Cognitive Scores Lower for Children With Iron Deficiency
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children with chronic iron deficiency have lower cognitive scores even at four and 12 months after an intervention, according to a study published online Nov. 22 in Pediatrics.Argie Gingoyon, M.P.H., from the…
Learn MoreLow HDL-C Linked to Coronary Heart Disease Risk in White Adults
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are associated with increased coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in White but not Black adults, and higher levels of HDL-C are not protective for ei…
Learn MoreSignificant Treatment Attrition Rate Seen in Multiple Myeloma
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There is a significant treatment attrition rate in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), according to a study published in the November issue of Leukemia & Lymphoma.Victor H. Jimenez-Zepeda, M.D., from Alb…
Learn MoreMeasuring Vertebral Arteries Can Clarify Pathology of Transient Vascular Vertigo
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Measuring vertebral arteries (VAs) using color-coded ultrasonography and cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP) can help to clarify the pathophysiology of transient vascular vertigo/dizziness (…
Learn MoreSerum 25(OH)D Levels Linked to Diabetes in African-Americans
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels are associated with diabetes risk in African-Americans (AAs), according to two studies published online in Nutrition & Diabetes and BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care…
Learn MoreOncogenic Variants Identified in ~10 Percent With Appendix Cancer
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — About 10 percent of patients with appendix cancer (AC) who undergo testing for hereditary cancer disposition harbor a gene sequence variation associated with cancer susceptibility, according to a study publis…
Learn MoreEducation Interacts With Genetic Variants to Increase Myopia Risk
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Education interacts with genetic variants to confer susceptibility to myopia, according to a study published online Nov. 17 in PLOS Genetics.Rosie Clark, Ph.D., from Cardiff University in the United Kingdom, …
Learn MoreYouth Suicides Up With Shortage of Mental Health Professionals
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Mental health professional workforce shortages are associated with increased youth suicides, according to a study published online Nov. 21 in JAMA Pediatrics.Jennifer A. Hoffmann, M.D., from the Northwestern U…
Learn MorePRIORIX, M-M-R II Vaccines Interchangeable for MMR
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccines PRIORIX and M-M-R II are interchangeable, according to research published in the Nov. 18 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity a…
Learn MoreMany With Psychosis Have Long-Term Functional Morbidity
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A diagnosis of psychosis in adolescence is associated with long-term functional morbidity, meeting the criteria for not being in education, employment, and training (NEET), according to a study published onlin…
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