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29Mar 2023 by Janice Holland

Do Motivational Talks Improve Weight Loss Efforts?

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Contrary to what you might expect, boosting motivation and confidence in one’s own abilities doesn’t appear to make a difference when it comes to weight loss efforts.A recent analysis, published March 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that when healthcare providers engaged in motivational interviewing (MI) with patients as part of a weight-loss program, it added little to no benefit. On average, those people lost no more weight than people getting other types of help.“I’m somewhat surprised by these results,” says Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, associate professor and obesity medicine physician scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr. Stanford was not involved in the review. “I feel like if you asked my patients if they have issues with motivation, there are a sizeable…

29Mar 2023 by Janice Holland

Your COVID-19 Testing Guide

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In the early days of the pandemic in the United States, limited access to COVID-19 testing was a big hurdle in the country’s efforts to contain the novel coronavirus.The situation has improved significantly since then, due in part to the increasing availability of antigen tests, also known as rapid tests. In many parts of the country, getting one of these tests can be as simple as picking up a do-it-yourself kit at the drugstore and waiting 15 minutes or so for results.New testing technologies are appearing as companies continue to innovate. The latest device to receive the okay from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can detect COVID-19 infection through a breath sample and provide highly accurate results in less than three minutes.Keep reading for answers to commonly asked questions…

28Mar 2023 by Janice Holland

‘No Antibiotics’ Labels on Beef May Not Always Be Accurate

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If you’re spending extra money on beef raised without antibiotics, you may not be getting what you pay for. A new analysis found that 15 percent of cattle raised and slaughtered for the “Raised Without Antibiotics” marketplace tested positive for at least one antibiotic.“‘Raised Without Antibiotics’ [RWA] and related claims are absolute, meaning antibiotics should never have been administered to the animals intended for the RWA market,” says Laura Rogers, the deputy director of the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University in Washington, DC, and a coauthor of the study, published April 7 in Science. “This is disappointing to say the least. This is an important label claim, and consumers should have confidence in it,” she says.Overuse of Antibiotics Is…

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Отремонтировать или продать: Как кредит под залог помогает в обновлении жилья

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28Mar 2023 by Janice Holland

Medicare Limits Coverage of Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm to People in Clinical Trials

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Medicare will no longer provide coverage of the new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm (aducanumab) except for people who are enrolled in clinical trials of the drug, according to a statement issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The decision finalizes a policy proposal first announced by CMS in January.This is an unusual move by the U.S. government health plan, as it’s the first time the agency has limited Medicare beneficiaries’ access to a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), at least for the approved medical conditions, according to a New York Times report.Alzheimer’s disease affects about six million Americans, according to the National Institute on Aging, and most of them are age 65 or older, the age when people are eligible for the government insurance plan. It’s estimated…

28Mar 2023 by Janice Holland

Gene Mapping May Help Detect Heart Disease Risk in People With Type 2 Diabetes

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Assigning risk scores based on a gene map of more than 1,000 common genetic variants that are known to affect blood pressure helped researchers identify people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who are at increased risk for heart attack or stroke. The findings were published in the May 2022 issue of Hypertension, from the American Heart Association (AHA).The genetic risk-assessment tool could help implement more targeted intervention efforts, said lead author Pankaj Arora, MD, associate professor of cardiology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, in a release.“In the current era of precision medicine, we want to find the individualized approach of understanding the risk of heart disease in a person newly diagnosed with diabetes,” he says. This personalized approach based on genetic risk could allow doctors to focus clinical efforts…

28Mar 2023 by Janice Holland

A Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist’s Take on That Viral Blue Smoothie

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Would you pay $17 for a smoothie? Most people wouldn’t! But that’s just what thousands of people did recently to try TikTok’s hottest smoothie, a recipe that, via the hashtag #bluesmoothie, has racked up 17.5 million views and counting.Erewhon is the upscale grocery store in Los Angeles that’s selling the drink, which is called “Marianna’s Coconut Cloud Smoothie.” Created with influencer Marianna Hewitt, it features her brand of almond milk as a main ingredient — but that’s not what made this social media’s most famous smoothie. This stunningly beautiful bright-blue smoothie gets its hue naturally from blue spirulina, a type of algae.The idea of consuming algae may sound odd, but past research suggests it could have anti-inflammatory effects in the body and decrease the risk of developing chronic conditions such as…

28Mar 2023 by Janice Holland

Few Sexually Active Teens Are Getting Tested for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Untreated sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) can have long-term health effects, including pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and cervical cancer, as well as an increased likelihood of contracting other STDs, including HIV. But in a study published April 11 in Pediatrics, only one in five sexually active high school students reported getting tested for STDs in the previous year.“The prevalence of sexually active high school students getting tested for an STI in the past year is relatively low, despite national guidelines,” says a coauthor of the study, Nicole Liddon, PhD, a senior health scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These findings are important, as they provide the first national estimates of annual STI testing among a representative sample of U.S. high school students, she adds.Adolescents and Young Adults Account for…

28Mar 2023 by Janice Holland

What Is 75 Hard — and Can It Make Over Your Mental Toughness?

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The 75 Hard program was designed to challenge your mental strength and discipline. As the name implies, it was designed to be hard. That’s according to its founder, Adam Frisella, an entrepreneur, podcaster, author, speaker, and owner of the supplement company 1st Phorm International.Frisella launched 75 Hard in 2019; it was free then and still is. If you sign up via his website, you’ll receive an email explaining more about the program and the daily tasks required of you.The hashtag #75hard has been showing up on Instagram since 2019, and now has nearly 900,000 posts; #75hardchallenge has more than 300,000 posts. More recently, on TikTok, #75hard has amassed more than 990 million views, and #75hardchallenge has amassed 676 million views.TikToker Gabby Vincent (1.2 million followers) posted a final results video (with 2.8 million…

28Mar 2023 by Janice Holland

Childhood Trauma Linked to Increased Risk of MS

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Childhood trauma, including sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, may be linked to an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in later life among women. The link was strongest for those who suffered sexual abuse and those who reported more than one type of abuse, according to the findings, published online April 4 in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.The findings from this study fit with what we know about trauma and MS, says Dina Jacobs, MD, the clinical director of the multiple sclerosis and related disorders center at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, who was not involved in the research.“The release of stress hormones chronically may impact the immune system, and it is certainly plausible that chronic stress may have an impact here,” says Dr. Jacobs, adding that although the…