April 20, 2023
Western Diet May Have Detrimental Effect on Prostate Cancer Risk
Staff Writer: Andre McGowan Stronger diet effect seen in Gleason grade group >6 and in International Society of Urological Pathology grade 3 + 4 + 5 tumors. Adherence to a Western diet may have a detrimental effect on the risk for prostate cancer, according to a study published online April 19 in BJU International....
Neighborhood Deprivation Affects Cognitive Outcomes in Patients With Epilepsy
For people with temporal lobe epilepsy, odds of worse cognitive phenotype seen for those in more disadvantaged ADI quintiles. For people with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), neighborhood deprivation is associated with worse cognitive outcomes, according to a study published online April 19 in Neurology. Robyn M. Busch, Ph.D., from the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues...
Neural, Vascular Integrity of Retina Differs in Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia group had thinner ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer, reduced retinal fractal dimension. Patients with schizophrenia have measurable differences in neural and vascular integrity of the retina, according to a study published online March 22 in JAMA Psychiatry. Siegfried K. Wagner, M.D., from the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Center in London, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional...
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Nasal Spray for Opioid Overdoses
The spray can already be obtained without a prescription, but currently buyers must get it from a pharmacist. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the over-the-counter (OTC) use of naloxone (Narcan). “Today’s approval of OTC naloxone nasal spray will help improve access to naloxone, increase the number of locations where it’s available...