Social Stigma Associated With Adult Facial Acne
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Acne patterns significantly influence how individuals are perceived in social settings, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, held from Oc…
Learn MoreWheelchair Users Have Worse Outcomes After Shoulder Arthroplasty
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People who use wheelchairs are nearly three times more likely to experience hospital readmission following total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) versus individuals undergoing TSA for rotator cuff tear who do not u…
Learn MorePatients’ Geography Impacts Guideline-Concordant COPD Care
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Geographical challenges to accessing care increase the likelihood of receiving guideline-discordant inhaler regimens following hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, acc…
Learn MoreCVS Pulling Popular Cold Meds From Shelves After Report Deems Them to Be Useless
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — CVS Health plans to pull cold medications that contain phenylephrine from its store shelves after federal regulators determined recently that the decongestant does not work.Oral phenylephrine is an active ingr…
Learn MoreHigh Risk for Psychiatric Disorders Seen Before Dementia Diagnosis
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with dementia have markedly increased risks for psychiatric disorders before dementia diagnosis, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in JAMA Network Open.Minjia Mo, Ph.D., from the Karolinsk…
Learn MoreKidney Disease Impacts Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Early-stage chronic kidney disease has a negative impact on short-term weight loss outcomes after bariatric metabolic surgery, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in Obesity Surgery.João Pereira, fro…
Learn MoreNew Report IDs Threats of Climate Change to Children, Youth
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Climate change poses a mental health and developmental threat to children and youth, according to a report released by the American Psychological Association (APA) and ecoAmerica.Susan Clayton, Ph.D., from t…
Learn MoreAmazon to Test Drones to Deliver Prescriptions Directly to Patient Homes
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Amazon announced Wednesday that it has started to test drone deliveries of prescription medications, delivering drugs to consumers’ doorsteps within an hour.”We’re taught from the first days of medical schoo…
Learn MoreDisparities Seen in Prehospital Pain Care of Traumatic Injuries
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Non-White patients have a lower likelihood of having pain scores reported and of receiving analgesia during prehospital care for traumatic injuries, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in JAMA Netw…
Learn More2008 to 2020 Saw Increase in Survival for Advanced Prostate Cancer
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — During a time period with improvements in treatment of advanced prostate cancer, there was a simultaneous clinically meaningful increase in mean survival for men with de novo metastatic castration-sensitive …
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