Archive: 19/03/2018
Vaginal estrogen tablets, moisturizers and placebo gel all can improve vaginal discomfort
A clinical trial comparing two treatments for postmenopausal vaginal discomfort - low-dose vaginal estrogen and a vaginal moisturizer - to placebo treatments found that both produced symptom improvements similar to those ...
Mar 19, 2018
Epidural stimulation shown to normalize blood pressure following spinal cord injury
Patients with severe spinal cord injury (SCI) often experience chronically low blood pressure that negatively affects their health, their quality of life and their ability to engage in rehabilitative therapy.
Mar 19, 2018
In children with obesity, impulsivity may be linked with greater weight loss when treated
Children with obesity may be more impulsive than those with normal weight, but during family-based behavioral treatment (FBT), the more impulsive of children with obesity may lose more weight, a new study suggests. The results ...
Mar 19, 2018
Study finds changes in intestines leads to reversal of diabetes after weight-loss surgery
A new study helps explain changes in the intestines that may be responsible for the reversal of diabetes in people who undergo a type of bariatric surgery known as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB). The research will ...
Mar 19, 2018