Your Good Health: Lactose intolerant and missing lactose label on medications
Because the amount of lactose in medications is so small, even the most sensitive people are unlikely to have any symptoms.
The Marshall News Messenger9d
To Your Good Health: Periodic phlebotomies required for hemochromatosis patient
When I was diagnosed with hemochromatosis, my doctor explained that a ferritin level of 380 ng/mL was too high. I am a male ...
Dear Doctor: Lactose intolerant patient finds it’s used in prescription meds, but there’s no warning on label
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am lactose intolerant and have recently learned that lactose is used in many prescriptions, but there is no ...
Dr. Roach: Periodic phlebotomies required for hemochromatosis patient
When I was diagnosed with hemochromatosis, my doctor explained that a ferritin level of 380 ng/mL was too high. I am a male and would like to know ...
The Straits Times15d
SNEC launches new service targeting genetic eye conditions
SINGAPORE - Patients with hereditary eye conditions now have a dedicated service at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC). Established in October 2024 and the largest of its kind in South-east ...
Medscape15d
Diagnosis and Treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis
No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is an iron overload disorder classified into four types based on different mutations.
Dexerto16d
The scariest movie of the 21st century is on Netflix now if you’re brave enough
Hail Paemon, because Netflix has just added the scariest horror movie ever made: Hereditary. You have been warned. Horror films are especially subjective. If you don’t like found-footage movies ...
Medical Xpress16d
Study explores link between people's professions and their genetic predisposition to neuropsychiatric traits
Polygenic scores (PGS) are metrics used to estimate the genetic predisposition of people to developing specific mental health conditions, personality traits or diseases. In recent years ...
Medical Xpress16d
Surprising way that genetic mutation causes Huntington's disease changes understanding of the disorder
For 30 years, researchers have known that Huntington's is caused by an inherited mutation in the Huntingtin (HTT) gene, but they didn't know how the mutation causes brain cell death. A study ...