The landscape of diabetes management is continually evolving, with significant advancements in medications and technologies offering new hope for individuals living with diabetes. These developments are not just improving clinical outcomes, but also enhancing the quality of life for people living with diabetes. This article explores the latest in diabetes...

Advances in Diabetes Medications and Technologies: A Focus on Product Evolutions and Availability

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Learn about advanced COPD stages, symptoms, and treatments, plus pulmonary rehab, palliative care, and hospice planning.

Managing Advanced COPD: What to Expect

The following is a summary of “Cytokine Biomarkers of Exacerbations in Sputum From Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study,” published in the June 2024 issue of Infectious Disease by Budroni et al. Researchers conducted a retrospective study investigating how cytokine levels in sputum relate...

Sputum Cytokine Analysis in COPD Shows Promise for Rapid Bacterial Exacerbation Detection

CVS Health has launched an environmental health impact initiative that aims to support patients with chronic conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), for whom extreme weather events can worsen symptoms. At its onset, the initiative is focusing mainly on extreme heat events, providing excessive heat alerts and tailored outreach...

New CVS Health initiative may help COPD patients in extreme weather

Tezepelumab has received an FDA breakthrough therapy designation as a maintenance treatment for patients with moderate to very severe COPD characterized by an eosinophilic phenotype, according to an Amgen press release. Tezepelumab (Tezspire; Amgen, AstraZeneca) is currently approved by the FDA as an add-on maintenance treatment of adults and children...

FDA grants breakthrough designation to tezepelumab for COPD

A Rutgers Health physician-scientist publishes guidance for primary care doctors diagnosing and treating early Lyme disease, a bacterial infection. Annually, around 476,000 U.S. cases of Lyme disease are reported, with effective early treatment requiring prompt antibiotic intervention. Misdiagnosis is common due to variable symptoms and the sometimes absent bull’s-eye rash. Enhanced clinical guidelines from leading universities now focus on improving detection and management of the disease in its initial stages.

Could You Have Lyme Disease and Not Know It?

A recent study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research has unveiled disruptions in the brain connectivity of males with cocaine use disorder. This study found that male individuals with cocaine use disorder exhibit increased and more persistent brain connectivity in specific states, particularly within the default mode network, cognitive control network, and sensorimotor network. This heightened connectivity is linked to greater impulsivity and borderline personality traits, suggesting disruptions in self-regulation and emotional processing.

Increased brain connectivity in male cocaine users revealed by recent neuroimaging study

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Hard palate cancer is rare and forms on the roof of your mouth. Learn more.

What to Know About Hard Palate Cancer

Researchers have demonstrated that adding metastasis-directed radiation therapy to standard-of-care chemotherapy may improve progression-free survival in patients with oligometastatic pancreatic cancer, according to a recent study published by Ludmir et al in the Journal of Clinical Oncology and previously presented at the 2024 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (Abstract 603). Background.

Metastasis-Directed Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy in Oligometastatic Pancreatic Cancer

This procedure can help improve lung function and exercise endurance. But not everyone with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is eligible for one. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an umbrella term for progressive lung diseases that make it difficult to breathe, like emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Some individuals living with COPD may benefit from endobronchial valve (Zephyr valve or Olympus Spiration Valve) placement. This minimally invasive procedure, first approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2018, deflates the most damaged parts of your lung, enabling healthier parts of it to expand and function better, explains Christopher Morton, M.D., an instructor of pulmonary medicine at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, who specializes in this technique.

Is Endobronchial Valve Placement for COPD Right for You?

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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A little-known form of dementia, easily mistaken for Alzheimer's disease, now has a brand new name and specific diagnostic criteria.
Researchers are calling it limbic-predominant amnestic neurodegenerative syndrome (LANS), and they hope that their work makes it easier for medical professionals to care for and counsel patients with various forms of memory loss.



					
			

LANS presents with a different set of brain changes to  Alzheimer's, and it tends to progress slower and with milder symptoms, mostly impacting those over the age of 80.
Similar to Alzheimer's, a definitive diagnosis is only available upon autopsy.
To help those living with memory loss, neurologist Nick Corriveau-Lecavalier...

Scientists Name New Type of Memory Loss Often Mistaken For Alzheimer's


A new study has revealed for the first time the molecular structure of brains affected by  Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers have produced 3D models of proteins in the brain, including two proteins in particular that are associated with Alzheimer's: beta-amyloid and tau.



					
			

As scientists continue to work towards treatments for the neurodegenerative disease, it's important to understand as much as we possibly can about it.
Clumps of these proteins in the brain are either a cause of Alzheimer's or a consequence of it – we're not quite sure which yet – and thanks to a team from the University of Leeds in the...

3D Molecular Structure of Alzheimer's Brains Revealed For The First Time

The eyes can reveal a lot about the health of our brain. Indeed, problems with the eyes can be one of the earliest signs of cognitive decline. Our latest study shows that a loss of visual sensitivity can predict dementia 12 years before it is diagnosed. Our research was based...

Your Vision Can Predict Dementia 12 Years Before Diagnosis, Study Shows

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Hollywood child stardom has taken its toll on many actors through the decades. Lani O'Grady, for one, found fame in the 1970s on the TV family series, Eight is Enough. O'Grady followed in the footsteps of her brother, actor Don Grady, an original Mouseketeer and member of another popular TV family show: My Three Sons. Their mother, Mary B. Grady, was a talent agent who represented several child actors. But Lani, who would also eventually become an agent, died in 2001 just one week before what would have been her 47th birthday.

TV's 'Eight is Enough' Star Lani O'Grady Found Fame Early in Life but Died a Tragic Death

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Talker

Researchers found that, in 19 commonly used blood tests, abnormal results were linked to a higher risk of cancer within a year.
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Study finds routine blood tests could speed up cancer diagnosis

New Jersey State

Morristown Minute

A new initiative aims to provide housing for vulnerable Medicaid members, enhancing community wellness and support. MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. - In a significant move to tackle housing instability among Medicaid recipients, New Jersey's Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman, along with Community Affairs Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez, today announced the availability of $95 million in funding for developers. This initiative, part of the Healthy Homes program, is designed to create affordable housing opportunities for NJ FamilyCare members who are either homeless, at risk of homelessness, or currently living in institutional settings.

$95 Million for Healthy Homes: Housing for Medicaid Members

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How advances in technology have improved life with COPD

Carrying a portable oxygen concentrator (POC) or tank in a backpack is undeniably inconvenient. However, it’s important to remember that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients...

How advances in technology have improved life with COPD

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