Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University presented the results at a conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
For the very first time, a baby born with HIV has reported to have been cured at age 2 1/2 through an aggressive drug treatment with antiretroviral drugs.
Continue reading… “Baby born with HIV cured with aggressive drug treatment”
Obesity isn’t driving the worldwide pandemic of Type 2 diabetes as much as the rising consumption of sugar — largely in the form of sweetened sodas.
A worldwide analysis has shown that regardless of sugars effect on obesity, the ebb and flow of sugar in a country’s diet strongly influences the diabetes rate there.
Continue reading… “Availability of sugar raises prevalence of diabetes: Study”
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Fauja Singh is not your average great-great grandfather. Singh has completed nine 26-mile marathons since taking up long-distance running just over ten years ago.
Continue reading… “World’s oldest marathon runner retires at 101 years old”
Drone pilots
Researchers with the Defense Department have found in a first of its kind study that pilots of drone aircraft experience mental health problems like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress at the same rate as pilots of manned aircraft who are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Continue reading… “Drone pilots get stress disorders as much as pilots of manned aircraft do”
Most Nordic parents put their baby or toddler outside in the freezing cold for their lunchtime nap.
In Stockholm, daytime temperatures in the winter regularly drop to -5C (23F) but it’s still common to see children left outside by their parents for a sleep in the stroller.
Continue reading… “Swedish babies nap in sub-zero temperatures”
Nanocapsules reduced the blood alcohol levels in the drunken mice.
Intoxicated mice were injected with a nanocapsule containing enzymes that are instrumental in alcohol metabolism. The nanocapsules reduced the blood alcohol levels in the mice. The treatment demonstrates a novel drug delivery technology that could have broad medical applications.
Continue reading… “Scientists sober up drunken mice with nanocapsules”
The treatment involves electrodes implanted in the eyes of people whose retinas are damaged.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment that can restore (limited) eyesight to (some) blind people, last week. It’s an exciting milestone, despite the caveats.
Continue reading… “First ‘bionic eye’ implants will hit the U.S. market this year”
81% of U.S. adults use the internet for health information.
For Pew Internet’s September 2012 health survey, they explored how U.S. adults are using the internet and digital technology as tools related to health and healthcare. Among the findings:
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Futurist Thomas Frey: How many pills do you take on a daily basis?
According to a 2010 study by Colorado State University, about 68% of American adults take multivitamin supplements. At the same time the average American fills 12 prescriptions a year.
Continue reading… “Our Alarming Culture of Pill People and Future Trends in Healthcare”
A MEG brain-imaging test being done on a baby while listening to spoken words.
Babies as young as 6 months are capable of making predictions based on probability, a higher level of reasoning than is commonly believed possible, researchers have discovered.
Continue reading… “What babies really know”
60% of U.S. adults say they track their weight, diet, or exercise routine.
A new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project shows that Seven in ten (69%) U.S. adults track a health indicator for themselves or a loved one and many say this activity has changed their overall approach to health.
Continue reading… “Personal Health-Tracking on the Rise”
Medicare has begun punishing hospitals with hefty fines if they have too many readmissions.
There are more than 1 million Americans who wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they are released for reasons that could have been prevented — a revolving door that for years has seemed impossible to slow.
Continue reading… “Medicare crackdown seems to be slowing down hospital readmission epidemic”
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