1 in 4 cases with symptoms and complications
2024-02-08 22:36:46
Measles rears its head in Italy, with an increase in cases. In 2023 the surveillance system “recorded 43 cases of measles, a clear increase compared to 15 in 2022”. The picture is outlined in the update of the measles-rubella bulletin of the Higher Institute of Health (ISS). “26% of cases reported a complication, the most frequent being diarrhea, reported in 6 cases, followed by pneumonia (4 cases), respiratory failure (3 cases), keratoconjunctivitis (3 cases) and hepatitis or increased transaminases (3 cases)”, specifies the bulletin.
“The increase in cases recorded in Italy is smaller than that of other European countries about which the WHO recently raised an alarm, but it should not be underestimated – comments Anna Teresa Palamara, who heads the Infectious Diseases department of the ISS – Measles can be potentially very dangerous, especially for the little ones, as demonstrated by the WHO data for Europe, which report 21 thousand hospitalizations and 5 deaths in 2023. The vaccine, which is safe and effective, remains the main tool available to combat this disease”.
In the period January 1-December 31, 2023, “an increase was observed in the last four months of the year,
Understanding and Treating Insomnia During Menopause: A Comprehensive Guide from Heyue Mind and Body Medical Center
2024-02-06 11:10:37
Insomnia during menopausea common but often ignored health issue. It is not just a temporary trouble at night, but a problem that profoundly affects the quality of daily life.Taichung Mind and Body Clinic-Heyue Mind and Body Medical Center will discussInsomnia during menopausethe cause ofHow long will insomnia last during menopause?as well as effective treatment methods, including the selection of health foods, are designed to provide comprehensive answers and guidance for people going through this stage.
Insomnia during menopause, equality between men and women
Menopause is often closely associated with women’s health, but in fact,Menopausal insomnia is not limited to women.Men also experience changes in hormonal levels as they age, and these changes can lead toPoor sleep quality。
For both men and women, the hormonal fluctuations of menopause can cause a range of sleep disorders, including difficulty falling asleep, waking up during the night, and waking up too early in the morning.
Insomnia during menopauseNot only a physiological phenomenon,It may also be accompanied by mood swings, increased stress, and feelings of anxietythese factors further affect sleep quality.faceInsomnia during menopausewe must realize that this is a complex problem involving many aspects.
Connective tissue cells in the penis more important for potency than previously thought
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Regular erections may be important for maintaining potency, shows a study on mice published in Science by researchers at Karolinska Institutet.
– We discovered that an increased frequency of erections leads to more connective tissue cells that enable erection and vice versa, that a reduced frequency results in fewer cells, says Christian Göritz, research leader for the study.
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University can show in a new study, carried out on mice, that a type of connective tissue cells called fibroblasts has a previously unknown and very important function during erection.
– Fibroblasts are the most common cells in the penis in both mice and humans, but they have been overlooked in research. Now we can show, with the help of a very precise method called optogenetics, that they have a very important role in regulating blood flow in the penis, which makes the penis erect, says Eduardo Guimaraes, researcher at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Karolinska Institutet and the study’s first author.
The study shows that fibroblasts enable erection by taking up the signaling substance norepinephrine,
When you fall in love your brain and body transform
A sense of excitement, palpitations and the rhythms of sleep and appetite falling apart: it is (probably) falling in love and the process hits the body and mind like a tsunami, producing changes that decades of research are revealing. Many molecules enter our circulation, truly changing everything about us, from the ability to tolerate pain – falling in love and love can have analgesic effects – up to a pervasive sense of euphoria and happiness.
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Romance and the brain
Romantic feelings and brain activity: there is a lot of evidence collected from studies Lucy Browna neuroscientist at the Einstein College of Medicine in New York, who used magnetic resonance imaging to film the “brain in love” live.
Take the Insomnia Self-Evaluation to Determine if Youre a Victim of Sleeplessness, Says UK Sleep Aid Company
Insomnia: A Quick Quiz to Assess and Understand Your Struggles
In today’s fast-paced world, getting a good night’s sleep can sometimes feel like an impossible task. Insomnia, a condition that affects 10% of the global population according to the Cleveland Clinic, is a prevalent problem that can have serious consequences for our health and well-being. If you find yourself tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep or stay asleep throughout the night, you might be suffering from insomnia.
To help individuals identify if they are struggling with insomnia and understand the severity of their condition, a UK sleep aid company called Sleep Reset has developed a simple 10-question self-evaluation. This quick quiz allows you to assess your sleeping patterns and get insights into why you might be experiencing difficulties with sleep.
“There is no single, main cause for insomnia,” explains Dr. Areti Vassilopoulos, clinical content lead for Sleep Reset and an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine. “Most people have predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors for their disrupted sleep.”
In other words, insomnia can be caused by various factors such as stressors like anxiety or medical illness. Additionally, high metabolism levels along with fast heart rates and brain wave activity may contribute to difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep.
Causes of Death in London in 1632: A Look at the Grim Reality of Health and Medicine in the 17th Century
In the early 17th century, living in London was pretty lousy, and dying was even worse. The first thing the doctor did when trying to cure you was draw up a horoscope to understand which planet was ruining you with its influence (and he was also a good doctor!). It was especially stupid when a person had a stroke or heart attack, and the doctor who came running to the call sat down at the table to make sure that the patient’s Mercury was not in conflict with Mars.
The most common cause of death was consumption, that is, tuberculosis. Scrofula, known as the “King’s Evil,” a tuberculosis infection that affected the lymph nodes in the throat, was also rampant. Despite the belief that the monarch’s touch could cure the disease, scrofula claimed at least 30 Londoners a year between 1629 and 1660.
Dental infections also posed a significant health risk in the 1600s. They were the fifth leading cause of death in London. But there was also bloody diarrhea, smallpox, jaundice and suppuration, which they could not treat back then. Just darkness!
Here are the most curious and strange examples from 1632:
Fever – terrible fever.
Are there really 27 million missed medical appointments?
“When you have a doctor’s appointment and you don’t come without warning, you pay”warned Gabriel Attal during his general policy speech on Tuesday January 30. Financial penalties for unfulfilled appointments, or “rabbit tax”, promised by the Prime Minister, aims to “empower” patients while compensating doctors.
This recurring demand from liberal doctors was brought forward in January 2023 by a joint press release from the National Council of the Order of Physicians and the Academy of Medicine, deploring that “each week 6% to 10% of patients do not show up for their appointment, which corresponds to a loss of consultation time of almost two hours per week for the doctor whatever the discipline and, by extrapolation , nearly 27 million unfulfilled appointments per year.
According to these two organizations, the “rabbits” posed to practitioners have “serious repercussions on the provision of care”, disrupt the daily work of doctors and contribute to increasing the number of patients seeking emergency services.
Where does this figure of 27 million unfulfilled consultations per year come from?
Asked about the origin of these figures, the National Council of the Order of Physicians refers to the association of liberal doctors of the Regional Union of Health Professionals of Ile-de-France (URPS-IDF) which is in the origin.
Preventing Sarcopenia and Senescence: Strategies for Healthy Aging
Aging refers to geriatric changes in which biological structures and functions decline over time. On the other hand, frailty is a phenomenon in which physical strength or health declines due to the aging process or disease. Recently, sarcopenia, a decrease in muscle mass and strength, has been cited as a major cause of physical aging.
As muscle mass decreases, walking speed and strength also decrease, creating a chain reaction. Sarcopenia is known to be associated with cognitive disorders such as dementia, diabetes, cancer, and survival rates. Typically, the order of decline in physical function begins with sarcopenia, leads to frailty, geriatric syndrome, and ultimately death.
Experts point out that as Korea is about to enter a super-aging phase, it is necessary to prevent “senescence” not only of the elderly but of all generations. If aging is limited to a decrease in energy compared to the past, senescence refers to a state in which function is severely reduced to the point of interfering with daily life. As you get older, you cannot prevent aging itself, but you can prevent it by increasing your healthy lifespan.
On January 31, national experts on aging issues gathered in one place at the hall of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology located in Seongnam,
Malnutrition threatens you with diseases. How do you protect yourself from it? | Health
Oman- The impact of malnutrition on humans is significant, as it causes the deterioration of public health and the onset of multiple diseases. What are malnutrition and the diseases that result from it and how can they be treated?
What is malnutrition?
Internal medicine specialist Dr. Firas Al-Tarawneh explains that malnutrition results from an increase in the body’s supply of energy and nutrient contents, or a lack of supply to the body, or an imbalance between the basic components of energy inputs and the inputs that enter the human body, and therefore are reflected in the form of weight loss or lack of proportionality between weight and height, and this is called wasting.
He added, in his speech to Al Jazeera Net, that malnutrition can also result from weight gain and resulting metabolic diseases such as diabetes. Weight gain and increased body mass rate lead to an inevitable outcome after a certain period of time, such as diabetes, high blood pressure or high levels of fat and cholesterol, which eventually meet in the blood forming heart disease.
There is another condition that falls between these two categories, according to Al-Tarawneh, which suffers from an imbalance in nutritional levels,