Can You Eat Cicadas? Yes, and Here ’s How to Catch, Clean, and Cook Them
Get ready to see cicadas everywhere.
More than a trillion of the critters are expected to surface in parts of the United States this year in a rare co-emergence event the likes of which hasn’t been seen in over two centuries.
Known for their deafening mating calls, which can be as loud as lawnmowers, cicadas emerge after more than a decade underground, offering a tasty meal to birds—and even the occasional human.
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That’s right, cicadas, like many insects, have been hailed as an eco-friendly and high-protein alternative to poultry and cattle. They&rsquo...
Source: TIME: Science - April 19, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Koh Ewe Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight Source Type: news
Hyperuricemia Subtypes in Gout Show Distinct Traits Hyperuricemia Subtypes in Gout Show Distinct Traits
The distinct biologic features of different hyperuricemia subtypes call for the development of tailored, subtype-dependent, genetics-based therapies for gout or hyperuricemia.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Gout Increases the Risk for a Wide Range of CVDs Gout Increases the Risk for a Wide Range of CVDs
Women with gout had a higher risk for CVD than men, and younger adults had a more pronounced risk than controls.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Rheumatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Rheumatology Headlines - February 27, 2024 Category: Rheumatology Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Gout increases the risk of multiple diseases
A study shows that gout not only increases the risk of a broad range of cardiovascular diseases it also leads to a higher prevalence of other health conditions, including chronic kidney disease, high blood pressure and an increased Body Mass Index (BMI). Researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Glasgow, and KU Leuven in Belgium found... Read moreThe post Gout increases the risk of multiple diseases appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - February 22, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Cardiology Older people care gout Source Type: news
Target These Serum Urate Levels to Prevent Gout Flares Target These Serum Urate Levels to Prevent Gout Flares
The findings " support the value of target serum urate levels in gout flare prevention in primary care, where most gout patients are treated. "Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - February 6, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Early Marker Found for Long-Term Gout Flare Potential
(MedPage Today) -- Gout flares were markedly more common in patients with relatively high serum urate levels early on, researchers found.
Compared with patients with urate levels below 6 mg/dL at baseline, those with serum urate at 10 mg/dL or... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 6, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Risk for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Increased for Patients With Gout
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 2024 -- Patients with gout, especially those younger than 60 years, have an increased risk for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a study published online Dec. 26 in Diagnostics.
Woo Jin Bang, from the Hallym... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 31, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
ZWI Therapeutics, Inc. Announces a Series A Financing, Two Accomplished Biopharmaceutical CEOs Join the Board of Directors, and Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
WATERTOWN, Mass., Jan. 24, 2024 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- ZWI Therapeutics, Inc. (ZWI), a biotechnology company focused on the development of protein therapeutics using proprietary new polymers, announces a Series A financing, the appoi... Biopharmaceuticals, Personnel, Venture Capital ZWI Therapeutics, polycarboxybetaine, gout, arthritis (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - January 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
SGLT2 Inhibitors Begin to Show Potential in Rheumatology SGLT2 Inhibitors Begin to Show Potential in Rheumatology
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors are not approved to treat gout, lupus, or lupus nephritis, but clinicians are uncovering signs of benefits in these conditions.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - January 8, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Intensive Weight Loss Does Not Ease Gout Symptoms Intensive Weight Loss Does Not Ease Gout Symptoms
Researchers found an association between weight loss and a corresponding reduction in serum urate, but more weight loss did not result in positive changes in pain or fatigue.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - January 8, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
'I'm a doctor - here's how to prevent gout attacks over the festive period'
Common Christmas habits could be putting you at a greater risk of "painful" attacks of gout. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Colchicine: the good, the bad, the ugly, and how to minimise the risks - Stamp LK, Horsley C, Karu LT, Dalbeth N, Barclay M.
Colchicine has an important role in managing various conditions, including gout, familial Mediterranean fever, amyloidosis, Behcet's syndrome, recurrent pericarditis, and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease. The adverse effect profile of colchicine is... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Picture quiz: Toenail presentations
The Nursing in Practice ‘picture quizzes’ aim to test your knowledge through photo presentations of symptoms. Work your way through them to understand the key clinical problems faced by patients, and how to correctly identify them. Press ‘start’ below to begin the quiz.
A 45-year-old woman is concerned about this black line that has appeared under her big toenail. Can you reassure her about the cause?
Fungal nail infection
Melanoma
Subungual haematoma
Ingrowing toenail
A 23-year-old woman wants to know what you are going to do about her ‘manky toenail’ as it is summer and she feels she ...
Source: Nursing in Practice - November 23, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Mollie Fraser-Andrews Tags: Dermatology Quiz toenail Source Type: news
Novel Gout Drug Aces Mid-Stage Tests
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- An investigational once-daily oral agent that inhibits urate transporter-1 (URAT1) as a means of forcing uric acid excretion showed good efficacy and safety in a pair of phase II trials reported here.
In one of... (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - November 16, 2023 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
CPPD Nomenclature Is Sore Subject for Gout Group CPPD Nomenclature Is Sore Subject for Gout Group
Since 2011, the nomenclature guidelines have been cited hundreds of times, but a new report finds that the medical literature mostly hasn ’t followed the recommendations.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - November 14, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news
