Births Registered in U.S. Increased 1 Percent From 2020 to 2021
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 2020 to 2021, there was an increase in births registered in the United States and in the general fertility rate, according to a study published in the Jan. 31 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publica…
Learn MoreCancer Mortality Rates Increased for Older Seniors With T2DM
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For people with type 2 diabetes, cancer mortality rates are increased for those aged 75 and 85 years and with specific cancers, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in Diabetologia.Suping Ling, from th…
Learn MoreLasting Decrease Seen in Risk for All-Cause Mortality After Bariatric Surgery
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — All-cause mortality and mortality from specific causes are reduced for decades after bariatric surgery, according to a study published online Jan. 25 in Obesity.Ted D. Adams, Ph.D., M.P.H., from Intermountain H…
Learn MoreRisk Factors for Pediatric CKD Progression Identified
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in children is associated with specific clinical risk factors, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in Journal of the American Society for Nephrology.Carolina A…
Learn MoreRisk for Contralateral Breast Cancer Higher for Certain Pathogenic Variant Carriers
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry germline pathogenic variants (PVs) in BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2, and PALB2 have an elevated risk for contralateral breast cancer (CBC), according to a study published onli…
Learn MoreNSCLC Survival Improved With FDG PET/CT Imaging Before Radiation Therapy
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Almost half of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are not being imaged in accordance with national guidelines prior to subsequent radiation therapy, according to a study recently published in the …
Learn MoreURTI Symptoms Increased With Low Physical Activity in Preschoolers
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For preschoolers, physical activity (PA) is associated with fewer days of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) symptoms, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in Pediatric Research.Katarzyna Ostrzyż…
Learn More2016 to 2021 Saw Decline in Percentage of Pregnant Women Smoking
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 2016 to 2021, there was a decline in the percentage of mothers who smoked cigarettes during pregnancy, with declines seen across all maternal age groups and across all race and Hispanic-origin groups, acc…
Learn MoreRisk for Ischemic Heart Disease Increased With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Women with adverse pregnancy outcomes have an increased long-term risk for ischemic heart disease, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in The BMJ.Casey Crump, M.D., Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Me…
Learn More4CMenB Vaccination Effective Against Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Children Under 5
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Complete vaccination with the four-component, protein-based meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) is effective for preventing invasive meningococcal disease in children younger than 5 years, according to…
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