‘Liquid Biopsy’ Could Help Guide Lung Cancer Treatment
MONDAY, Oct. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For a subset of patients with advanced lung cancer, radiation therapy can sometimes substantially extend their lives. Now a new study hints that a blood test could be used to identify the people most likely to …
Learn MoreKetamine Nasal Spray Shows Promise Against Tough-to-Treat Depression
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A nasal spray containing a ketamine derivative appears to beat one of the standard drugs used for people with difficult-to-treat depression, a new clinical trial has found.The trial, of nearly 700 people with…
Learn MoreBig Rise Seen in Gun Deaths, Overdoses Among U.S. Kids
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — America’s kids are safer now than a decade ago when it comes to many types of injury, with two glaring exceptions: drugs and guns.That’s the crux of a new study that looked at injury trends among U.S. childre…
Learn MoreSeniors, Here Are the Meds That Can Harm Your Driving Skills
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Some common medications — including antidepressants, sleep aids and painkillers — may dull the driving skills of seniors, a new study finds.Many different medication classes have been linked to the risk of d…
Learn MoreOregon Decriminalized Possession of Small Amounts of Drugs. Fatal ODs Didn’t Skyrocket
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Critics of a law that decriminalized drug possession in Oregon have blamed the policy for rising overdose deaths in the state, but a new study finds no evidence of that.Researchers discovered that while dru…
Learn MoreStem Cell Treatment Halts MS for Some Patients
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study is strengthening the evidence that stem cell transplants can be highly effective for some people with multiple sclerosis — sending the disease into remission for years, and sometimes reversing…
Learn MoreBlood Tests for Long COVID Could Lead to Better Treatments
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People who develop long COVID have distinct abnormalities in their immune and hormonal function that can be picked up with blood tests, researchers have found.In a new study of 268 patients with and without …
Learn MoreBlood Tests for Long COVID Could Lead to Better Treatments
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People who develop long COVID have distinct abnormalities in their immune and hormonal function that can be picked up with blood tests, researchers have found.In a new study of 268 patients with and without …
Learn MoreExperiment Shows Many Seniors Falling Prey to ‘Impostor Scams’
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many older adults are savvy about telephone scams, but a sizable minority remain vulnerable, a new study suggests.Researchers found that when they simulated a “government impersonation” scam — contacting sen…
Learn MorePsychotherapy May Help Ease Fibromyalgia Pain
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — “Talk therapy” may help people with fibromyalgia manage their chronic pain — and alter the brain’s pain-processing circuitry along the way, a new study shows.Researchers found that after eight sessions of co…
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