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What’s the Evidence Behind Popular Supplements in Rheumatology? Experts Weigh in
Many people with rheumatologic diseases try supplements for symptom relief. Here’s what you need to know about some common picks.
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Could Eyelid Imaging Aid Early Diagnosis of Sjögren Disease?
Patients with Sjögren disease had more damage to their oil-producing meibomian glands than people with other varieties of dry eye.
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How the Future of Medicine Will Revolve Around Our Gut
In just a few years, AI models could predict gut microbial composition based on data such as dietary habits and household characteristics.
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Is SNRI Treatment of Fibromyalgia Working? Look at Sleep Patterns
Patients with minimal pain relief from a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor had more sleep problems and tougher mornings than those...
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New Study Links Sweetener to Heart Risk: What to Know
Study suggests consuming erythritol, a sweetener widely found in sugar-free and keto food products, could spur a prothrombotic response.
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Financial Hardship Common With Rheumatologic Disease: How Can Doctors Help?
Patients with rheumatologic disease were 29% more likely than were those without such conditions to have difficulty paying medical bills. Here’s...
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Urine Tests Could Be ‘Enormous Step’ in Diagnosing Cancer
Cancer biomarkers in urine are not nearly as widely studied as those in the blood, but a new wave of urine tests suggests research is gaining pace...
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Jumpstart Your AI Learning: The Very Best Resources for Doctors
Several clinical societies have issued guidance on how best to use AI in practice.
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Help Patients Avoid Weight Gain After Stopping GLP-1s
Whether it’s side effects, cost, or other reasons for stopping, physicians can help patients not to regain lost weight.
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Do Your Patients Hate Exercise? Suggest They Do This Instead
Dancing can be an effective method to lose weight for patients who do not want to exercise, study says.
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Dopamine Fasting: Some MDs Are Prescribing It. Should You?
Could dopamine fasting or abstaining from “addictive behaviors,” reset reward center in brain?
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Gene therapy offers new way to fight alcohol use disorder
Compared to primates that received a placebo intravenously, those that received the growth factor gene decreased their drinking by about 90%. They...
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A tiny patch may someday do your patients’ lab work
Someday, a wearable patch could give patients and doctors the same information, minus the poke in the arm.
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Old-school printer helps scientists quickly spot bacteria in blood
An inkjet printer has been modified to print blood instead of ink.
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Swallow this: Tiny tech tracks your gut in real time
Part of what makes gastrointestinal troubles so frustrating are the invasive and uncomfortable tests one must endure for diagnosis.