routine trip to a health clinic turned into a psychiatric hospitalization, Emma Troughton was on a plane to Denver. The intervention had been building: By early 2017, Troughton had struggled with body image and eating for years, first as a high schooler in Indiana piecing through their gender identity (Troughton is […]
Doc and Group Owe $13.5M After Patient’s Serious Brain Injury
A doctor and one of Idaho’s premier emergency medicine groups must pay millions of dollars to a stroke patient and his wife in what is being called the second-largest medical malpractice award in the state’s history, according to a report in the Idaho Capital Sun. The suit, which took nearly 5 years after filing to […]
Covid makes a comeback
Covid makes a comeback: Experts warn cases are surging again with one in 40 Brits infected – so do YOU remember what you’re meant to do? Some 136,722 new symptomatic Covid cases were reported on March 20, 2023 Leading experts have called on officials to bring back rules to thwart the virus One surgery told patients […]