Guidelines Updated for Cognitive Rehabilitation After TBI
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In an article published in the January/February issue of the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, the authors present an update to the guidelines for cognitive rehabilitation following traumatic brain injur…
Learn MoreOver One-Quarter of Adults Age 71 and Older Have Vision Impairment
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Among adults aged 71 years and older, more than one-quarter have vision impairment (VI), with older age, less education, and lower income associated with all types of VI, according to a study published online …
Learn MoreMore Women Aged ≥65 Years Have Late-Stage Cervical Cancer
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The burden of advanced cervical cancer is increased for women aged ≥65 years, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.Julianne J. P. Cooley, from the Univer…
Learn MoreInpatient Mortality Up With Exposure to High Capacity Utilization
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For inpatients, exposure to high bed-occupancy (capacity utilization) increases the risk of mortality, according to a study published online Dec. 19 in BMC Health Services Research.Narayan Sharma, Ph.D., from …
Learn MoreRacial, Ethnic Disparity Seen Between Nursing Students, Neonates in NICU
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There is a racial and ethnic disparity between neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) students and neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), according to a study published online Jan. 6 in Advances in Ne…
Learn MoreIncreased Suicide Risk Seen for Patients Undergoing Cancer Surgery
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The incidence of suicide is increased among patients undergoing cancer surgery, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in JAMA Oncology.Alexandra L. Potter, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston…
Learn MoreTwo Disease Processes Contribute to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Two processes seem to contribute to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a study published online Jan. 9 in Eye.Wei Wei, M.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City,…
Learn MoreMPATH-Dx Version 2.0 Simplifies Classification of Melanoma
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The Melanocytic Pathology Assessment Tool and Hierarchy for Diagnosis (MPATH-Dx) has been revised to simplify diagnoses into four classes, according to a consensus statement published online Jan. 11 in JAMA Ne…
Learn MorePlasma Biomarkers Identified for Detecting Presymptomatic Alzheimer Disease
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Plasma phosphorylated tau (P-tau181), neurofilament light chain (NfL), and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) seem feasible as plasma biomarkers for detecting Alzheimer disease in presymptomatic individual…
Learn MoreSocial Determinants of Health Affect Racial Disparity in Prostate Cancer Mortality
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When accounting for social determinants of health (SDOH), Black men with prostate cancer have lower prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM) than White men, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis …
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