Canada to Become First Country to Mandate Warning Labels on Individual Cigarettes
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Smokers in Canada will soon see health warnings on each and every cigarette they light up. The country will be the first in the world to print these warnings directly on individual cigarettes.”This bold step …
Learn MoreFDA Approves Pfizer RSV Vaccine for Older Adults
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Older adults have a second vaccine option for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of a Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday.The other shot for adults 60 years and…
Learn MoreHealthy Lifestyle Does Not Entirely Offset Risks for Obesity
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Adherence to a healthy lifestyle is associated with a lower risk for a wide range of obesity-related diseases, but this association was modest in adults with obesity, according to a study published online May…
Learn MoreDisparities Seen for Central Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Central catheter-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates are higher for Black pediatric patients and patients who speak a language other than English (LOE), according to a study published online May 3…
Learn MoreEndolymphatic Hydrops Grade M2 Correlates Most Strongly With Hearing Loss
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — M2 grading of intracochlear endolymphatic hydrops shows the strongest correlation with hearing loss with Meniere disease, according to a study published online May 17 in Acta Oto-Laryngologica.Zhihao Han, fro…
Learn MoreAmerican Psychiatric Association, May 20-24
The annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association was held from May 20 to 24 in San Francisco and attracted participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in psychia…
Learn MoreStress-Management Interventions May Aid Health Care Workers
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Stress-management interventions may help individual health care workers over the short term, according to research published online May 12 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.Sietske J. Tamminga, …
Learn MoreFDA Issues Warning About Compounded Versions of Wegovy, Ozempic
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients taking semaglutide for type 2 diabetes or weight loss should be careful about where they are getting the medication, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday. Shortages of the drug, comm…
Learn MoreAtopic Dermatitis Tied to Higher Venous Thromboembolism Risk
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Atopic dermatitis (AD) in adulthood is associated with an increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), according to a study published online May 31 in JAMA Dermatology.Tai-Li Chen, M.D., from Taipei Vete…
Learn MoreVitamin D₃ Supplements Not Tied to Lower Cancer Mortality, Overall
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Daily vitamin D₃ supplementation may reduce cancer mortality for some patients, according to a study published in the June issue of Ageing Research Reviews.Sabine Kuznia, from the German Cancer Research Cent…
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