Drug Overdose Death Risk Increased for Specific Health Care Workers
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Specific health care workers have an increased risk for drug overdose death, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Mark Olfson, M.D., M.P.H., from the Mailman School o…
Learn MoreHealth Care Utilization Up With Childhood Stressful Life Events
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Stressful life events (SLEs) in childhood, including emotional abuse, unmet basic needs, experiences of racism, household mental illness, household substance abuse, parental incarceration, and exposure to neig…
Learn MoreSugar-Sweetened Drinks Linked to Increased Incidence of Liver Cancer, Mortality
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Intake of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with an increased incidence of liver cancer and death from chronic liver disease among postmenopausal women, according to a study published in the Aug. 8 issue…
Learn MoreFine Particulate Matter Linked to Antibiotic Resistance Globally
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is associated with clinical antibiotic resistance globally, according to a study published in the August issue of The Lancet Planetary Health.Zhenchao Zhou, Ph.D., from Zhejiang…
Learn MoreTwo Distinct Patient Groups ID’d in Meniere Disease
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with Meniere disease (MD), radiological temporal bone features known to be weakly or inconsistently associated with clinical diagnosis of MD are highly prevalent in one of two MD patient groups, a…
Learn MoreBP Measurements Inaccurate With Undercuffing, Overcuffing
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Miscuffing results in inaccurate blood pressure (BP) measurements, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Junichi Ishigami, M.D., M.P.H., from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School …
Learn MoreThree Fleaborne Typhus-Associated Deaths Reported in 2022
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Three cases of fleaborne typhus-associated deaths were reported during 2022, according to research published in the Aug. 4 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality W…
Learn MoreSchool-Based Water Promotion Intervention Can Cut Overweight
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For elementary school students, a school-based water promotion and access intervention can attenuate the increase in the prevalence of overweight, but not obesity, according to a study published online Aug. 7 i…
Learn MoreGeneric, Brand-Name Medication Similarly Effective for COPD
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), generic and brand-name fluticasone-salmeterol are similarly effective and safe, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in the Annals of Inte…
Learn MoreGadolinium-Enhanced MRI Can Differentiate Meniere From Vestibular Migraine
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the inner ear can help differentiate Meniere disease (MD) from vestibular migraine (VM), according to a study published online June 26 in The Laryngoscope…
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