Income, Education Linked to Advanced Stage of Diagnosis of NSCLC
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Area-level income and education are associated with the diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at an advanced stage, according to a study published online June 20 in Cancer.Anjali Gupta, from Duke Uni…
Learn MoreFDA Approves Skyrizi for Moderately to Severely Active Crohn Disease
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa), an interleukin-23 inhibitor, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat moderately to severely active Crohn disease (CD) in adults, according to AbbVie.Approv…
Learn MoreCases of Kawasaki Disease in the U.S. Dropped During Pandemic
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The incidence of Kawasaki disease (KD) decreased during periods of COVID-19-related masking and school closure, according to a study published online June 17 in JAMA Network Open.Jennifer A. Burney, Ph.D., fro…
Learn MoreDual Effect Identified for Arsenic in Carcinogenesis
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Arsenic seems to have a dual effect on carcinogenesis, according to a study recently published in Frontiers in Public Health.Ming-Hsien Lin, from China Medical University in Taiwan, and colleagues examined exp…
Learn MorePrevalence of LATE-NC Explored in Seniors, Alzheimer Disease
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathologic change (LATE-NC) is seen in almost 40 percent of brains with Alzheimer disease neuropathologic change (ADNC), according to a study published…
Learn MoreBenefit of Intraoperative Urinary Catheter Questioned in Hernia Repair
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Intraoperative urinary catheters do not reduce the risk for postoperative urinary retention (PUR) after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, according to a study published online June 15 in JAMA Surgery.Aldo F…
Learn MoreAzithromycin Improves Outcomes in Poorly Controlled Child Asthma
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Azithromycin helps improve asthma control and reduce exacerbations in children with poorly controlled asthma, according to a study published in the June issue of CHEST.Jagat Jeevan Ghimire, M.D., from All Indi…
Learn MoreGraph Convolutional Network Can Classify Schizophrenia
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A graph convolutional network (GCN) approach allows classification of schizophrenia at the individual level, according to a study published online May 15 in Schizophrenia Bulletin.Du Lei, from Sichuan Universi…
Learn MoreMRI Index Can Predict Postop Recurrence in Crohn Disease
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) index has been developed and validated for predicting postoperative recurrence (POR) in Crohn disease (CD), according to a study published in the May issue of Clinical Gastro…
Learn MoreU.S. Death Rate From Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis Triples Over Two Decades
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Americans may have a collective drinking problem, made worse by the obesity epidemic, new research suggests. The new study found that deaths from alcoholic cirrhosis have more than tripled in 20 years.In 1999,…
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