Family Medicine News

Researchers identify method to diagnose cancer in patients with early onset diabetes

21.06.2018 Health Problems

Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer can develop elevated blood sugar levels up to three years before their cancer diagnosis, according to the results of a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published the journal Gastroenterology. “Pancreatic cancer is rapidly fatal after its diagnosis, with average survival of six months,” says Suresh Chari, M.D., a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic. “It has also […]

70 sickened so far in salmonella-tainted melon outbreak

21.06.2018 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—A salmonella outbreak linked to melons and fruit salad mixes continues to expand, say officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far, 70 people have been sickened across seven states after eating fruit salad mixes that included pre-cut watermelon, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, and cut fruit medley products from the Caito Foods facility in Indianapolis, the CDC […]

Can psychological stress cause vision loss?

21.06.2018 Health Problems

Persistent psychological stress, which is widely recognized as a consequence of vision loss, is also a major contributor to its development and progression, according to a study now published in the EPMA Journal, the official journal of the European Association for Predictive, Preventive, and Personalized Medicine. Clinical practice implications of this finding include a recommendation to improve the clinician-patient relationship […]

New technique fine-tunes treatment for severe epilepsy cases

21.06.2018 Health Problems

One of three epilepsy patients experience no relief from drugs and are candidates for surgery. An advance by researchers at Yale and the Cleveland Clinic will enable surgeons to more precisely target areas of the brain causing debilitating symptoms in a subset of these patients. The technology called magnetoencephalography or MEG measures small amounts of magnetic-electrical activity on the surface […]

Eva Longoria Just Welcomed Her First Child

21.06.2018 Kids Health

Eva Longoria, the actor behind everyone’s (or at least my and my college roommates’) favorite bratty housewife of yore, just made a major step into her biggest role yet: mom to a newborn son. Hola USA reported the happy news today that Longoria gave birth to her first child with husband José Bastón on Tuesday, June 19. And because we know […]

New online toolbox to help keep kids safe in disasters

21.06.2018 Kids Health

A new set of online tools is designed to help families and communities keep children safe in disasters. The Resilient Children/Resilient Communities Toolbox is an initiative led by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and the international nonprofit group Save the Children. Pilot communities in Washington County, Arkansas and Putnam County, New York helped to […]

Cell-free DNA profiling informative way to monitor urinary tract infections

21.06.2018 Health Problems

Using shotgun DNA sequencing, Cornell University researchers have demonstrated a new method for monitoring urinary tract infections (UTIs) that surpasses traditional methods in providing valuable information about the dynamics of the infection as well as the patient’s biological response. The technique is detailed in the paper “Urinary cell-free DNA is a versatile analyte for monitoring infections of the urinary tract,” […]

Florida teen first human case of another mosquito-borne virus

20.06.2018 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—The first confirmed human case of Keystone virus has been diagnosed in a Florida teen, but it’s likely that infection with the mosquito-borne disease is common among state residents, researchers report. The virus can cause a rash and mild fever. It’s named after the location in the Tampa Bay area where it was first identified in 1964. It has been […]

How to Talk to Your Kids About Scary Things

20.06.2018 Kids Health

With the Trump administration ripping apart immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, it’s understandable kids (and, let’s be honest, parents) everywhere are feeling scared right now. As with any tragedy, unexplained violence and undelivered justice, current events are likely leaving the kids in your life with big questions that you might find difficult to answer. How can we […]

Intervention shows promise for treating depression in preschool-aged children

20.06.2018 Health Problems

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have shown that a therapy-based treatment for disruptive behavioral disorders can be adapted and used as an effective treatment option for early childhood depression. Children as young as 3-years-old can be diagnosed with clinical depression, and although preschool-aged children are sometimes prescribed antidepressants, a psychotherapeutic intervention is greatly needed. The study, funded […]

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