Change in Birthweight Across Pregnancies Tied to Cardiovascular Mortality
FRIDAY, June 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Changes in offspring birthweight quartiles from first to second pregnancy could inform women’s future risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) death, according to a study published online May 30 in the American Jo…
Learn MoreIn-Hospital Wearable Activity Trackers Tied to Improved Outcomes
FRIDAY, June 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Hospital-based interventions in which patients use wearable activity trackers are associated with higher physical activity levels, less sedentary behavior, and better physical functioning versus usual care, ac…
Learn MoreInternational Prognostic Scoring System-Molecular Changes Clinical Management
FRIDAY, June 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Implementing the International Prognostic Scoring System-Molecular (IPSS-M) in clinical practice could impact clinical management for nearly half of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), according to …
Learn MoreAllogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Outcomes Improved From 2005 to 2019
FRIDAY, June 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and second complete remission (CR2) have significantly improved over time, according to a stud…
Learn MoreStop-Signal Task May Aid Assessment of Adult ADHD
FRIDAY, June 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The stop-signal task may be valuable for assessing inhibitory control deficits in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online June…
Learn MoreFirst Synthetic Human Embryo Models Created in Lab
THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Scientists say they have created the first synthetic human embryo models, not actual human embryos but models meant to simulate and better understand early human development. These embryo-like structures wer…
Learn MoreFDA Advisers Say Next Round of COVID-19 Booster Shots Should Target an XBB Variant
THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend that COVID-19 booster shots be updated for the fall to protect solely against one of the three XBB varian…
Learn MoreFDA Proposes Tougher Rules for Tattoo Providers to Curb Contaminated Inks
THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a draft of new guidance aimed at helping manufacturers and distributors of tattoo inks prevent microbial contamination.”With about 30 percent of people living…
Learn MoreFatal Drug Overdoses More Common in Men
THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Men are more likely to have a fatal overdose than women across drug categories, according to a study published June 14 in Neuropsychopharmacology.Eduardo R. Butelman, Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine…
Learn MoreFatal Drug Overdoses More Common in Men
THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Men are more likely to have a fatal overdose than women across drug categories, according to a study published June 14 in Neuropsychopharmacology.Eduardo R. Butelman, Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine…
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