Experimental Therapy May Be New Tool Against Pancreatic Cancer
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In what could turn out to be a potential breakthrough in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, a new report suggests a key component of a patient’s immune system can be rewired to assassinate tumor cells.The ex…
Learn MoreCould Beating Drums Help Beat Autism?
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The percussive skill needed to bang out rhythms on a drum may help improve socializing, inhibition control and focus among teens with autism, new research suggests.The finding follows work with 36 teens with…
Learn MoreUnas infusiones de lidocaína podrían aliviar las migrañas difíciles de tratar
JUEVES, 26 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Una infusión intravenosa (IV) administrada en varios días de lidocaína, un anestésico local, parece ofrecer cierto alivio del dolor a los pacientes que luchan contra migrañas diarias de otra forma intrata…
Learn MoreLidocaine Infusions May Ease Tough-to-Treat Migraines
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A multi-day intravenous infusion of the local anesthetic lidocaine appears to offer some pain relief to patients battling otherwise untreatable daily migraines.That’s the takeaway from a new study that examin…
Learn MoreU.S. Doctors Already Face Big Hurdles Accessing Abortion Pill
WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Even with Roe v. Wade still the law of the land, primary care doctors in the United States have difficulty prescribing U.S. federally approved abortion pills, a new study finds.Getting in the way is a comple…
Learn MoreColon Cancer Death Rates Are Falling Among the Young — But Only for Whites
TUESDAY, May 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Race and ethnicity matter when battling colon cancer, with young white patients facing notably better odds than Black, Hispanic or Asian patients, new research warns.A look at colon cancer survival among Ameri…
Learn MoreBuenas y malas noticias sobre los afroamericanos y el cáncer
JUEVES, 19 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Un nuevo informe sobre cómo les va a los estadounidenses negros contra el cáncer arroja un panorama muy contradictorio.El riesgo de que un hombre o una mujer negros en EE. UU. mueran de cáncer se ha reduc…
Learn MoreCasi la mitad de los pacientes de alto riesgo retrasan el seguimiento tras una prueba de cáncer de pulmón
MIÉRCOLES, 18 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) — A los hombres y a las mujeres que están en peligro de desarrollar un cáncer de pulmón se les recomienda de forma contundente que se hagan pruebas de detección anuales del cáncer de pulmón. Pero una nue…
Learn MoreGood News, Bad News on Black Americans and Cancer
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new report on how Black Americans are faring against cancer offers up a decidedly mixed picture.The risk that a Black man or woman in America will die from cancer has steadily declined over the last two dec…
Learn MoreEstrogen May Help Fight Severe COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Hormone replacement therapy may offer women significant protection against dying from COVID-19, new research suggests.British researchers who tracked more than 5,400 women with COVID during the first half of…
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