Number of Children Living in Home With Loaded, Unlocked Firearms Unchanged
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Roughly 4.6 million U.S. children live in a household with loaded and unlocked firearms, according to a research letter published online Feb. 22 in JAMA Network Open.Matthew Miller, M.D., Sc.D., from Northeast…
Learn MoreTreatment at a VA Hospital Tied to Lower 30-Day Mortality
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dually eligible U.S. veterans have a substantially lower risk for 30-day death when treated at a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital versus a non-VA hospital, according to a study published online Feb. 16 in The BM…
Learn MoreBird Flu Sweeping Through Poultry in Eastern U.S.
FRIDAY, Feb, 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Mass culling has been implemented as a highly contagious form of avian flu has swept across the eastern half of the United States in recent weeks, killing both farmed poultry and wild birds.”It’s very concerni…
Learn MoreSevere COVID-19 Ups Risk for PTSD in Family Members
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Family members of patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) experience a doubled risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symp…
Learn MoreNintedanib Slows Decline in FVC in Autoimmune Disease-Linked ILD
FRIDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with progressive fibrosing autoimmune disease-related interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), nintedanib slows the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) compared with placebo, according to a s…
Learn MoreMillions of Children Globally Affected by COVID-19 Parent, Caregiver Death
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From April 30 to Oct. 31, 2021, there was a 90.0 percent increase in the number of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and caregiver death compared with the number during March 1, 2020, to Apri…
Learn MoreHTN Meds Tied to Lower Mortality After Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Use of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) and angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors after a pancreatic cancer (PC) diagnosis is associated with a reduced mortality risk, according to a study pu…
Learn MoreAntiseizure Treatment Explored in Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For comatose survivors of cardiac arrest, the incidence of poor neurologic outcome at three months does not differ when a strategy to suppress rhythmic and periodic electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns is ad…
Learn MoreMany U.S. Adults Receive Opioids and Dual Anxiolytic/Sedative
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A substantial number of U.S. adults who are prescribed opioids also are prescribed a dual combination of anxiolytic and sedative medications, according to a report published online Feb. 22 in Regional Anesthes…
Learn MoreCPAP for Sleep Apnea Not as Effective in the Very Elderly
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment may not benefit very elderly individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study published in the January issue of Sleep Medicine.Miguel An…
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