More Parents Citing Safety as Reason for HPV Vaccine Hesitancy
TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The proportion of parents citing “safety or side effects” as a reason for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine hesitancy for their adolescent children increased from 2010 to 2018, according to a study published …
Learn MoreFluorescent Guide Can ID Tumor Missed by Standard Lumpectomy
TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with stages 0 to 3 breast cancers, pegulicianine fluorescence-guided surgery (pFGS) can enhance the efficacy of lumpectomy surgery, according to a study published online April 27 in NEJM Evidence….
Learn MoreLow Risk of Recurrent Thrombotic Events After COVID-19-Linked VTE
TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with COVID-19-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) have low risk of recurrent thrombotic events, and the risk is similar to that seen in patients with VTE provoked by hospitalization for other acut…
Learn More9-Minute Withdrawal Time Cuts Adenoma Miss Rate in Colonoscopy
TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A 9-minute mean withdrawal time (m-WT) for screening colonoscopy significantly reduces the adenoma miss rate (AMR) and advanced adenoma miss rate (AAMR), in addition to increasing adenoma detection rate (ADR),…
Learn MorePhysical Activity Affects Flu, Pneumonia Mortality
TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Aerobic activity, even below the recommended level, is associated with lower influenza and pneumonia mortality, while there is a J-shaped association for muscle-strengthening activity, according to a study pub…
Learn MoreTransition to Long-Term Opioid Use High in Patients With Rheumatic Disease
TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients living with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD), the proportion of those initiating opioids for the first time who transition to long-term use is high, according to a research letter publ…
Learn MoreHPV Self-Collection Kits Increase Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening
TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Mailed human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection kits with appointment-scheduling assistance results in greater uptake of cervical cancer screening among underscreened women from low-income backgrounds, accor…
Learn MoreScreening Adults for CKD Could Be Cost-Effective
MONDAY, May 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Screening adults for albuminuria to identify chronic kidney disease (CKD) could be cost-effective, according to a study published online May 23 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Marika M. Cusick, from Stanford…
Learn MoreChatGPT Does Not Pass American College of Gastroenterology Tests
MONDAY, May 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The natural language processing model Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer (ChatGPT) does not pass the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Self-Assessment Tests, according to a study published online M…
Learn MoreCurrent Smoking, Vaping Linked to Symptom Burden in Cancer
MONDAY, May 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Current smoking and vaping are associated with greater symptom burden among adults with cancer, according to a study published online May 22 in Cancer.Sarah N. Price, Ph.D., from the Wake Forest University Scho…
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