New Law Expands Care for Rape Victims
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Expanded care for sexual assault victims is a main feature of the Violence Against Women Act that was signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden.Along with providing greater access to rape testing kits…
Learn MorePfizer Asks FDA to Approve Second Booster for Seniors
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of a second COVID-19 booster shot for Americans 65 and older.In a statement announcing its requ…
Learn MoreHPV Vaccination May Be Cutting Cervical Cancer Rates
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The recent decrease in the incidence of cervical cancers, particularly in young women, may be associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination approval, according to a study published online March 16…
Learn MoreDose Range for Iberdomide Studied in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), iberdomide at a higher dose is superior to placebo for the rate of response indicating reduction in disease activity, according to a study published in…
Learn MoreMolecular Profiling Feasible for Recurrent Pediatric Cancer
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Molecular profiling is feasible for cancer recurrence among pediatric patients, according to a study published online March 16 in Cancer Discovery.Pablo Berlanga, M.D., Ph.D., from the Université Paris-Sac…
Learn MoreLosartan Does Not Reduce Lung Injury in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Administration of losartan to hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and acute lung injury is not efficacious for reducing lung injury, according to a study published online March 16 in JAMA Network Open.Mich…
Learn MoreFood Insecurity Tied to Poor MetS Markers in Hispanic/Latino Youth
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For Hispanic/Latino youth, lower food security (FS) is associated with unfavorable metabolic syndrome-relevant cardiometabolic markers, according to a study published online March 16 in Pediatrics.Luis E. …
Learn MoreTelehealth Prevented Pandemic-Related Care Disruptions for MS Patients
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — During the pandemic, individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) were less likely to report health care disruptions than healthy controls and reported higher use of telehealth services, according to a study p…
Learn MoreHigher Childhood BMI May Up Risk for Premenstrual Disorders
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Childhood body size is associated with risk of premenstrual disorders (PMDs) and premenstrual symptoms in young adulthood, according to a study published online March 8 in JAMA Network Open.
Donghao Lu, M.D., Ph.D., from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues examined the association between childhood and adolescent body size and risk of PMDs in young adulthood. Analysis included 6,524 U.S. female participants (mean age, 26 years) from the Growing Up Today Study (1996 to 2013).
The researchers found that higher baseline body mass index (BMI) reported at a mean age of 12.7 years was associated with increased risk of PMDs (confounding-adjusted relative risk, 1.09 per unit of z score) and higher burden of premenstrual symptoms. For premenstrual dysphoric disorder and PMDs with symptom onset
“It is therefore possible that childhood adiposity affects PMD development through chronic inflammation,” the authors write.
Learn MoreCT Compared With ICA for Evaluating Stable Chest Pain
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with stable chest pain and intermediate pretest probability of coronary artery disease (CAD) referred for invasive coronary angiography (ICA), the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events i…
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