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Surgeon shares heartwarming tweet after seeing ‘unrecognisable’ former patient

Dr Dinee Simpson is a surgeon who specialises in liver and kidney transplants at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. After recently running into a former patient when she stopped for coffee, Simpson shared the exchange on Twitter.

Study says having lights on during sleep could lead to diabetes, obesity

A new study from Northwestern University found even a small amount of light can be harmful to your health while you’re sleeping. The researchers say that when light is present heart rates increase and the body can’t rest properly, which could lead to health problems like obesity and heart disease.

Even a Little Light in Your Bedroom Could Harm Health

The effects were not dramatic. But it’s plausible that small effects, night after night, could ultimately affect a person’s health, said senior researcher Dr. Phyllis Zee .

“This study doesn’t prove that, and we need more research to look at chronicity,” said Zee, chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.

Even a Little Light in Your Bedroom Could Harm Health

The effects were not dramatic. But it’s plausible that small effects, night after night, could ultimately affect a person’s health, said senior researcher Dr. Phyllis Zee .

“This study doesn’t prove that, and we need more research to look at chronicity,” said Zee, chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.

Sleeping with lights off and closed blinds may protect your health: study

“The results from this study demonstrate that just a single night of exposure to moderate room lighting during sleep can impair glucose and cardiovascular regulation, which are risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome,” Zee , who is also the chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said in the release. The Northwestern Medicine physician also said, “It’s important for people to avoid or minimize the amount of light exposure during sleep.”

Lasting depression and anxiety can follow severe case of Covid

Dr. Marc Sala, a pulmonologist and critical care specialist at Northwestern Medicine’s Comprehensive Covid-19 Center in Chicago, said his long Covid patients report symptoms of brain fog and difficulty focusing more so than depression or anxiety, although he acknowledged that perhaps he and other long Covid physicians should be asking more about such mental health symptoms.

Lasting depression and anxiety can follow severe case of Covid, study finds

Dr. Marc Sala, a pulmonologist and critical care specialist at Northwestern Medicine’s Comprehensive Covid-19 Center in Chicago, said his long Covid patients report symptoms of brain fog and difficulty focusing more so than depression or anxiety, although he acknowledged that perhaps he and other long Covid physicians should be asking more about such mental health symptoms.

The Truth About Common Digestive Health Fears

Rather than suggesting you have one of these inflammatory bowel diseases, it’s more likely that frequent diarrhea episodes stem from some type of food sensitivity, irritable bowel syndrome or medication side effects, says Dr. Shaham Mumtaz, a gastroenterologist at the Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group in the Chicago area.