Lower Loading on Patellofemoral Joint Tied to Worse Outcomes After ACL Reconstruction
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For young adults, lower patellofemoral joint (PFJ) loading during hopping is associated with an increased likelihood of early PFJ osteoarthritis at one year and with PFJ osteoarthritis worsening between one an…
Learn MoreExercise in Middle-Age Not Linked to Pelvic Floor Disorders
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The association of physical activity (PA) with pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) has been examined, with no link identified between PA in middle age and symptoms of PFDs, according to a study published online Jan….
Learn MoreOpioid Tapering May Have Unintended Negative Consequences
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients prescribed long-term opioid therapy (LTOT), opioid tapering may have unintended negative consequences, including more emergency department visits and hospitalizations, according to a study publish…
Learn MoreExercise Can Help Shed Dangerous Fat Around the Liver
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Often, patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are advised to lose weight, but that can be hard to do and takes precious time.Now, researchers report they have found another strategy can help lower live…
Learn MoreWho Benefits Most From COVID Boosters? New Study Gives Answers
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 booster shots appear to benefit folks 50 and older but less so for younger people, a new study suggests.For the study, researchers ran a statistical analysis using death rates from COVID, and looked a…
Learn MoreSuicides Rise Again in the US, Increases Highest Among Minorities
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Suicide rates have climbed again following a two-year decline, U.S. health officials report.The new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also described a shift in demographics of those…
Learn MoreWildfire Smoke May Send Pregnant Women Into Premature Labor
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to wildfire smoke can increase the risk of premature birth, new research suggests.For the study, the researchers reviewed birth certificates and hospital delivery data for more than 2.5 million pregna…
Learn MorePaxlovid Remains Potent Against Omicron COVID Cases
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid continues to work against Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, new research shows.Researchers decided to study Paxlovid’s impact against severe illness and death because…
Learn MoreTexas Lawsuit Threatens Access to Abortion Pill Nationally
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Access to medication abortion could be at risk nationwide because of a Texas lawsuit working its way through the court system.Alliance Defending Freedom, the group involved in the case in Mississippi that led t…
Learn MoreMore Kids Vape Weed in States Where Medical Marijuana Is Legal
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s not clear why, but youths in U.S. states where medical marijuana is legal report more vaping of cannabis than their peers in states where weed is legal for all adults or it is completely illegal.New resea…
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