Wearable Device-Detected Biomarkers Could ID Symptoms After Trauma
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Biomarkers detected by a wrist-wearable device may be useful for screening for pain, sleep, and anxiety outcomes after exposure to trauma, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in JAMA Psychiatry.Laura…
Learn MorePD-1 Inhibitor Treatment Effective for Localized Mismatch Repair-Deficient CRC
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For localized mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancer (CRC), neoadjuvant programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor treatment is effective, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in the Journal of t…
Learn MoreFluvoxamine Does Not Improve Time to Sustained Recovery in Mild COVID-19
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, treatment with fluvoxamine does not improve time to sustained recovery versus placebo, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in Journal of the American Me…
Learn MoreVaccination Coverage Down in Kindergarteners During 2021 to 2022
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For children in kindergarten, vaccination coverage was lower for all vaccines in the 2021 to 2022 school year compared with the 2020 to 2021 school year, according to research published in the Jan. 13 issue …
Learn MoreVaccine Coverage by Age 24 Months Unchanged During Pandemic
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Vaccine coverage by age 24 months was generally similar during the pandemic versus prepandemic, but coverage disparities remain, according to research published in the Jan. 13 issue of the U.S. Centers for …
Learn MoreOverall Cancer Mortality Continued to Decline From 2019 to 2020
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Overall cancer mortality is continuing to decline, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.Rebecca L. Siegel, M.P.H., from the American Cancer Society in Atlanta,…
Learn MoreAutism Symptom Dimension Questionnaire Reliable for Identifying Symptoms
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A revised 39-item version of the Autism Symptom Dimensions Questionnaire (ASDQ) is reliable and valid for evaluating symptoms of autism, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in Developmental Medicin…
Learn More2020 to 2021 Saw No Change in Overall Fetal Mortality Rates
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 2020 to 2021, there was no change in overall, early, or late fetal mortality rates, according to a January Vital Statistics Rapid Release report, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control …
Learn MoreMRI-Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy Beneficial in Cervical Cancer
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A magnetic resonance imaging-based image-guided adaptive brachytherapy (MR-IGABT) approach is beneficial for locally advanced cervical cancer, according to a study published online Jan. 4 in the Journal of C…
Learn MoreOlder Knee Replacement Implants as Good as Newer Models
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Older knee replacement implants are as good as newer models for total knee replacement (TKR), according to a study published in the January issue of BMJ Open.Iain McNamara, M.D., from the Norfolk and Norwich…
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