All articles tagged with #diseases and conditions
Wearable continuous glucose monitors are now widely available to non-diabetics, offering minute-by-minute data on how food and activity affect blood sugar. But experts warn that constant tracking can confuse people, provoke unnecessary anxiety, and lacks clear guidelines for non-diabetics; while such data may help identify early signals of chronic disease, the overall public health benefit remains uncertain.
A new study reports that blood tests can help build a rough 'clock' for Alzheimer's, potentially predicting when symptoms will emerge. While not precise enough to map an individual trajectory, the approach could improve early diagnosis and inform preventive treatments.
The Washington Post WellBeing piece explains situs inversus, a rare condition in which internal organs are mirrored from their usual positions. Catherine O’Hara was born with it, a condition sometimes manifested as dextrocardia (the heart on the right side). For most people with situs inversus, there are few or no symptoms and the condition is often discovered incidentally, with health implications varying depending on any associated anomalies.