COVID Pandemic Slowed Progress Against Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The COVID pandemic has eaten into the progress made against drug-resistant infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The agency reported that hospital-related infections and…
Learn MorePig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Genetically altered pig hearts could soon become a viable transplantation alternative for people with life-threatening heart disease, new experiments show.A team at NYU Langone Health has successfully transpl…
Learn MoreAdding Salt to Foods May Raise Risk for Premature Mortality
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Higher frequency of adding salt to foods is associated with an increased risk for all-cause premature mortality, according to a study published online July 10 in the European Heart Journal.Hao Ma, M.D., Ph.D….
Learn MoreDo You Live in America’s Fittest City? Experts Rank Best to Worst
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Want to get fit and stay fit? Arlington, Va., may be the city for you: For the fifth year in a row, it has been named the fittest city in America.Meanwhile, the title of the least fit city goes to Oklahoma Ci…
Learn MoreAsian, Black, Hispanic Patients Have Higher Pulse Oximetry Readings
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Asian, Black, and Hispanic patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) have higher average pulse oximetry (SpO2) readings than White patients, and they receive less supplemental oxygen, according to a study pub…
Learn MoreMediterranean Diet Tied to Frailty Prevention
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet is associated with frailty prevention over time, according to a study published May 12 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.Courtney L. Millar, Ph.D., from the…
Learn MoreGenomic Sequencing Enhances Findings of Hearing Loss in NICU
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Expanded genomic sequencing may be an effective adjunct hearing screening to detect hearing loss among patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), according to a study published online July 11 in JAM…
Learn MoreTreatment for Hep C Up Among People Who Inject Drugs
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Among persons who inject drugs (PWID) with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the proportion in whom HCV RNA was detected decreased from 100 to 48 percent from 2006 to 2019, according to a study publi…
Learn MoreAI Applied to Imaging May Help Clinicians Diagnose Fractures
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For fracture detection, artificial intelligence (AI) and clinicians have comparable diagnostic performance, according to a review published in the July issue of Radiology.Rachel Y. L. Kuo, M.B., B.Chir., from…
Learn MoreInfant Hospitalization for COVID-19 Reduced With Maternal Vaccination
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Maternal vaccination with mRNA vaccine during pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk for hospitalization for COVID-19 among infants younger than 6 months, according to a study published online June 22 in…
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