Breathing Dirty Air Can Cause Teens’ Hearts to Skip a Beat
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution may cause irregular heart rhythms in otherwise healthy teens within two hours of exposure, a new study shows.Irregular heart rhythms, or arrhythmias, occur when the heart’s electrical impulse…
Learn MoreDeadly Form of High Cholesterol Can Catch Black Americans by Surprise
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Chad Gradney underwent quadruple bypass open-heart surgery at age 27, and afterward spent eight fruitless years battling extremely high cholesterol levels.Then in 2012 he found himself back in an emergency…
Learn MoreMultivitamins Linked to Healthier Brains in Old Age
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A daily multivitamin might help keep your brain free from any decline in thinking skills, a new study suggests.In a trial of more than 21,000 men and women, the study authors reported that cocoa had no ben…
Learn MoreAdjuvant Nivolumab + Ipilimumab Lacks Efficacy for Localized RCC
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Disease-free survival (DFS) does not differ with adjuvant nivolumab plus ipilimumab (NIVO+IPI) compared with placebo in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) at high risk for postnephrectomy r…
Learn MoreCausal Effect ID’d for IBD With Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There seems to be a causal effect between inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, according to a study published online Sept. 14 in JAMA Dermatology.Dennis Freuer, Ph.D., from the…
Learn MoreMulticancer Early Detection Feasible for Outpatients
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A blood-based multicancer early detection (MCED) test using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is feasible for outpatients and has a positive predictive value of about 40 percent, according to a study presented at the …
Learn MoreGestational Weight Gain in the U.S. Higher During the Pandemic
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with higher gestational weight gain (GWG) and a higher risk for excessive GWG among U.S. individuals with singleton pregnancies in 2020, according to a research letter …
Learn MoreCOVID-19 Hospitalization Rates Higher in Unvaccinated During Omicron
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — During the omicron variant COVID-19 spike, unvaccinated adults were more likely to be hospitalized than vaccinated adults, and hospitalization rates were lowest among those vaccinated and boosted, accordin…
Learn MoreTumefactive Demyelinating Lesions, Sentinel Lesions of PCNSL Compared
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patients with typical tumefactive demyelinating lesions (TDLs) have younger age of onset than those with sentinel lesions of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL), and hypodense lesions are seen …
Learn MoreModel Shows Behavior Changes Could Cut CV Risk in Stage 1 HTN
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Substantial health and economic benefits could result from widespread adoption of nonpharmacologic interventions in lower-risk U.S. adults with stage 1 hypertension, according to a study presented at the A…
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