Considerable Increases in Marijuana Use Seen in Young, Midlife Adults
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Past-year marijuana use has increased considerably among young and midlife adults, according to a report published by Monitoring the Future.Megan E. Patrick, Ph.D., from the University of Michigan Institute…
Learn MoreCanagliflozin Reduces Cardiorenal Biomarkers in T2D
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For people with type 2 diabetes and albuminuria, canagliflozin reduces the longitudinal trajectory of increase in cardiorenal biomarkers, according to a study published online Aug. 22 in Circulation.James L…
Learn MoreHeterogeneity Found in Appropriate Use Criteria for Imaging of CAD
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-qualified Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for imaging of coronary artery disease (CAD) are heterogeneous and discrepant, according to a study published onl…
Learn MoreEASD: Factors Linked to Lower-Limb Amputation ID’d in Diabetes
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For people with newly diagnosed diabetes, the risk for lower-limb amputation (LLA) is increased for those with older age, males, and divorced individuals, according to a study to be presented at the annual …
Learn MoreNivolumab + Ipilimumab Tops Ipilimumab Alone in Metastatic Melanoma
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with metastatic melanoma who receive frontline anti-programmed death protein 1 (PD-1) or therapy against programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 and whose tumors progressed with cytotoxic T-lymphocyte…
Learn MoreImmune Checkpoint Inhibitors Can Be Active in Penile Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are active in some patients with penile cancer (PeCa), according to a study published online Aug. 11 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.Talal El Zarif, M.D.,…
Learn MoreSacrospinous Hysteropexy Inferior to Manchester Procedure for Uterine Descent
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with uterine descent, sacrospinous hysteropexy is inferior to the Manchester procedure for first surgical treatment, according to a study published in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of the Am…
Learn MoreIs There a Link Between Dietary Patterns and Infertility Treatment Outcomes?
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Adherence to the American Heart Association (AHA) diet is inversely associated with clinical pregnancy loss in women achieving pregnancy during the course of infertility treatment, according to a study publis…
Learn MoreArterial Stiffness Progression Precedes Cardiac Damage in Teens
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For adolescents, arterial stiffness progression precedes worsening structural and functional cardiac damage, according to a study published online Aug. 3 in Atherosclerosis.Andrew O. Agbaje, M.D., M.P.H., fro…
Learn MoreSemaglutide Can Cut Prevalence of Obesity, CVD in Eligible U.S. Adults
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Semaglutide treatment among eligible U.S. adults can reduce the prevalence of obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, according to a study published online Aug. 14 in Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy…
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