Added Sugar Consumption Increases Risk for Kidney Stones
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Consuming added sugars is associated with an increased risk for kidney stones, according to a study published online Aug. 4 in Frontiers in Nutrition.Shan Yin, M.D., from the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichua…
Learn MoreAI-Supported Mammography Screen Reading Seems Promising
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cancer detection is similar for artificial intelligence (AI)-supported mammography screen reading compared with standard double reading, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in The Lancet Oncology.Krist…
Learn MoreDisparities in Stroke Risk Factors Persist for Black Adults
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — After one year of intensive medical management, certain risk factors associated with stroke are reduced among Black adults, according to a study published online Aug. 3 in Stroke.Eyad Almallouhi, M.D., from the…
Learn MorePhysical Activity Programs Beneficial for Hospitalized Older Adults
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In-hospital physical activity programs are beneficial for improving functional capacity of older adults hospitalized due to an acute medical condition, according to a review published online Aug. 3 in the Briti…
Learn MoreAromatherapy With Peppermint Oil Beneficial After Heart Surgery
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Use of aromatherapy with peppermint oil after open-heart surgery attenuates pain and improves sleep quality, according to a study published online Aug. 3 in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.Mahla Maghami, from …
Learn MoreVertigo Improves With Endolymphatic Sac Surgery, Cochlear Implant in Meniere
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with Meniere disease (MD), vertigo control is improved with endolymphatic sac surgery alone (ESSalone), cochlear implantation alone (CIalone), and ESS with CI (ESS+CI), with the highest rate for CI…
Learn MoreStudy Cannot Exclude Benefit of Progesterone for Vasomotor Symptoms
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For perimenopausal women with hot flushes with or without night sweats, a minimal clinically important vasomotor symptom (VMS) benefit cannot be ruled out for oral micronized progesterone, according to a study …
Learn MoreHigh-Dose VX-548 Reduces Acute Pain Over 48 Hours
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — High-dose VX-548, an oral, highly selective inhibitor of the Nav1.8 voltage-gated sodium channel, reduces acute pain over 48 hours after abdominoplasty and bunionectomy, according to a study published in the Au…
Learn MoreThymectomy in Adults Linked to All-Cause Mortality, Cancer
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Thymectomy in adults is associated with an increased risk for death from any cause and cancer and may be tied to an increased risk for autoimmune disease, according to a study published in the Aug. 3 issue of t…
Learn MoreSurvival Similar for Black, White Prostate Cancer Patients in Clinical Trial Setting
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC), overall survival and progression-free survival are similar for Black and White patients receiving first- or second-generation androgen receptor pathw…
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