Could Your Smartwatch Interfere With Your Pacemaker?
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If you’re one of the millions of people with a pacemaker or an implantable defibrillator to help control abnormal heart rhythms, certain health-tracking devices may do more harm than good.Smartwatches, ring…
Learn MoreFDA Widens Warning for Contaminated Eye Products
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Stop buying or using Delsam Pharma’s Artificial Eye Ointment, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday.The over-the-counter product is made by the same company that makes eye drops that were r…
Learn MoreAdenoma Detection Rate Inversely Linked to Postcolonoscopy CRC
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Adenoma detection rate (ADR) is associated with the postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer (PCCRC) rate in a fecal immunochemical test (FIT)-based screening setting, according to a study published online Feb. 21…
Learn MoreSocial Vulnerability Tied to Worse Pediatric Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Among pediatric patients with head and neck cancers (HNCs), increasing social vulnerability is associated with significant decreases in receipt of care and survival time, according to a study published onli…
Learn MoreEnlarged Heart Tied to Worse Chronic Kidney Disease Outcomes
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) has real-world prognostic value for chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Feb. 7 in Communications Medicine.Che-Yi Chou, from Asia University Hos…
Learn MoreKids Born After Elective Induced Labor Performed Worse in School: Study
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — You’re 38 weeks pregnant and so uncomfortable you can barely move, so you ask your doctor if labor can be induced early.That’s not necessarily a good idea, according to new research that found children born…
Learn MoreLipid Profiles Altered in People With Severe Mental Illness
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Lipid profiles are reproducibly altered in patients with severe mental disorders, according to a study published online Jan. 25 in JAMA Psychiatry.Anna Tkachev, Ph.D., from the Skolkovo Institute of Science…
Learn MoreEvidence Found of Causal Link for Multisite Chronic Pain and MS, RA
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Multisite chronic pain is causally associated with a higher risk for multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but not with other autoimmune diseases (AIDs), according to a study published onli…
Learn MoreFootballers’ Concussion Symptom Burden Linked to Hypertension
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Concussion burden during the years of active American-style football (ASF) play is associated with postcareer hypertension, according to a research letter published online Feb. 7 in Circulation.Rachel Grash…
Learn MoreGenetic Risk Scores Tied to Psychiatric Diagnostic Trajectories
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Genetic risk factors for major depression (MD), bipolar disorder (BD), other nonaffective psychosis (ONAP), and schizophrenia are systematically associated with their diagnostic trajectories, according to a…
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