Trials Show Promise for Intravitreal Faricimab in Retinal Disease
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Faricimab is noninferior to aflibercept for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema, according to two studies published online Jan. 24 in The Lancet.Je…
Learn MoreHigh Endogenous Melatonin Impairs Glucose Tolerance
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — High endogenous melatonin, which characterizes late eating, impairs glucose tolerance, especially for MTNR1B G-allele carriers, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in Diabetes Care.Marta Garaulet, …
Learn MoreIntention to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Has Grown Faster Among Black Adults
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine has increased more rapidly in Black individuals versus White individuals, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in JAMA Network Open.Tasleem J. Padamsee,…
Learn MorePhysician Mental Health Has Declined During the Pandemic
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with a substantial increase in mental health and substance use visits among physicians, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in JAMA Network Open.Daniel T. …
Learn MoreRisk for Heart Failure Cut With Faster Walking Speed
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Walking pace is inversely associated with the risks for heart failure, according to a study published online Jan. 20 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.Moafi-Madani Miremad, M.D., from Brown U…
Learn MoreAHA Issues Advisory for Penicillin Reactions in Patients With Severe RHD
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) at elevated risk for adverse reactions to intramuscular benzathine penicillin G (BPG), the risk may outweigh the theoretical benefit, according to an advisory …
Learn More2002 to 2014 Saw Increase in Hypertensive Crisis Hospitalizations
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 2002 to 2014, hypertensive crisis hospitalizations increased steadily, but the odds of death during hypertensive crisis hospitalizations decreased, according to a study published online Jan. 27 in the Jou…
Learn MoreMetastases Occur in About 2 Percent of Cutaneous SCCs
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Metastases develop in about 2 percent of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (cSCCs), according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.Selin Tokez, from…
Learn MoreFirst Shots Given in Trial of Moderna mRNA-Based HIV Vaccine
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Vaccinations have been given to the first volunteers in a phase 1 trial of the experimental Moderna HIV vaccine, the company has announced.The vaccine uses mRNA technology — similar to that utilized in breakt…
Learn MoreEPA to Restore Rule Limiting Mercury Pollution From Power Plants
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Enforcement of a rule limiting power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants will be resumed, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.”The science is clear: we must limit me…
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