New research from MSU shows that an infant’s gut microbiome could contain clues to help monitor and support healthy neurological development Why do some babies react to perceived danger more than others? According to new research from Michigan State University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, part of the answer may be found… Read More »
Specific clinical pathways to pain management and implicit bias training for healthcare providers are needed to ensure people with HIV receive appropriate care for chronic pain, argue Venetia Baker of King’s College London and colleagues in AIDS Care. Findings showed that Black people, especially women, were less likely to be referred for specialist pain management… Read More »
The Podcast by KevinMD | Podcast | November 12, 2020 “Like 9/11, we have a new reference point touching everyone on the planet: life before COVID-19 and life after. Regardless if you get it or don’t, the unknowns and secondary consequences are scary. Life before COVID was scary, too, minus the urgency. Before COVID, we… Read More »
Fears of a coronavirus pandemic have grown after sharp rises in new cases reported in Iran, Italy and South Korea but China relaxed restrictions on movements in several places including Beijing as its rates of new infections eased. The surge of infections outside mainland China triggered steep falls in Asian shares and Wall Street stock… Read More »
Participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to alter how the brain processes fear memories. In a study that will appear in the Nov. 1 issue of Biological Psychiatry, a team led by researchers at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) report that mindfulness meditation appears to help extinguish fearful associations. A common way to… Read More »
Most primary care physicians, 62%, fear the opioid drug crisis will be traded for a new prescription drug crisis. And nearly three quarters worry that chronic pain patients will turn to illicit drugs if they do not have access to prescription opioids, according to a new Health Trends report from Quest Diagnostics. Seventy percent of… Read More »
Oral health, it’s arguably one of our favourite wellness topics….or not. Let’s be honest, if given a choice between an infrared sauna, going for a workout or visiting the dentist, we’d likely avoid the latter, but reality is, it’s still a vital element to good health and wellbeing.In fact, if we’re talking ‘trends,’ oral health… Read More »