It’s long been known that having type 2 diabetes can affect your memory and thinking skills.
But what about non-diabetics? Can rising blood sugar damage your mental sharpness if your level is not high enough to make you a diabetic?
That’s the question a major study set out to answer. Researchers analyzed blood sugar levels and cognitive function in 5,189 people over a decade.… Read More
If you have high blood pressure and take medication for it, you should have two goals.
One is, of course, to lower your blood pressure.
The second is to do it consistently.
If the drug you’re taking causes big swings in your pressure, it’ll do more harm than good.
Research published in the British Medical Journal associated these swings with a 15% increase in all-cause mortality.… Read More
Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that people who take certain prescription medications may not get full protection from COVID vaccines.[1]
The drugs include common steroid anti-inflammatory medications, autoimmune drugs, cancer drugs, and immunosuppressants taken by organ recipients.[2]
Nearly 3% of Americans over 65 take at least one of these drugs, the researchers said.
Pain researcher Dr. Pavel Goldstein was at his wife’s bedside while she was in labor. She was in excruciating pain.
Dr. Goldstein is one of the world’s top experts on pain. But he felt helpless as he watched her agony.
“My wife was in pain, and all I could think was, ‘What can I do to help her?’” he said. “I reached for her hand.… Read More
These are boom times for surgical centers.
The first ones opened in 1970. They were low-cost alternatives to hospitals for minor surgeries. They were places to go for routine outpatient procedures. Things like colonoscopies or cataract removal.
But today, they’ve become a huge business. They now outnumber hospitals. There are more than 5,600 across the country. And in the quest for profits, they have started doing more complicated surgeries, like delicate spinal procedures.… Read More
Peripheral neuropathy is often called “the most common disease you’ve never heard of.”[1]
Over 42 million Americans suffer from it. That’s almost double the number of heart disease patients.[2]
Neuropathy can cause excruciating and debilitating nerve pain, especially in the hands and feet.
Diabetes and prediabetes are the root cause of 40 million of the cases. Other causes include traumatic injury and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.… Read More