La estatura podría ser un factor en el riesgo de enfermedad
VIERNES, 3 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Si usted es más alto que el promedio, sus genes quizá afecten a su riesgo de una variedad de enfermedades, sugiere un estudio reciente.Esto incluye un riesgo de un trastorno del ritmo cardiaco llamado fi…
Learn MoreLos fumadores ocultan los paquetes de cigarrillos con advertencias horribles, pero no dejan de fumar
VIERNES, 3 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Es posible que las imágenes gráficas de partes del cuerpo enfermas y otros horrores del tabaquismo en los paquetes de cigarrillos no tengan el efecto deseado en los fumadores en sí, encuentra un estudio …
Learn MoreFijar límites de tiempo en las recetas de opioides podría reducir el abuso
LUNES, 6 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sería un arma sencilla para utilizar contra la epidemia de opioides: una investigación reciente encuentra que asignar límites de tiempo a las recetas de opioides, que son altamente adictivos, podría reduci…
Learn MoreObesity in Teen Years Might Trigger Type 1 Diabetes
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Obesity is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Now, a large new study adds to evidence that it also contributes to the much less common type 1 diabetes.The study, of nearly 1.5 million Israeli teenage…
Learn MorePlacebo Pill Eases Cancer-Related Fatigue in Study
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patients with advanced cancer often suffer crippling fatigue, but there has been little in the way of relief for them as they battle their disease.Now, a new investigation may have landed on a surprising soluti…
Learn MoreASCO: ctDNA Analysis Guides Treatment of Stage II Colon Cancer
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)-guided approach to treatment of stage II colon cancer reduces adjuvant chemotherapy use without affecting recurrence-free survival, according to a study published online June 4 i…
Learn MoreADA: Elevated BMI in Adolescence Linked to T1D in Young Adulthood
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Elevated body mass index (BMI) in adolescence is associated with an increased risk for type 1 diabetes in young adulthood, according to a study published online June 5 in Diabetologia to coincide with the annua…
Learn MoreADA: Tirzepatide Improves Kidney Outcomes in T2DM With Increased CV Risk
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An exploratory analysis of data from the SURPASS-4 trial has shown that adults with type 2 diabetes and increased cardiovascular risk receiving tirzepatide experience fewer renal complications, especially new o…
Learn MoreBridge Therapy Between Induction, ASCT May Slow Neuroblastoma
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with high-risk neuroblastoma with end-induction stable metastatic disease, postinduction bridge therapy before autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is associated with better outcomes, accord…
Learn MoreSuicidal Ideation, Attempts Up in Transgender, Sexual-Minority Teens
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Transgender and sexual-minority adolescents have an increased risk for suicidal ideation and attempt compared with their cisgender and heterosexual peers, according to a study published online June 6 in CMAJ, t…
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