A High total consumption of ultraprocessed foods (UPF) is associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This emerges from a large-scale analysis, which showed, however, that this risk only applies to some of these foods. The study by Dr. Zhangling Chen (Erasmus MC Rotterdam) and colleagues was recently published in the journal […]
We at the Medscape Professional Network would like to work with you on important and share clinically relevant contributions from different countries around the world in recent weeks. EUROPA France Shortage of doctors: In an article published this week in Le Monde , warns Professor Antoine Pelissolo , Head of the Department of Psychiatry am […]
The debate of these first months of 2023 has been stimulated by the performance of the ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) program (Generative Pretrained Transformer). The program automatically creates texts based on written instructions and is freely accessible via a web portal created by the developer, OpenAI. ChatGPT uses a technique called Reinforcement Learning from Human […]
In the opinion of the German Society for Pain Medicine, the care of pain patients in Germany still needs to be optimized. «The claim of the provider company German Society for Pain Medicine is to improve care concretely,» said Dr. Johannes Horlemann, Kevelaer, President of German Society for Pain Medicine at the Pain and Palliative […]
A study that measured the sleep patterns of University of Washington students revealed some surprises about how and when our bodies tell us to sleep, and illustrates the importance of getting out during the day, even when it’s cloudy. Daytime light exposure is a strong predictor of seasonal variation in college students’ sleep and circadian […]
«For beauty is nothing but the terrible beginning, which we are still enduring,» wrote Rainer Maria Rilke. Perhaps he was a little too optimistic, since again and again people seem to find beauty – especially in excess – difficult to bear: at the sight of it, they suffer a breakdown. In science and popular culture, […]
Among 5 different alternatives for dealing with treatment-resistant depression in the elderly, the pragmatic OPTIMUM, sponsored by a patient association, found the greatest improvement and numerically highest rate of remission after 10 weeks with the addition of aripiprazole, reports the New England Journal of Medicine. Background In older adults with treatment-resistant depression, the question arises […]
In the multiple star system Kepler-444, there should be no planets at all. A close binary system of two dwarf stars came too close to the orange main star and once scattered the protoplanetary material from which planets could have formed. In fact, however, five companions orbit the 117 Kepler-444 – , light years from Earth, […]
The low-carb diet may help people with diabetes achieve better short-term weight loss and glucose control compared to a low-fat diet Effect of low-carb, high-fat diet without calorie restriction versus high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet on type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease non-alcoholic Abstract Background It is unclear whether a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet (LCHF) is a […]
Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of Further implementing provisions of the decree-law , n. 19, converted, with amendments, by Law , n. 35, containing ‘Urgent measures to deal with the emergency epidemiological from COVID-19″, of the decree-law , n. 33, converted, with modifications, from law 14 July 2020, n. 74, on […]