Conclusions A meta-analysis indicates that healthy lifestyle interventions, such as promoting physical activity, improving psychological strategies, and introducing dietary changes, are effective in lung cancer patients, including those in the more advanced stages (stages III and IV) of the disease. Benefits include improved quality of life (QoL), reduced psychological distress, and fewer cancer-related symptoms (e.g., […]
Association of life expectancy with surveillance colonoscopy findings and follow-up recommendations in older adults Key points Question Is estimated life expectancy associated with surveillance colonoscopy findings and recommendations for follow-up colonoscopy in older adults? Findings In this cohort study of 9831 adults 65 years and older in New Hampshire, 8% had advanced polyps or colorectal […]
Whether in the ground, in water or in the air: glass remains stable for thousands of years. Alternatives made of plastics, on the other hand, break down into microplastics over time when they enter the environment. Neither is ideal from an environmental point of view. Now a biodegradable glass should minimize the ecological footprint of […]
Turin, 24 Mar. (Adnkronos) – Turin will be the first city in Italy to have an Observatory on health treatments without consent. This is what is provided for by the convention for the establishment of a research and study group on the issues of mandatory health checks (ASO) and compulsory health treatments (TSO) signed today […]
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, […]