Maternal Psychosocial Stress, COVID-19 Infection Tied to Infant Attentional Processing
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Maternal psychosocial stress and COVID-19 infection during pregnancy may have joint effects on infant attention at six months, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in Pediatric Research.Denise M. Wer…
Learn MoreMajor Drug Companies Agree to Price Negotiations With U.S. Government
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Pharmaceutical companies that make the 10 prescription drugs chosen to be the first for price negotiations for Medicare patients have agreed to talks with the government.The Biden administration announced Tues…
Learn MoreFollowing One Death, FDA Warns Hospitals About Giving Probiotics to Preemies
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Federal regulators are cautioning doctors not to give probiotics to preterm infants. An infant given probiotics at an undisclosed hospital has died, U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said in a recent…
Learn MoreMore Than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente Union Workers Could Strike on Wednesday
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Health care workers who serve millions of Americans could strike Wednesday if Kaiser Permanente and union workers do not reach an agreement.More than 75,000 members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions…
Learn More1999 to 2020 Saw Decrease in Cystic Fibrosis-Related Mortality
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cystic fibrosis (CF)-related mortality rates declined and the median age of death among CF decedents increased in the United States from 1999 to 2020, according to a study published online Sept. 12 in Scientif…
Learn MoremHealth-Delivered Coaching Cuts Blood Glucose Levels in Patients With Diabetes
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A clinical pharmacist and health coach-delivered mobile health intervention can improve blood glucose levels in African American and Latinx populations, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in JAMA N…
Learn MoreDiversity in Early-Phase Cancer Trials Improved Since 2000
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There have been some increases in diversity in early-phase cancer clinical trials since 2000, according to a study presented at the 16th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Et…
Learn MoreEndolymphatic Hydrops Denotes Degree of Hearing Loss in Meniere Disease
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The greater the degree of endolymphatic hydrops, the greater the hearing loss in patients with Meniere disease, according to a study published in the September-October issue of the Brazilian Journal of Otorhin…
Learn MoreMinimally Invasive Transperineal Laser Ablation of the Prostate Appears Effective
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Minimally invasive transperineal laser ablation (TPLA) of the prostate appears effective for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a review published online Sept. 21 in Therapeutic Advances in Urolo…
Learn MoreInflammatory Bowel Disease Tied to Higher Risk for Gout
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is strongly associated with gout, according to a study published online Sept. 1 in JGH Open.Osama Hamid, M.B.B.S., from the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues investigated the as…
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