Researchers Pinpoint Causes of Foveal Hypoplasia - Medscape
2022年4月14日 · Using genetic tests and optical coherence tomography (OCT), ophthalmologists may be the first to identify a genetic disorder, such as albinism, said Mervyn Thomas, FRCOphth, PhD, an academic ...
Retinitis Pigmentosa: What's New in Diagnosis and Treatment?
2024年6月20日 · Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) comprises a group of genetic disorders with heterogeneous clinical presentation that may lead to vision loss. Timely diagnosis and intervention are essential for ...
Leaded Gas Exposure Tied to Millions of Mental Illness Cases
2024年12月10日 · Childhood exposure to leaded gasoline over the past 75 years has been linked to 151 million excess cases of psychiatric disorders, a new population-based study showed.
Semaglutide 2.4 mg Reduces All-Cause Hospital Admissions
2024年11月4日 · Hospitalizations Reduced for All Causes, Not Just Cardiovascular-Related . During follow-up in SELECT, admissions for any indication occurred in 33.4% with semaglutide vs 36.7% with placebo ...
AMR Could Surpass Cancer as Leading Cause of Death by 2050
2024年12月2日 · Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is globally recognized as one of the greatest health threats of the 21st century, responsible for 1.27 million deaths annually. "According to the WHO, if no measures ...
Unusual Causes of Kidney Disease: Searching for ‘Zebras’
2024年12月5日 · Table 2 lists systemic infectious causes of renal dysfunction. Infections can also be focal and can be viral, parasitic, or fungal (Tables 3 and 4). Table 2. Systemic Infection That Can Affect the ...
New Data: The Most Promising Treatments for Long COVID
2024年11月27日 · Long COVID is a symptom-driven disease, meaning that with no cure, physicians primarily treat the symptoms their patients are experiencing. Effective treatments for long COVID remain elusive ...
Cannabis Use Linked to Brain Thinning in Adolescents - Medscape
2024年11月4日 · Cannabis use may lead to thinning of the cerebral cortex in adolescents, research in mice and humans suggested. The multilevel study demonstrated that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), an active ...
As GLP-1 Use Surges, Clinicians Weigh Benefits and Risks
2024年11月22日 · As reported by the BBC, the nurse’s death certificate listed multiple organ failure, septic shock, and pancreatitis as the immediate causes of death, with the “use of prescribed tirzepatide ...
Rising Mycoplasma pneumoniae Cases in Young Children
2024年11月1日 · Medscape Medical News spoke with the CDC's Adam L. Cohen, MD, MPH, about what healthcare providers need to know about the increased number and severity of cases in young patients in the United States.