For years physiotherapists have been suggesting that people with chronic lower back pain should try swimming. In theory it should be the perfect exercise for people with limited mobility due to its non-load bearing nature and the scope for gently supported mobility. There has however, until now, been no evidence that swimming really gives any […]
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Not smoking, having normal BP and no diabetes may extend life without dementia by almost 13 years, a new study in Neurology Open Access shows.
“Our findings support prevention of risk factors developing in midlife as a strategy for delaying the onset of dementia and maintaining brain health,” Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, a professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, said in a press release. “Finding ways to prevent or delay dementia is crucial as the population ages as treatments remain limited.”
Healio previously reported that addressing over a dozen risk factors, including
Erica Schwartz, MD, JD, MPH, will become the first full-time director of the CDC in nearly 1 year after senators confirmed her to the post on Wednesday, largely along party lines.
Senators voted 51-44 in favor of Schwartz’s confirmation, with all Republicans voting “yea” and all Democrats except Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., voting “nay.”
Five senators — two Democrats and three Republicans — did not vote. Kaine was also the only Democrat who voted in support of her nomination in committee last week.
Schwartz served as deputy surgeon general during Trump’s first presidential term. She spent 24
PHOENIX — Two new eyeglass lenses aimed at supporting comfortable computer screen use and office work, Sequel Computer and Sequel Meeting, are now available from Newton.
Both lenses feature Newton’s convergence boost technology, which works to reduce the burden on eye muscles caused by convergence movements during screen use, according to the company.
Sequel Computer lenses are intended for people who spend hours every day using computers. Half the lens’ total add power is located at the fitting point, with an optimal viewing distance of up to 4 feet, according to a press release.
Sequel Meeting
The FDA has authorized the marketing of four on! nicotine pouch products, citing “lower levels of most harmful and potentially harmful constituents” vs. other oral and smokeless tobacco products.
The on! products (Helix Innovations LLC) included in this announcement are Rich Berry 2 mg, Cappuccino 2 mg and 4 mg, and Autumn Spice 2 mg.
The first time the agency authorized the sale of nicotine pouches was January 2025 for 20 Zyn nicotine pouch products. As of Aug. 4, 30 nicotine pouches have received FDA authorization, according to the agency.
This past June, the FDA also authorized
Dentists play an important role in outpatient antibiotic prescribing, accounting for approximately 1 in 10 antibiotic prescriptions written in the United States.
Although antibiotics remain necessary for the treatment and prevention of dental infections, studies have shown that a substantial portion of antibiotics prescribed by dentists may be inconsistent with the current guidelines. A study published by Suda and colleagues in 2022 showed that as many as five out of every six antibiotic prescriptions written before appointments with Veterans Affairs dentists did not follow guidelines.
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STAAR Surgical appointed Warren Foust as president and CEO, according to a press release.
In addition, Foust joined STAAR’s board of directors.
Foust began serving as president and chief operating officer in March 2025 and in February took on the role of interim co-CEO with Deborah Andrews.
STAAR also announced that Andrews has been appointed as executive vice president while continuing to serve as chief financial officer.
In the announcement, the company highlighted its continued focus on its “three principal
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Large language models were not as good as dietitians at generating meal plans for patients with hypertension, according to findings presented at the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention.
Vijaya Parameswaran, MS, PhD, RD, postdoctoral fellow at Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, and colleagues compared the performance of three large language models (LLMs) with those of a dietitian at devising a 1-week meal plan for two hypothetical patients with hypertension, one an American omnivore and one an Indian
Click here to read the Healio Exclusive, “Embrace the future’ of robotics in ophthalmology.”
I wrote an earlier perspective on the application of robotics to eye surgery in the April 25, 2024, issue of Healio | OSN.
Since that time, significant progress has been made, including completion of the first in-human robot-assisted cataract surgery by two leading companies in the field, Horizon Surgical Systems and ForSight Robotics. In addition, I have participated in several meetings in which the application of robotics to eye surgery has been discussed and debated in the main sessions and between
Girls and women who had abortions did not experience any subsequent significant increase in medication use for mental health, according to a study published by JAMA Psychiatry.
Recent research on the impact of abortion on mental health has been limited, Julia R. Steinberg, PhD, associate professor, department of family science, University of Maryland, College Park, and colleagues wrote.
Their study was prompted by “the increase in the percentage/proportion of abortions performed by medication worldwide,” Steinberg told Healio.
“Claims that medication abortion causes mental health problems” as