Many Women Lack Information on Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many women may not receive adequate information to evaluate how breast reconstruction surgery may impact them physically, financially, and emotionally, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Ame…
Learn More1999 to 2018 Saw Increase in Barriers to Timely Medical Care
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 1999 to 2018, barriers to timely medical care in the United States increased for all race and ethnic groups, with disparities between groups also increasing, according to a study published online Oct. 28 …
Learn MoreLoss of Child Tax Credit Advance Payments Tied to Higher Food Insecurity
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Food insufficiency among U.S. households with children increased after they stopped receiving monthly advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments in January 2022, according to a study published online Oct. 21 in J…
Learn MoreLong COVID Prevalent in U.S. Adults With Prior COVID-19 Infection
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 15 percent of U.S. adults with a prior positive COVID-19 test reported current symptoms of long COVID, according to a study published online Oct. 27 in JAMA Network Open.Roy H. Perlis, M.D., from Massac…
Learn MoreNeoadjuvant Combo Immunotherapy Studied in Resectable Melanoma
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with resectable clinical stage III or oligometastatic stage IV melanoma, neoadjuvant relatlimab and nivolumab combination immunotherapy results in a 57 percent pathologic complete response rate, a…
Learn MoreOmicron BA.2 Subvariant Less Severe Than Delta, Original Omicron
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The omicron BA.2 subvariant seems to be less severe than the delta variant and the original omicron variant, according to a study published online Oct. 25 in JAMA Network Open.Zachary H. Strasser, M.D., from M…
Learn MoreASTRO: Ultra-High-Dose Radiotherapy Feasible for Extremity Bone Mets
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Ultra-high-dose-rate radiotherapy delivered at more than 40 Gy/sec (FLASH therapy) is clinically feasible for extremity bone metastases, according to a study published online Oct. 23 in JAMA Oncology to coinci…
Learn MoreHaloperidol Not Beneficial for ICU Patients With Delirium
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Treatment with haloperidol does not yield a greater number of days alive and out of the hospital at 90 days than placebo among patients with delirium admitted to the intensive care unit, according to a study p…
Learn MoreMore Male, Pediatric Patients Suffer ATV-Related Injury
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More male and pediatric patients suffer all-terrain vehicle (ATV) injuries than motorcycle (MOTO) and automobiles (AUTO) injuries, according to a study published online Oct. 27 in BMJ Open.Haissam S. Elzaim, S…
Learn MoreJoint Statement Issued for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is recommended for individuals with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥35 kg/m2, regardless of the presence or absence of comorbidities, according to a joint statement issued by …
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