WHO Experts Open to Notion That China Lab Leak Spurred COVID
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In an about-face from an original report on what might have caused the COVID-19 pandemic, experts enlisted by the World Health Organization said Thursday that they could not discount the “China lab leak” theo…
Learn MoreInjected ‘Hydrogel’ May Be New Option Against Back Pain
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Like fixing a flat on the roadside, a new injectable hydrogel is showing promise as a remedy for worn-down spinal discs — pumping them back up and relieving chronic back pain.The gel, with the brand name Hyd…
Learn MoreRadiographic Findings Described for Salpingography, Recanalization
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Diagnostic selective salpingography followed by fallopian tube recanalization may be a treatment option for some women with infertility, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Society of …
Learn MoreASCO: Ramucirumab Plus Pembrolizumab Promising in NSCLC
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Early research shows that overall survival is longer with ramucirumab and pembrolizumab (RP) compared with an investigator’s choice standard-of-care (SOC) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), accor…
Learn MoreHormonal Contraceptives Tied to Lower Suicide Attempt Risk
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Finnish women taking hormonal birth control have fewer suicide attempts than women not taking hormonal contraceptives (HC), according to a study presented at the annual European Congress of Psychiatry, held v…
Learn MoreFood Allergy Tied to Lower Risk for SARS-CoV-2 Infection
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Asthma is not associated with higher rates of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection or household transmission, but food allergy is associated with a lower risk, according to a…
Learn MoreBariatric Surgery Cuts Obesity-Related Cancer Incidence
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Among adults with obesity, bariatric surgery is associated with a significantly lower incidence of obesity-associated cancer and cancer-related mortality versus no surgery, according to a study published onli…
Learn MoreNew Drug Launch Prices Increasing Exponentially Each Year
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Launch prices for new drugs increased exponentially by 20 percent per year from 2008 to 2021, according to a research letter published in the June 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.Be…
Learn MoreAutologous Oocyte Thaw Yields Final Live Birth Rate of 39 Percent
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Autologous oocyte thaw may result in a final live birth rate (FLBR) of 39 percent per patient, according to a study published online May 18 in Fertility and Sterility.Sarah Druckenmiller Cascante, M.D., from …
Learn MoreADT + Pelvic Lymph Node Radiation Improves Prostate Cancer Outcomes
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The addition of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and pelvic lymph node radiotherapy (PLNRT) to prostate bed radiotherapy (PBRT) prolongs freedom from progression of prostate cancer following prostatectomy, …
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