Wellness

Story tip from Johns Hopkins experts on COVID-19

CASE STUDY SUGGESTS YOUNG PEOPLE MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CHRONIC FATIGUE FOLLOWING COVID-19 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/covid-19-story-tip-case-study-suggests-young-people-may-be-susceptible-to-chronic-fatigue-following-covid-19 Media Contact: Michael E. Newman, mnewma25@jhmi.edu With more adolescents and young adults being treated for COVID-19, clinicians are concerned that these people also will start showing post-COVID — or “long haul” — symptoms from their bouts with the virus. A recent…

Triple-drug therapy safely cuts serious asthma flares

HAMILTON, ON (May 19, 2021) – Researchers have found that the inclusion of a third drug to commonly used dual-drug inhalers can reduce asthma exacerbations and improve control over the disease in children, adolescents, and adults with moderate-to-severe asthma. A team from McMaster University and The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton announced their findings…

Rogue antibodies wreak havoc in severe COVID-19 cases

The development of antibodies to the COVID-19 virus has been the great long-term hope of ending the pandemic. However, immune system turncoats are also major culprits in severe cases of COVID-19, Yale scientists report in the journal Nature. These autoantibodies target and react with a person’s tissues or organs similar to ones that cause autoimmune…

Study solves mystery of how amyloid beta forms in brain nerve cells

BOSTON – In a major breakthrough, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have discovered how amyloid beta–the neurotoxin believed to be at the root of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)–forms in axons and related structures that connect neurons in the brain, where it causes the most damage. Their findings, published in Cell Reports, could serve as a…

A complex link between body mass index and Alzheimer’s

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Though obesity in midlife is linked to an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests that a high body mass index later in life doesn’t necessarily translate to greater chances of developing the brain disease. In the study, researchers compared data from two groups of people who had been diagnosed with…

Self-affirmation can help Black med students achieve residency goals

EVANSTON, Ill. — Self-affirmation, the practice of reflecting upon one’s most important values, can aid Black medical students in reaching their residency goals. But conversely, it can lead to the perception that they are less qualified for a prestigious residency than their peers. The pandemic has underscored the racial disparities in the quality of healthcare,…

Apps to fight a crisis?

How can apps like the Corona-Warn app help combat the pandemic? How can people use their data to help manage crises in our society without putting their data at risk of misuse? What role can technological configurations or government regulations play in the success of such apps? A research team at the University of Göttingen…

Body chemistry can predict severity of depression after death of spouse

HOUSTON – (May 19, 2021) – A new study from researchers at Rice University has found that bodily inflammation after the death of a spouse can predict future depression. “Inflammation and future depressive symptoms among recently bereaved spouses” will appear in the June 2021 edition of the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. Lead author Lydia Wu, a Rice…

In severe ankle arthritis, total ankle replacement yields better function than ankle arthrodesis

May 19, 2021 – For patients with severe arthritis of the ankle, total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) provides better long-term function than ankle arthrodesis (AA), reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio in partnership with Wolters Kluwer. “Both established treatments for end-stage ankle arthritis…

Jim Klobuchar Dies at 93; Minnesota Newspaperman and Amy’s Father

Jim Klobuchar was a renowned sportswriter and general interest columnist in Minnesota for decades. Straight out of central casting, he was celebrated for his derring-do: He once held a piece of chalk between his lips while a sharpshooter took aim at it. He was a finalist for NASA’s initiative to send a journalist into space,…