O Dia Mundial da Coluna Vertebral é celebrado no dia 16 de outubro — Quando surge uma dor na coluna ou no pescoço, a atividade normal é interrompida. Buscar alívio para dores na coluna ou no pescoço é um dos motivos mais comuns pelos quais as pessoas vão ao médico ou faltam ao trabalho.
Cuando el dolor de la espalda o del cuello se hace presente, la actividad normal se ve alterada. Buscar alivio para el dolor de espalda o el dolor del cuello es una de las razones más frecuentes por las que la gente acude al proveedor de atención médica o falta al trabajo.
In a Q&A, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School faculty member David Smith notes that gender inequities in the workplace have a detrimental effect not just on individual women but also on organizations. Conversely, workplaces that are diverse, equitable, and inclusive tend to be more successful than those that are not.
Knowing how tech-reliant the world is becoming, Matthew Farber wanted to host a ‘Game Jam’ to give students, particularly those studying education, a chance to learn how to navigate systems.
Médicos tratando pessoas por câncer de intestino estão cada vez mais preocupados com um tipo de pólipo considerado inofensivo até então
Los médicos que examinan a la gente para detectar el cáncer intestinal están cada vez más preocupados por un tipo de pólipo que en algún momento se consideró inofensivo
Despite the widespread use of mammography screening, the incidence of de novo metastatic breast cancer has not declined and represents 3% to 6% of new breast cancer diagnoses in high-income countries and 10% to 30% in low-income countries. De novo metastatic breast cancer refers to breast cancer that has already spread to distant sites (liver, brain, lung or bone) at a patient’s initial diagnosis and has a five-year survival rate of around 29%.
Physicians screening people for bowel cancer are becoming increasingly concerned about a type of polyp once thought harmless: serrated polyps, sawtooth-edged growths in the colon that are flat, nearly translucent, and sometimes difficult to spot during colonoscopies. New research suggests people with serrated polyps should be checked more frequently for bowel cancer, a Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert writes in a commentary in the journal Gut.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology urges the public to only buy decorative contacts from retailers who require a prescription and sell FDA-approved products.
In the midst of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a professor of American studies and Black studies reflects on primary sources, intersectional identities and the new generation of Puerto Rican activists.
A Q&A with Berkeley Lab scientists on how hydrogen can help achieve net-zero emissions. Adam Weber is Berkeley Lab's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Program Manager and leads Berkeley Lab’s Energy Conversion Group (ECG), and Ahmet Kusoglu is a staff scientist in the ECG, a multidisciplinary team of electrochemists, chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, theorists, and material scientists with active collaborations across industry, academia, and national laboratories.
According to the Pew Research Center, about 30 percent of Americans are almost constantly online, and health officials are concerned about the amount of time children and adults spend with technology. China recently banned children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, internet addiction centers have been opening in the United States and Facebook has come under fire for teenagers’ obsessive use of its Instagram app.
World Spine Day is Oct. 16. When back or neck pain strikes, normal activity is disrupted. Seeking relief for back or neck pain is one of the most common reasons people go to their health care provider or miss work. "The spinal column of the back and neck is made up of many joints, and each of those joints can degenerate and cause pain," says Mohamad Bydon, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon and editor of "Back and Neck Health: Mayo Clinic Guide to Treating and Preventing Back and Neck Pain."
The Halloween season is filled with thrills and fun, but also potential danger. Pumpkin carving, costumes, unfamiliar homes, and young children traveling in darkness all provide possible scenarios for accidents and injuries. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) urges children and adults to take proper precautions to ensure a safe Halloween.
In the Q&A session below, Michelle Martel, a psychology professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky, shares her expertise and offers tips for helping your child cope with COVID anxiety.
The flu seemed to vanish in 2020 as safety measures meant to stop the spread of COVID-19 also worked against the influenza virus. But with some precautions lifted amid widespread vaccination, what will it mean for this year's flu season?
A family and community development agent at West Virginia University says planning will be more important this holiday season than in past years.
For women of a certain age, monthly breast self-exams were—and are—as much a part of their health regimens as eating right and exercising often. Conflicting recommendations about the practice from healthcare providers over the years, however, have left many women of all ages confused and wondering whether they should continue the practice.
The Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) staff scientist fabricates thin-film materials for applications in solar energy conversion and quantum information science.
Physicians recommend that patients with pulmonary hypertension avoid pregnancy, given the high risk of death for the mother and baby. However, Candice Cruise was unaware of her condition until she reached 21 weeks of pregnancy.
New Jersey just launched a Firearm Storage Map, making it the fifth state to employ such a service, which is designed to help reduce suicides and accidental firearm injuries and death. Michael Anestis, the executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, who created two of the five maps (in Mississippi and in New Jersey, which just launched) is available for interviews on the importance of the map.
UAB’s Jessica Grayson, M.D., clears the confusion on how to tell COVID-19 from other respiratory illnesses.
Facebook’s global head of safety faced questions from senator’s about concerns that the photo-sharing app has caused mental and emotional harm. Brooke Erin Duffy says Big Tech’s self-regulation mechanisms continue to fail users.
With women’s health in mind, experts with Keck Medicine of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center explain why screenings and yearly preventive visits are essential, and who may need additional testing offered.
Disruptions to the circadian rhythms that regulate the sleep-wake cycle may especially affect people working from home, according to WVU researcher Randy Nelson.
Lisa Schulte Moore, a professor of natural resource ecology and management at Iowa State University, has been named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow for her groundbreaking research as a landscape ecologist building more sustainable and resilient agricultural systems. The prestigious awards, sometimes called “genius grants,” identify scientists, artists, entrepreneurs and others who have demonstrated exceptional creativity and who show promise for important future advances.
Flu Season Returns Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Johns Hopkins Medicine Experts Available
尊敬的妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic)：每当暴风雨来袭时，我6岁的儿子就会变得焦虑不安。去年我们曾因为一场即将来临的飓风而不得不疏散撤离几天。我注意到，从那之后，他对暴风雨的恐惧就变得频繁起来。我该如何帮助我的孩子克服这种恐惧？每当我们离家外出，他总会询问天气情况，如果天色变暗，他还会问我们是不是需要找个地方躲躲以确保安全。我有必要为此感到担忧吗？我是否需要为他安排一次咨询师看诊？
السادة الأعزاء في مايو كلينك: يصاب ابني البالغ من العمر 6 سنوات بالقلق والاضطراب كلما عصف الجو. لقد لاحظتُ أن هذا السلوك أصبح أكثر تكرارًا منذ أن اضطررنا إلى الإخلاء العام الماضي لبضعة أيام بسبب إعصار منتظر. ماذا أفعل لمساعدة طفلي على التغلب على خوفه من العواصف؟
ESTIMADA MAYO CLINIC: meu filho de 6 anos fica ansioso e agitado sempre que há tempestades. Percebi que esse comportamento se tornou mais frequente desde quando precisamos sair da nossa casa por alguns dias no ano passado devido a um furacão iminente.
ESTIMADA MAYO CLINIC: Mi hijo de 6 años se pone muy ansioso y agitado siempre que hay tormenta. He observado que este comportamiento se ha vuelto más frecuente, desde que el año pasado nos vimos obligados que evacuar durante unos días debido a la amenaza de un huracán.
Respiratory syncytial virus, commonly called RSV, usually affects very young children in the winter months. But this year, physicians are treating an unusual, out-of-season surge both in California and across the country.
UAB’s Adam Baumgarten, M.D., shares more on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine for men.
Ken Andersen is the associate laboratory director of the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This is a continuing profile series on the directors of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facilities. These scientists lead a variety of research institutions that provide researchers with the most advanced tools of modern science.
Karen Edmond, director of field education for the Social Work Department at Buffalo State College, shares her thoughts on the profession and how she is helping the next generation of social workers find their placements, right after she was appointed to the Field Directors Committee of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the accrediting body for all social work education programs across the United States.
Magnetic resonance defecography (MRD) has emerged as a powerful, noninvasive imaging technique to evaluate the many possible causes of problems in passing bowel movements. A new set of consensus recommendations for performing and interpreting the results of MRD has been published by Diseases of the Colon & Rectum (DC&R), the official journal of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS). The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.
Dr. Melissa Hladek and Jason Resendez join the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing's On the Pulse podcast to discuss Alzheimer's disease among the Latinx population.
The outlook for patients diagnosed with breast cancer has been changing for the better over time thanks to surgical advances, clinical trials & a more personalized treatment approach. Dr. Lindsay Potdevin, surgical oncologist at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, shares how these advances are improving the lives of patients.
世界心脏日是9月29日 - 心律失常是最常见的心脏问题之一。心律不齐会导致心脏跳动过快、过慢或不规律。人们可能一出生就患有心律不齐，也可能在一生中发展出这些问题。医学博士Elijah Behr是伦敦Mayo Clinic Healthcare（妙佑医疗国际医疗保健）的心脏病专家，其分享了在预防、检测和治疗心律不齐方面取得的五项进展。
Bruce Haffty, MD, MS, chair of Radiation Oncology and associate vice chancellor for Cancer Programs at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, shares insight on proton therapy, a unique type of radiation treatment, for breast cancer.
يوم القلب العالمي هو 29 أيلول/سبتمبر- اضطرابات نظم القلب هي واحدة من أكثر المشاكل القلبية شيوعًا، حيث يتسبب اضطراب النظم القلبي في جعل القلب ينبض بسرعة بالغة، أو ببطء بالغ، أو بدون انتظام. وقد يولد الناس بها أو يُصابون بها خلال حياتهم.
Mammograms are the most effective breast cancer screening tool. Rutgers Cancer Institute's Dr. Deborah Toppmeyer addresses the importance of mammograms, impact of screening due to COVID-19 & how we are moving forward.
Dia 29 de setembro é o Dia Mundial do Coração - os distúrbios do ritmo cardíaco estão entre os problemas cardíacos mais comuns. As arritmias fazem com que o coração bata muito rápido, muito lento ou irregularmente. As pessoas podem nascer com elas ou desenvolvê-las ao longo da vida.
El Día Mundial del Corazón es el 29 de septiembre - Los trastornos del ritmo cardíaco son uno de los problemas más frecuentes del corazón. Las arritmias hacen que el corazón lata muy rápido, muy lento o de manera irregular. Una persona puede nacer con arritmia o desarrollarla durante el transcurso de su vida.
World Heart Day is Sept. 29 - Heart rhythm disorders are one of the most common cardiac problems. Arrhythmias cause the heart to beat too fast, too slow, or irregularly. People can be born with them or develop them during their lives.
With the reintroduction of powerful narcotic opioids to manage acute pain, surgery can be a make-or-break time for patients in recovery from opioid use disorder (OUD). For those using buprenorphine as part of their recovery process, the stress, anxiety and risk can be amplified if, as is often the case, they are directed to stop using the buprenorphine ahead of their surgery.
Both patients with chronic pain and providers specializing in chronic pain are suffering from effects of COVID while battling bias in health care. Expert hopes to move forward in identifying differences in pain outcomes despite current challenges
Fall is still days away but at coffee shops and grocery stores, it’s already peak autumn thanks to the arrival of a certain flavor that has come to signal the season’s unofficial start. Everyone knows, it’s pumpkin spice time. But why? Johns Hopkins University perception researchers can say a key to understanding why people love pumpkin spice is the smell of it. Those notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger trigger deeply rooted cozy memories of autumn.
At a time when incidence of Lyme disease is rising across the U.S., a study led by University of Kentucky College of Medicine researcher Brian Stevenson, Ph.D., may provide a significant impact in the fight against the disease. A new study will build upon Stevenson's three decades of research aimed at understanding Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
Every year more than 1.3 million Americans will be living with, or be in remission from, a blood cancer. John Conti, M.D. discusses common symptoms and treatment.
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