Medical Students News

• Tick-Borne Illnesses Are on the Rise in Canada Especially in the summer, medical professionals should keep an eye out for cases of Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Powassan virus, experts urged.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Eco-Anxiety and Patients' Need for Mental Health Support The effects of climate change are evident, but their consequences for mental health are not the same for everyone.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Sugar May Drive Dementia, German Medical Societies Warn High blood sugar levels damage brain blood vessels and promote deposits on the vessel walls, thus reducing blood flow and nutrient supply to brain cells.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Poverty Causally Linked to Mental Illness and Vice Versa There is a bidirectional, causal relationship between mental illness and poverty, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• State Gun Laws Linked to Lower Youth Suicide Rates States with mandatory waiting periods for gun purchases or laws designed to prevent children from accessing firearms have lower suicide rates than states without such regulations.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Waiting for Therapy? There's an App for That Smartphone apps can provide valuable interim support for individuals facing long waits for psychiatric therapy, offering stopgap relief.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Medical Debt Delays Care for Those With Depression, Anxiety Medical debt affects adults with depression and anxiety, with over 27% delaying or forgoing mental health care. Those with debt are twice as likely to delay or skip care.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Why Are Germans Getting Heavier? Changes in the population's weight have many causes, including an abundance of food and declining expenditure of energy.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Conduct Disorder Tied to Brain Structure Differences The largest study to date on conduct disorder in youth shows it is associated with extensive brain volume differences in several subcortical areas.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• A Collagen Valve Could Treat Pediatric Heart Disease In an animal model, the implantation of the valve restored the blood flow direction through the pulmonary artery without causing valve leakage.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• A Less Invasive, Often Overlooked Option in Cardiac Surgery Though not widely used, sutureless valves have unique strengths that can be a popular option for people who want a less invasive surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Physicians Cite Barriers in Addiction Care: Study Reveals An international research review identifies multiple reasons why doctors say they aren't able to treat substance abuse, including lack of faith that interventions will work.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Treat Heart Failure More Like Cancer Heart failure should be handled more like cancer — with aggressive early treatment — targeting the cause of the disease, not just the symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• New Criteria Flag Memory Disorder Often Mistaken for AD Researchers have published clinical criteria for a type of memory loss in older adults that progresses more slowly and has a better prognosis than Alzheimer's disease.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• New PCSK9s Nearing Market Will Help Meet Cholesterol Targets Different formulations and dosing schedules are expected to help many more patients reach LDL goals.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• Will Treating High Blood Pressure Curb Dementia Risk? Evidence is mixed or lacking, but experts say it makes sense to treat hypertension to lower dementia risk, particularly in middle age.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• Dangers of Intramuscular Fat Tissue Are Often Underestimated Intramuscular fat tissue increases the risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• The Case of the Drunken Teetotaler Episodes of somnolence and lethargy with recurring alcohol intoxication tormented a 50-year-old woman until the diagnosis of the rare auto-brewery syndrome was considered.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Hemophilia: Novel Tx Also Cuts Bleeding in Kids New research shows that efanesoctocog alfa, a bioengineered factor VIII therapy, is effective and safe in preventing bleeding in children with severe hemophilia A.
  MDedge News, July 23, 2024
• Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Doctor at the Olympics? Team USA relies on a group of physician volunteers to care for athletes. For them, getting to the Games takes flexibility, an ego-ectomy, and maybe even mad vegetable-chopping skills.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024