Weight Loss May Not Aid Fertility Treatment in Obese Women
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Preconception weight loss prior to infertility therapy does not improve live birth or healthy live birth rates in women who were obese or overweight, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in PLOS Me…
Learn MoreNutrient-Laden Snacks Can Meaningfully Cut Cholesterol
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A suite of ready-to-eat bioactive snacks can meaningfully reduce cholesterol in patients unwilling or unable to take statin drugs, according to a study published Jan. 26 in the Journal of Nutrition.Stephen …
Learn MoreScreening Nonsmokers May Up Lung Cancer Overdiagnosis, Spurious Survival Rates
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening of mostly nonsmoking Asian women is associated with considerable early-stage lung cancer overdiagnosis, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in JAMA In…
Learn MoreRisk for Early-Onset Sepsis Low for Infants With Low-Risk Delivery
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Infants born at all gestational ages with low-risk delivery characteristics have a low risk for early-onset sepsis (EOS) and may not require initiation of empiric antibiotic therapy immediately following bi…
Learn MoreCasirivimab + Imdevimab Prevents Progression to Symptomatic COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive individuals living with an infected household contact, treatment with the subcutaneous …
Learn MoreSeptic Shock Linked to Mortality in Hematologic Malignancies
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with hematologic malignancies, septic shock is associated with high mortality rates and poor 90-day survival, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the National …
Learn MoreACG Issues Guidelines for Managing Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In clinical guidelines issued by the American College of Gastroenterology and published online Jan. 10 in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, recommendations are presented for the management of acute-…
Learn MoreChildren’s Hospital Admissions Reduced After March 2020
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Substantial and sustained reductions in hospital admissions were seen among children after March 1, 2020, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in The BMJ.Seilesh Kadambari, M.B.B.S., from the Unive…
Learn MorePsychotropic Medication Use Linked to Mortality in Cardiac Patients
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For cardiac patients, use of psychotropic medication is associated with increased mortality, according to a study recently published in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.Pernille Fevejle Cromho…
Learn MoreSkyrizi Approved for Psoriatic Arthritis
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the approval of Skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa) to treatment of adults with active psoriatic arthritis, the manufacturer announced Friday.The dosing regimen of…
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