https://youtube.com/watch?v=_H2zRTsze74%3Fcolor%3Dwhite How patients can be directly involved in assessing the value of new treatments, services, or policies to save lives in different countries across the region. The ways patients’ needs can be considered more holistically. For example, a needs assessment tool for Breast Cancer in Malaysia is helping to identify patient needs related to emotional […]

The number of premature births in California jumped during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and came back down after vaccinations became widely available, new evidence reveals. For example, researchers found that during that year, there was a 29% increase in deliveries before 37 weeks of gestation. In absolute percentages, rates increased from 7.3% to […]

Optimistic thinking has long been immortalized in self-help books as the key to happiness, good health and longevity but it can also lead to poor decision-making, with particularly serious implications for people’s financial well-being. Research, published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, from the University of Bath shows that excessive optimism is actually associated with […]

TOPLINE: Use of tranexamic acid in traumatic injury emergencies reduces mortality, with no significant increase in problematic vascular occlusive events. METHODOLOGY: This systematic review and bias-adjusted meta-analysis reviewed seven randomized controlled trials that compared tranexamic acid with placebo in the emergency setting. Primary outcome was 1-month mortality. Secondary outcomes were 24-hour mortality and vascular occlusive […]

TOPLINE: In comatose patients with a suspicion of acute poisoning, opting for a conservative approach by refraining from intubation has a significant clinical advantage concerning the combined outcomes of in-hospital mortality, duration of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and length of hospital stay. METHODOLOGY: This multicenter randomized trial conducted in 20 emergency departments (EDs) and […]

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Reviewed Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular metabolic diseases and neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia. Long-term exercise improves memory and spatial cognition, reduces age-related cognitive decline, and maintains brain volume, but the mechanisms are not fully understood. Recently, a study from Febbraio lab at Monash University reported that voluntary exercise training (VET) improves […]

Desperate consumers seek unregulated interventions Clinics often sell ‘pricey placebo effect’ Aggressive marketing tactics in Sunbelt states Not an easy fix Source: Read Full Article

When teenagers and young adults see pro-tobacco content on social media, they face higher risks. They are more likely to report using tobacco products such as e-cigarettes (also called vapes), more likely to start using those products for the first time and less likely to view them as harmful. Algorithms programmed to automatically remove tobacco […]

Individuals who undergo treatment for Lyme borreliosis (LB) often report persistent symptoms; however, not much is known about the risk factors and etiology of these long-term effects after infection. A recent eBioMedicine study examines the determinants of symptom persistence following treatment for LB. Study: Determinants of persistent symptoms after treatment for Lyme borreliosis: a prospective observational cohort study. Image […]