Gestational Diabetes Linked to Pregnancy Complications
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Gestational diabetes mellitus is significantly associated with pregnancy complications when adjusting for confounding variables, according to research published online May 25 in The BMJ.Wenrui Ye, from Centra…
Learn MoreDigestive Disease Week, May 21-24
Digestive Disease Week, the annual meeting sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tra…
Learn MoreVaccination Cuts Risk of Severe COVID-19 in Patients on Dialysis
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients receiving hemodialysis who become infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), prior SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is associated with reduced risk of severe COVID-19, acc…
Learn MoreImprovements in Self Esteem, QoL After Teen Gynecomastia Surgery
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Significant improvements in self-esteem and multiple domains of quality of life are reported following adolescent gynecomastia surgery, according to a study published in the June issue of Plastic and Reconst…
Learn MoreLower Risk of COVID-19 in Infants With Vaccination During Pregnancy
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Infants of mothers who received the second or third dose of COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy have a lower risk of COVID-19 during the first four months of life, with lower risk during the delta variant-domi…
Learn MoreU.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Other Countries, but Without Mortality Benefit
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Although the cancer mortality rate in the United States is lower than the median for 22 high-income countries, the United States spends twice as much on cancer care as the median country, according to a stud…
Learn MoreGreater Nurse Staffing Tied to Better Sepsis Outcomes
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Hospitals that provide more registered nurse hours of care could likely improve outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with sepsis, according to a study published online May 27 in JAMA Health Forum.Jeannie P. C…
Learn MoreLonger Duration of Breastfeeding Tied to Lower Childhood Asthma Risk
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Longer duration of exclusive breastfeeding may protect against childhood asthma, according to a study published online May 9 in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.Keadrea Wilson, M.D., from University of…
Learn MoreHispanic, Black Physicians Underrepresented in the United States
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Hispanic and Black physicians are underrepresented in the United States, according to a research letter published online June 1 in JAMA Network Open.Hector Mora, M.D., from Weill Cornell Medical College in N…
Learn MoreSGLT2 Inhibitor Use Not Tied to Increased Fracture Risk in CKD
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For older adults, initiation of a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor is not associated with higher fracture risk compared with initiation of a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, accordin…
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