People often assume that animals are “passive” beings who know nothing and don’t have cognitive processes like we do. Personally, I think it’s very arrogant to think that. Any pet owner or anyone who spends time around animals knows that animals have personalities and emotions just like us, and that their behavior is usually “thought … Read more
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June 30, 2023– The CDC gave a green light this week to two new vaccines to protect against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in older adults. On Thursday, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, agreed with and endorsed the recommendations made last week by CDC advisors that people age 60 and over may get one … Read more
Historically, if you were an adult with an average risk for colorectal cancer (colon and rectal cancer), also known as colon cancer, you would need to start getting colonoscopies when you turned 50. But in May 2021, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updated the guidelines. Now you’ll need a colonoscopy when you turn 45. But … Read more
June 30, 2023 — Ryan Katz, MD, a hand surgeon at the Curtis Hand Center at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, has a patient who got a serious injury from fireworks. “My patient — I’ll call him ‘John’ because he doesn’t want his real name to be used — is a 23-year-old man based … Read more
June 30, 2023 – Treatment of hard-to-manage type 1 diabetes with transplanted pancreatic cells is moving forward on two fronts, with one product newly approved and the other making headway in a clinical trial. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells (often called just “islets,” because they reside in the … Read more
More than 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia, and many of them also have psychosis. You may hear doctors use the term “psychotic episodes.” It’s when a person struggles with determining what is real and what is not. It can include things like: A false belief that a caregiver is trying to harm … Read more
If you have erectile dysfunction (ED), your sex life will probably be different than it was before. That can be frustrating or disappointing for you and your partner. But if you keep an open mind, you can find exciting new ways to have intimacy together. “Oftentimes people have the notion of what’s socialized in media: … Read more