Not long ago pop star Justin Bieber, 29, made headlines when he canceled an international tour after part of his face became paralyzed due to complications from shingles, an infection caused by the chickenpox virus and thought to affect only older adults. But the truth is, anyone can get shingles, and there’s some evidence that […]
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Data from the 87,899 participants of the 12 RCTs failed to show any link between calcium supplementation and heart attack, stroke, heart failure admission, and all-cause/cardiovascular mortality. “These findings are consistent with the most recent meta-analysis of RCTs, which did not find any significant relationship between calcium supplementation and all-cause/cardiovascular mortality or cardiovascular disease,” wrote […]
Newswise — A Miller School of Medicine cardiovascular medicine physician is showing how technology can help make a doctor’s work more precise. In a comprehensive review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions, Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chief of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Miami Miller […]
A 15-year-old patient, with no previous pathological history, raised as a boy, consulted the urology department of the University Hospital of Treichville for a right scrotal swelling, evolving for more than 5 years. The patient began full and normal male puberty at the age of 13. The clinical examination revealed a patient in good general […]
Conway McLean, DPM, Journal columnist We live in a new and rather strange world, unlike any other in recorded history. The changes in technology and culture, society in general, are occurring at an ever-increasing rate. Humans are traveling regularly, crossing the globe on a daily basis, intermingling like never before. The potential for the rapid […]
Type A personality? Some blood transfusion recipients have reported changes in their mood, behavior and even memories after undergoing the procedure. Researchers from the University of Geneva noted that six of seven study participants “acknowledged the possibility that transfusions might induce changes in behavior or values.” “Three patients acknowledged that their transfusion might have changed […]
In the US, researchers from the Institute of City of Hope and Canada McGill University have revealed how new drugs could interact with receptors on the cell surface to manipulate cardiovascular regulation (1). We speak with Stephane Laporte, lead author and professor of endocrinology and metabolism from the department of medicine at McGill University, to […]
