Common Blood Pressure Drug Might Prevent Alzheimer’s in Black Patients
FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new study has shown the blood pressure drug telmisartan may offer new hope as an Alzheimer’s treatment in Black patients. It did not show the same benefit in white people.Learning how people from different et…
Learn MoreCDC Updates Recommendations for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In a clinical practice guideline issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the Nov. 4 issue of the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, updated recommendations …
Learn MorePresymptomatic Transmission Seen With Monkeypox
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Substantial monkeypox transmission occurs before symptoms appear or are detected, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in The BMJ.Thomas Ward, from the U.K. Health Security Agency in London, and colle…
Learn MorePrevalence of Arthritis Higher Among Caregivers
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The prevalence of arthritis is higher among caregivers than noncaregivers, and caregivers with arthritis are more likely to report disabilities, according to research published in the Nov. 4 issue of the U.S…
Learn MoreRoutine Vaccination Coverage Decreased in 2021 Worldwide
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Routine vaccination coverage decreased worldwide in 2021, according to research published in the Nov. 4 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Audr…
Learn MoreWorsening BP Outcomes Seen in HTN Patients During Pandemic
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with hypertension, worsening blood pressure (BP) outcomes were seen during the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Nov. 1 in Hypertension.Hiroshi…
Learn MoreExcessive Alcohol Responsible for One in Eight Adult Deaths Before Age 64
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — One in eight total deaths among U.S. adults aged 20 to 64 years was attributable to excessive alcohol use, according to a study published online Nov. 1 in JAMA Network Open.Marissa B. Esser, Ph.D., from the U…
Learn MorePhysicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Faulty readings by pulse oximeters may have resulted in more COVID-19 deaths among minorities, doctors warned in testimony before a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel this week.The devices appea…
Learn MoreMonkeypox Can Be Passed On Even Before Symptoms Appear
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Monkeypox spreads even before a person shows any telltale lesions or other symptoms, a new study suggests.More than half of monkeypox transmission in the United Kingdom occurred in the pre-symptomatic phase, …
Learn MoreCDC Issues New Guidance on Prescribed Opioids for Pain
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2022 — U.S. doctors prescribing opioids for pain relief now have a new — and more nuanced — set of guidelines from the federal government.Issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, the new recommend…
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