Recent Cancer May Increase Risk for Guillain-Barré Syndrome
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Recent cancer is associated with an increased risk for subsequent Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), according to a study published online March 2 in Neurology.Lotte Sahin Levison, M.D., Ph.D., from Aarhus Univers…
Learn MoreClinical Quality Up at Hospitals With Research Publications
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Hospitals with research publications have improved mortality and patient experience, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in Health Services Research.David M. Shahian, M.D., from Massachusetts General …
Learn MoreNirsevimab Protects Against RSV in Late-Preterm, Term Infants
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Healthy late-preterm and term infants who receive a single injection of nirsevimab administered before the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season are protected from medically attended RSV-associated lower re…
Learn MoreObesity Linked to COPD, Asthma in Pre-, Postmenopausal Women
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For premenopausal and postmenopausal women, obesity and abdominal obesity are associated with an increased risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, according to a study published onlin…
Learn MoreStudy Questions Link Between Vegetable Intake, CVD Risk
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Higher intake of raw vegetables is inversely associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, but confounding accounts for most of the association, according to a study published in the February issue of Fro…
Learn MoreMaternal Smoking Linked to Delayed Embryonic Development
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Periconceptional maternal smoking is associated with delayed embryonic morphological development, according to a study published online Feb. 23 in Human Reproduction.Carsten S. Pietersma, from the University M…
Learn MoreNeuroimaging Measures Linked to Stages of Memory Impairment
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For cognitively unimpaired older adults, the presence of Alzheimer disease pathology is related to memory impairment according to the Stages of Objective Memory Impairment (SOMI) system, according to a study p…
Learn MoreFamily Breast Cancer History Tied to Breast Density on Mammo
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A family history of breast cancer (FHBC) is positively associated with mammographic breast density in premenopausal women, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in JAMA Network Open.Yunan Han, M.D., fr…
Learn MoreYounger Patients Have Greater Need for Total Knee Arthroplasty
THURSDAY, March 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Younger individuals have greater need for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and are as willing to undergo surgery as older individuals, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in the Journal of Bone & Join…
Learn MoreVaccine Effectiveness Lower for Teens With Predominant Omicron
THURSDAY, March 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For adolescents, BNT162b2 vaccine effectiveness (VE) was lower against COVID-19-associated emergency department and urgent care encounters during omicron predominance, according to research published in the…
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