Menopause is a significant life stage for women, but it also impacts the men in their lives. Understanding how men experience this transition is crucial for developing support systems that work for both partners. Your participation could be the key to creating resources that will benefit couples facing this transition in the future. By sharing your experiences, you will help close the empathy gap and foster a culture where men and women feel equally supported during menopause.Continue reading
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Making Veterans Research Patient-Centered
As the country takes time this month to recognize and thank our veterans, I am pleased to be a part of an organization that has a dedicated focus on research aimed at improving health outcomes for our nation’s estimated 20 million former service members. PCORI has funded nearly 30 comparative clinical effectiveness research studies that...Continue reading
How Sperm May Be Related to Autism Diagnoses
You see the headlines, “Autism increased tenfold,” “Autism 1 in 2 by 2025,” and you wonder if it’s really true and why. Well, the fact is that autism rates are increasing among children. In the 1970s, autism spectrum disorder was reported in 1 in 5,000 children. In 2009, it was 1 in 110. Currently, about 1...
New Medical Advancements and Innovations Using Stem Cells
Stem cell research is shaping the treatment of many of the world’s most prevalent disorders and diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, spinal cord injury and Parkinson’s. Stem cells are cells that are able to divide for indefinite periods. That unique ability enables stem cells to develop into specialized cells from any organ in the body,...Continue reading
Why Dads Matter As Much As Moms
For many decades, conventional wisdom told us that when it came to child development, mothers were the most important parent. Fathers, apparently, weren’t good for much more than piggybacks, reading an occasional bedtime story, and, of course, discipline. Researchers who studied child development bought into that conventional wisdom and rarely bothered to investigate whether dads...Continue reading
What Health Experts Are Doing to Better Diagnose and Treat Mental Health Disorders
Society as a whole has been late to come around to the idea that mental disorders and diseases can be diagnosed and actively treated. Mental health professionals and healthcare experts have adopted many new techniques and strategies over the years to help mental illness sufferers and their families live healthy, productive lives. Educating Families...Continue reading
3 New Medical Technologies That Are Already Saving Lives
In the past year, several significant tech advances have changed the way we think about the medical field. From groundbreaking emergency room equipment to data-gathering apps, this new hardware and software is already having a wide-ranging effect on doctors, nurses and their patients. In a hospital setting, technology has the power to simplify and streamline...Continue reading
Oncotype DX
A new genetic test has recently become available called Oncotype DX. The test is made by Genomic Health and will now be available at Dr. Samadi’s Prostate Cancer Center in New York City. What is Oncotype DX? The Oncotype DX prostate cancer test is a biopsy-based genetic test that can be combined with other measures...Continue reading
The Beat Goes On and On and On
An electrical engineer at Stanford University has devised a way to wirelessly transfer energy deep inside the body where it can be used “to run tiny electronic medical gadgets such as pacemakers, nerve stimulators or new sensors and devices yet to be developed,” according to a University press release. The goal is to create “electroceuticals,”...Continue reading