Bladder Cancer Treatment May Lower Risk for Alzheimer and Related Dementias
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is associated with a significantly lower rate and risk for Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) among patients with bladder cancer, according to a study pub…
Learn MoreAI-Based Coach Promising for Behavioral Therapy
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A novel virtual voice-based coach delivering problem-solving treatment may improve anxiety and depression symptoms, as well as brain function, according to a study published online May 12 in Translational Psyc…
Learn MoreFDA Panel Backs RSV Vaccine for Infants, Some Toddlers
FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended that the agency approve a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for infants and some toddlers.The monoclonal antibody shot would pr…
Learn MoreChatGPT Offers Evidence-Based Answers for Common Public Health Questions
FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — ChatGPT consistently provides evidence-based answers to public health questions, according to a research letter published online June 7 in JAMA Network Open.John W. Ayers, Ph.D., from the Qualcomm Institute at …
Learn MoreMuscle Adiposity Tied to Cognitive Decline
FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — An increase in skeletal muscular adiposity is associated with cognitive decline among older men and women, according to a study published online June 7 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.Caterina…
Learn MoreContinuous Transdermal Nitroglycerin No Aid for Hot Flashes
FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Uninterrupted transdermal nitroglycerin (NTG) therapy does not offer sustained benefit for hot flashes, according to a study published online June 5 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Alison J. Huang, M.D., from the Uni…
Learn MoreUse of Wearable Devices Low for Those With Cardiovascular Disease Risk
FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Less than one in four U.S. adults with or at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) use wearable devices, according to a study published online June 7 in JAMA Network Open.Lovedeep S. Dhingra, M.B.B.S., from the…
Learn MoreExperts Warn of Heart Dangers From Smoke of Canadian Wildfires
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As a huge plume of smoke from over 400 Canadian wildfires swept south and turned New York City into a landscape that resembled Mars more than Earth, heart experts warned that air pollution can damage the hear…
Learn MoreCDC Raises Alarm About Meningitis Threat to Patients Visiting Mexican Surgical Clinics
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials are urgently trying to reach people who have recently had medical procedures at clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, because they may be at risk of potentially fatal fungal meningitis.
Those at…
Recalled Newborn Loungers Tied to Two More Infant Deaths
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — After two more infant deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents and caregivers to stop using recalled Boppy Newborn Loungers, which are now linked to 10 deaths in all.The lo…
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