AAO: One in Nine Patients With Wet AMD Skip Follow-Up
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — One in nine people with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are skipping appointments for sight-saving eye injections, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Op…
Learn MoreHigh Framingham Risk Score Seen for Women With History of Migraine
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — High Framingham risk score (FRS) categories are seen among women with a history of migraine, but not for those with active migraine at baseline or during follow-up, according to a study published online Aug. …
Learn MoreTreatment Sequence Studied for Advanced BRAF-Mutant Melanoma
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with treatment-naive BRAFv600 mutant metastatic melanoma, treatment first with combination nivolumab/ipilimumab yields better overall survival than dual BRAF/MEK inhibition with dabrafenib/tramet…
Learn MoreLate-Night Meals Especially Bad for Weight Gain: Study
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Your fondness for midnight snacks has caused you to pack on the pounds over the years, and now researchers have a better understanding of why.While late-night eating has long been linked with an increased ris…
Learn MoreAHA News: He Ran a 10K, Went Into Heart Failure and Got a New Heart – All in a Few Weeks
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Several days after running a 10K event in Atlanta in 2019, Arthur Vaughn found himself breathless simply walking across the room.Vaughn’s primary care physician recommended he see a cardiolog…
Learn MoreAAP Addresses Safety for Children in Emergency Care Settings
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — All emergency departments should understand the unique safety issues related to children, according to a policy statement and accompanying technical report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Amer…
Learn MoreEffects of Weight Loss Methods Examined by Baseline Body Weight
THURSDAY, Oct, 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The impact of weight loss strategies on weight change and diabetes risk may vary by baseline body weight, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in PLOS Medicine.Keyi Si, from the Harvard T. H. Chan S…
Learn MoreTreatments Compared for Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More patients with pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) are free of new or newly enlarging (N or NE) T2 hyperintense lesions with dimethyl fumarate (DMF) versus interferon β-1a (IFNβ-1a) treatment, and t…
Learn MoreFourth Vaccination Ups Immunity to Omicron Variants in Cancer Patients
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with hematologic malignant neoplasms undergoing B cell-targeted therapy and for those with solid malignant neoplasms, antibody levels against the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protei…
Learn MoreVoiding Diaries, Questionnaires Inconsistent for Diagnosing Enuresis
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For treatment-naive children with enuresis, diagnosis is inconsistent using questionnaires and voiding diaries, according to a study recently published online in Frontiers in Pediatrics.Sevasti Karamaria, fro…
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