Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blackens Skies, Prompts Air Quality Alerts in Much of U.S.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Wildfires that have been spreading throughout Canada in recent weeks are now spewing tons of smoke southward into the United States.The smoke was so thick on Tuesday that New York City’s skyline could not be…
Learn MoreFDA Finalizes Limit on How Much Arsenic Can Be in Apple Juice
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Federal regulators have finalized new guidance on how much inorganic arsenic can be present in apple juice, in an effort to limit the exposure of infants and young children to this environmental contaminant….
Learn MoreAs Medical Debt Rises, So Do Cancer Death Rates
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Folks who are loaded down with medical debt are less likely to survive a bout of cancer, a new study reports.Researchers found that U.S. counties where more residents have medical debt in collections also ha…
Learn MorePatients With Bladder Cancer May Avoid Removal of Extra Lymph Nodes, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For years, doctors have thought that a more extensive surgery that removes a wider swath of lymph nodes was the best option for certain patients with bladder cancer. Now, a new clinical trial is upending tha…
Learn MoreYour Risk of COVID-Linked Smell Loss Is Much Lower Now: Study
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — One of the signature symptoms of COVID-19 infection in the early months of the pandemic was a loss of the sense of smell. Now, new research finds that is no longer the case, thanks to the new variants that h…
Learn MoreGoing Solo: Masturbation May Give Humans an Evolutionary Edge
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Some might think masturbation is all about self-pleasure, but scientists now claim it’s far more significant than that. Their new findings suggest it could serve an important role in evolution.An ancient tra…
Learn More2019 to 2020 Saw Decrease in Pediatric Emergency Visit Rate
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For children aged 0 to 17 years, the overall rate of emergency department visits decreased from 2019 to 2020, with decreases seen for both sexes and across races/ethnicities, according to a June data brief pu…
Learn MoreSupervised Walking Program Benefits Veterans Admitted to Hospital
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For veterans admitted to the hospitals, a supervised walking program, AssiSTed EaRly MobIlity for HospitalizeD Veterans (STRIDE), is associated with lower odds of discharge to a skilled nursing facility (SNF),…
Learn More<40 Percent of Children With Firearm Injury Receive Mental Health Care
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fewer than 40 percent of children with firearm injury receive mental health (MH) services, according to a study published online June 5 in Pediatrics.Jennifer A. Hoffmann, M.D., from the Northwestern Universit…
Learn MoreFDA Approves Lynparza for BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lynparza (olaparib) with abiraterone and prednisone (or prednisolone) for adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA-mutated, metastatic, castr…
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