A Better Clot-Buster Drug When Strokes Attack?
THURSDAY, Feb. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A newer type of “clot-busting” medication might be safer than the one long used for treating strokes, a preliminary study hints.Researchers found that among nearly 7,900 stroke sufferers, those treated with t…
Learn MoreCould a Pap Test Help Detect Breast, Ovarian Cancers, Too?
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pap tests have long been used to detect cervical cancer early, but preliminary research suggests that cervical cells collected during those tests could also be used to catch other cancers, including deadly o…
Learn MoreLate-Stage Colon Cancers Increasing Among Young Americans
MONDAY, Jan. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Yet another study is chipping away at the idea that colon and rectal cancers are diseases of older age: In the past couple decades, Americans younger than 40 have shown the steepest rise in advanced cases of t…
Learn MoreDriving Both High and Drunk More Dangerous Than Either Alone: Study
MONDAY, Jan. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The hazards of drunken driving are well known, and a new research review shows that adding pot to the mix only makes matters worse.The analysis of 57 past studies found that the combination of alcohol and mari…
Learn MoreDid Your Gene Screen Turn Up Dangerous DNA? Study Finds Real Risk Is Low
THURSDAY, Jan. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Most gene variants that have been labeled “pathogenic” may make only a small difference in a person’s risk of actually developing disease, a new study suggests.Scouring genetic data on more than 72,000 indiv…
Learn MoreNewer Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Raise Heart, Cancer Risks
THURSDAY, Jan. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Finding the right medication for rheumatoid arthritis isn’t easy, and a newer pill against the disease carries higher risks of heart attack, stroke and cancer than older RA drugs, a new clinical trial confir…
Learn MoreSurvivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People hospitalized for COVID-19 are not necessarily out of the woods once they’re discharged: Many land in the hospital again in the months afterward, a large U.K. study finds.The researchers found that in…
Learn MoreYoung Women at Higher Risk for Stroke Than Male Peers: Study
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Strokes aren’t common among young people, but when they do happen, they strike more often in women than men, a new review finds.Of the nearly 800,000 Americans who suffer a stroke each year, 10% to 15% are ad…
Learn MoreYoung Women at Higher Risk for Stroke Than Male Peers: Study
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Strokes aren’t common among young people, but when they do happen, they strike more often in women than men, a new review finds.Of the nearly 800,000 Americans who suffer a stroke each year, 10% to 15% are ad…
Learn MoreSome Patients With Macular Degeneration Could Stop Monthly Eye Injections
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Injection medications can save the vision of older people with macular degeneration, but the ongoing regimen is taxing. Now a preliminary study raises the possibility that some patients can safely be “weaned o…
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