Mixed Topics
Conference Coverage
Strong link found between enterovirus and type 1 diabetes
Relationship is particularly high within 1 month of type 1 diabetes onset, suggesting potential preventive role for vaccination or antivirals.
News
Targeted anti-IgE therapy found safe and effective for chronic urticaria
Two phase 3 trials associated ligelizumab with efficacy comparable to omalizumab, an approved CSU therapy.
News
Your poop may hold the secret to long life
If we could pull off a banking system like this, it could have the potential to treat autoimmune disease, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes,...
Conference Coverage
Fish oil pills do not reduce fractures in healthy seniors: VITAL
The largest worldwide study to examine how fish oil supplements might reduce the risk of fractures did not find any benefit.
Commentary
When do we stop using BMI to diagnose obesity?
Before emotions hijack the conversation, let’s discuss BMI’s past, present, and future.
News
Yoga, CBT provide long-term improvement in insomnia, worry
“So to find something they can do that lasts ... and has some enduring impact on their quality of life and their mental health, and they’re both...
News
Alcohol warning labels need updates to reflect harms: NEJM
The current warning is“so understated that it borders on being misleading.”
News
U.S. life expectancy drops to lowest in decades
“Even small declines in life expectancy of a tenth or two-tenths of a year mean that on a population level, a lot more people are dying...
Conference Coverage
AI-assisted reading of echocardiograms readily detects severe aortic stenosis
Moderate and severe aortic stenosis is identified accurately on echocardiograms by artificial intelligence.
News
Many young kids with COVID may show no symptoms
The relationship between symptoms and viral load also differed between adults and young children in a new study.