New TikTok Trend of Mouth Taping During Sleep Carries Dangers
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new trend promoted on the social media platform TikTok has people taping their lips shut at bedtime — a practice that could be dangerous, an expert warns.The purpose of mouth taping is to keep from breat…
Learn MorePain Relief in a FLASH: Radiation Treatments Lasting Seconds May Advance Cancer Care
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Flash radiotherapy, a new technology that uses targeted proton beams, is safe and effective in relieving pain for terminal cancer patients, a new, small study suggests. Flash radiotherapy delivers radiation…
Learn MoreCOVID Vaccine Inhaled Through the Mouth Launched in China
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — China announced Wednesday that it has started giving its citizens a COVID booster that can be inhaled through the mouth.The oral vaccine was distributed in Shanghai. A video appeared on Chinese state media,…
Learn MoreCould Psychedelics Help You Kick the Habit?
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Smoking is an incredibly hard habit to break. Anne Levine of Baltimore can attest to that.But Levine, 58, is getting help from a potential new tool: psychedelics. The four-decade smoker has tried to quit a …
Learn MoreAHA News: Actor Uses Humor, Vulnerability to Share What Life After 3 Strokes Is Like
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Like many actors in Los Angeles, Michael Shutt had a second job. As a bartender at a restaurant, he had flexible hours and a reliable income with benefits.Shutt worked the day shift so he c…
Learn MoreIDSA: Three-Dose Hepatitis B Vaccine Highly Protective in Persons With HIV
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For persons living with HIV (PLWH), a three-dose hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine adjuvanted to a TLR-9 agonist (HepB-CpG) yields 100 percent seroprotection, according to a study presented at the annual meet…
Learn MoreMonofilament Suture Not Superior for Vaginal Cervical Cerclage
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For women with a singleton pregnancy receiving vaginal cervical cerclage due to a history of pregnancy loss or premature birth, monofilament suture does not reduce the rate of pregnancy loss compared with s…
Learn MoreED Telehealth Follow-Up May Increase Subsequent Health Care Utilization
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Telehealth follow-up consultations following an emergency department visit are associated with more repeat emergency department visits and more return hospital admissions versus in-person follow-ups, accord…
Learn MoreIrregular, Long Menstrual Cycles Up Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Irregular and long menstrual cycles are associated with increased rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online Oct. 25 in JAMA Network Open.Yi-Xin Wang, M.D., Ph.D., from the…
Learn MoreFemale Med Students Publish Less, Despite Higher Number of Research Experiences
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Among medical school students, there are significant disparities in publication rates across sex and race and ethnicity, according to a study published online Oct. 25 in JAMA Network Open.Mytien Nguyen, fro…
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