How Benign Are ‘Benign’ Breast Findings? Study Finds Link to Higher Cancer Risk
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many women feel a lump in their breast or receive an abnormal result on a screening mammogram that turns out to be a cyst or other type of non-cancerous growth.With this news comes a huge sigh of relief, but …
Learn MoreEven a Little Drinking in Pregnancy Can Reshape Fetal Brain
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to even low levels of alcohol while in the womb can change the structure of the fetus’ brain, according to Austrian researchers.The study results suggest that pregnant women should strictly avoid alc…
Learn MoreScience Reveals Links Between Down Syndrome & Alzheimer’s
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The genetic abnormality that drives Down syndrome causes the same sort of abnormal brain plaques and protein tangles that are found in Alzheimer’s disease patients, a new study reports.Amyloid beta plaques an…
Learn MoreKeep Food Poisoning at Bay This Holiday Season
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A happy holiday can go sour quickly when food poisoning joins the party. Experts from Rutgers New Jersey Poison Control Center offer some tips on safely thawing, preparing and storing food, as well as avoidin…
Learn MoreBacterial Infections to Blame for 1 in Every 8 Deaths Worldwide
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Bacterial infections are to blame for 1 in 8 deaths and are second only to heart disease as the world’s leading cause of death, a new report reveals.About 7.7 million people died in 2019 from infection with o…
Learn MoreTips to Navigating Thanksgiving Dinner If You Have Diabetes
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Eating a Thanksgiving feast, while still maintaining healthy blood sugar levels, may seem challenging if you have diabetes, but it’s doable, experts say.Nearly 40 million Americans deal with this issue every …
Learn MoreYouth Suicides Up With Shortage of Mental Health Professionals
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Mental health professional workforce shortages are associated with increased youth suicides, according to a study published online Nov. 21 in JAMA Pediatrics.Jennifer A. Hoffmann, M.D., from the Northwestern U…
Learn MorePRIORIX, M-M-R II Vaccines Interchangeable for MMR
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccines PRIORIX and M-M-R II are interchangeable, according to research published in the Nov. 18 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity a…
Learn MoreMany With Psychosis Have Long-Term Functional Morbidity
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A diagnosis of psychosis in adolescence is associated with long-term functional morbidity, meeting the criteria for not being in education, employment, and training (NEET), according to a study published onlin…
Learn MoreMost Pivotal Trials of New Drugs Recruit From Low-, Middle-Income Countries
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Most pivotal trials of new cancer, cardiovascular, and neurologic drugs recruit from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), according to a study published online Nov. 22 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Fa…
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