Laryngitis is an inflammation of the voice box that can cause hoarseness or loss of voice. Chronic laryngitis lasts for more than 3 weeks, and causes can include other illnesses or certain lifestyle factors. In this article, we examine chronic laryngitis and look at its symptoms, causes, and risk factors. We also cover diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Individuals who develop diabetes or prediabetes have elevated plasma glucose fasting (FPG) at least 10 years before diagnosis. The study was published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.
Researchers analyzed data from 27,392 health exams without diabetes for a mean of 5.3 years. Ten years before diagnosis of prediabetes (4,781 participants) or diabetes (1,061 participants), trajectories of FPG, body mass index (BMI), and single point insulin sensitivity estimator (SPISE), an index of insulin sensitivity, were assessed.
The young man held the medication in his hand and considered using it to end his life. But then I've put it down and said, 'No. I need help,' "before heading to Laredo, Texas, emergency room, said Kimberly Gallegos, who at the time earlier this year was a mobile crisis worker for a local mental health center. The study was published in the Journal of clinical psychiatry.
When trying to determine how best to deter doping in competitive sports, who better to ask than the athletes themselves? A first-of-its-kind study in Frontiers in Psychology did precisely that by asking top-level German cyclists and field athletes to rate which anti-doping methods they perceived as the most effective.
The athletes identified improved detection and diagnostics, increased bans for offenders and anti-doping laws, which make doping a criminal offense, as the most important methods. Increased fines and leniency programs for offenders who cooperate in the identification of other offending athletes were ranked as far less effective.
People suffering from two common conditions post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the breathing disorder known as a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), may be increasing their risk for suicide if they take benzodiazepine drugs, a new study suggests.
Benzodiazepines include powerful drugs such as Ativan, Valium, and Xanax. These medications are prescribed to people with PTSD to ease anxiety, insomnia or shortness of breath. The study was published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Smoking-related lung cancer rates are expected to drop dramatically over the next 50 years, but lung cancer will continue to be a significant health problem in the United States, says University of Michigan researcher. The study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Lassa fever belongs to the same class of hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola. Like Ebola, it has been a major health threat in Western Africa, infecting 100,000-300,000 people and killing 5,000 per year. A new vaccine against both rabies and Lassa has demonstrated effective protection in animal models of disease.
The study was published in the journal Nature Communications. The research also points to a new way to test for protection against the virus, to find that it could significantly speed vaccine development in humans.
Big tobacco companies moved to the hard line taken by a global tobacco control treaty, including its decision that new "vaping" products should face the same restrictions as cigarettes. A meeting of the state parties to the UN Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded last week with a number of anti-industry rulings, including increased efforts to curb industry influence and a call to crack down on new products.
According to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, almost 75 percent of US adults do not comply with public health guidelines recommending two or more muscle-strengthening exercise (MSE) sessions a week, with nearly 60 percent of the population doing no MSE at all
Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, caused by crystallization of uric acid in the joint. Rheumatologists have long recommended that patients with gout be treated with drugs to lower uric acid in their blood to prevent crystallization
When it comes to preventing blood clots after a knee replacement, good old aspirin may be just as effective as newer, more expensive drugs, according to the study
A new study shows that a 17-item questionnaire developed by pediatric gastroenterologists and psychiatrists could be an effective screen to identify children who may have gastrointestinal disorders and who should be referred to a specialist for a fuller evaluation