Orthodontic relapse is fairly common; however, the mechanisms between relapse and the dental arch form remain unclear. The purpose of the study described in a new article in the BIO Integration journal was to establish three-dimensional (3D) finite element models of different dental arch forms after orthodontic treatment and to analyze the states of different […]
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Repair of tricuspid valve leak during mitral valve surgery may benefit some adults
Adults undergoing mitral valve surgery who have less than severe leakage of the tricuspid valve may benefit by having both valves repaired at the same time, including a decreased chance of severe tricuspid valve leakage in the future, according to late-breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2021. Heart valves are responsible for […]
Moderate amounts of caffeine not linked to maternal health risks
Good news for pregnant coffee lovers: Consuming a low amount of caffeine during pregnancy could help to reduce gestational diabetes risk, according to researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the National Institutes of Health. The findings were published Monday in JAMA Network Open. “While we were not able […]
Pet Safety Alert: Beware of Rodenticide
Year after year, rodenticides make our Top 10 Pet Toxins list due to the fact that the ingredients in rodenticide that make it so appealing to rodents, unfortunately has the same effect on cats and dogs. That means that this poison in incredibly toxic and can cause bleeding, kidney failure, seizures or even death. Rodenticide […]
Second wave of kids with MIS-C had more severe illness than first wave
When comparing the first and second wave of patients diagnosed with multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), the second wave patients had more severe illness, according to a new prospective cohort study of 106 patients at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. The results, published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, show that despite increased […]
Low rates of people with alcohol use disorder are having helpful treatment
Results from World Mental Health Surveys have found fewer than half of the people with alcohol use disorder who sought treatment perceived their treatment as being helpful. Using survey data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 24 countries, researchers from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney, found that of the […]
The death of an offspring is associated with an increased parental risk of ischemic heart diseases
The death of a child is an extremely stressful life event with potential long-term health consequences. The death of an offspring is associated with an increased risk of ischemic heart diseases in parents. This is according to a study at Karolinska Institutet, published in PLOS Medicine. The death of an offspring is one of the […]
Decades of progress gone in one year: Tigray’s healthcare system has been destroyed
The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region broke out on 4 November 2020. A survey done in parts of Tigray and investigative reports by human rights bodies Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch show that thousands of civilians have been killed. The US and European Union have warned that more than 2.1 million internally displaced […]
Insights into the etiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, NPC, is a rare tumor of the head and neck, which originates in the nasopharynx at the very back of the nose. NPC has a particularly high incidence in southern China, Southeast Asia, and North and East Africa and is rare in the rest of the world. Little is known about its etiology […]
UK study of over a million births finds stark racial and social inequalities in pregnancy outcomes
A nationwide study of over 1 million births in the English National Health Service (NHS) between 2015 and 2017, published in The Lancet, has found large inequalities in pregnancy outcomes between ethnic and socioeconomic groups in England. The findings suggest that current national programmes to make pregnancy safer, which focus on individual women’s risk and […]