Worldwide, there is much geographic variation in hip fracture incidence. Industrialized countries have much higher rates than developing regions, with the highest rates in North Europe and the United States. The lowest rates are in Latin America and Africa. Asian countries such as China, Iran, and Kuwait have intermediate rates.... Read More
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Fructose and Your Health
Soft drinks represent 16 percent of overall sugar intake; fruit drinks five percent, sports and energy drinks two percent, and other sources one percent.... Read More
How to Take a Pill
The Hopkins engineering team created a model (StomachSim), the first to be able to conduct a realistic simulation of the human stomach. Combining physics with biomechanics and fluid mechanics, StomachSim recreates what happens in you as it digests food or medicine.... Read More
Metformin and COVID-19
A recent randomized trial examined the effectiveness of three repurposed drugs — ivermectin, metformin, and fluvoxamine — in preventing severe COVID-19 infection in non-hospitalized adults.... Read More
Pedometers Boost Step Count
People wearing a pedometer walked an average of 318 more steps daily than those without a tracker.... Read More
Fine-tuning Your Protein Intake
Protein may lower your blood pressure. One systematic review of 40 clinical trials discovered that higher protein consumption appeared to be associated with lower blood pressure. More specifically, systolic (the top number of a reading) decreased by an average of 1.76 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) by 1.15 mm Hg.... Read More