Supervised Exercise Program Beneficial for Seniors With Hip Fracture
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For seniors with surgical repair of a hip fracture, a 12-month home-based, supervised, progressive exercise program improves functioning and physical performance, according to a study published online May 18…
Learn MoreIncreased Flexibility Seen in Preapproval Evidence for New Drugs
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The characteristics of acceptable preapproval evidence were more flexible for novel drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2020, according to a research letter published online May 17 in …
Learn MoreScreening Could Help Identify Familial Hypercholesterolemia
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Screening for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) by combining clinical criteria with genetic testing could increase the yield of FH screening programs, according to a study published online May 18 in the Jou…
Learn MoreSleep Problems Not a Major Issue in Rheumatoid Arthritis
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sleep problems are not excessive in patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study recently published in RMD Open.Lauren Lyne, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colle…
Learn MoreEstrogen May Help Fight Severe COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Hormone replacement therapy may offer women significant protection against dying from COVID-19, new research suggests.British researchers who tracked more than 5,400 women with COVID during the first half of…
Learn MoreLoss of Smell, Taste Less Likely With Newer COVID-19 Variants
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Loss of smell and taste are less likely with new COVID-19 variants when compared with the initial untyped COVID-19, according to a study published online May 3 in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Daniel…
Learn MoreUsing New Guidelines Would Increase Diabetes Screening Eligibility
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Implementing the new changes in U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) diabetes screening guidelines would increase screening eligibility among U.S. adults, acco…
Learn MoreRoom for Improving Physical Activity Reported in Early Child Care
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There is room for improvement in provision of physical activity opportunities during child care, according to a study published online May 18 in Pediatrics.Maria H. Boyle, R.D., from Abt Associates in Cambri…
Learn MoreEarly Glycemic Control May Cut CV Risk in Type 2 Diabetes
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Early control of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) may improve cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online April 4 in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.
Martin B. Whyte, Ph.D., from University of Surrey in the United Kingdom, and colleagues examined whether achieving early glycemic control and any subsequent...
Learn MoreMore Cases of Monkeypox Emerge in Portugal as Outbreak Widens
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — After four new cases of typically rare monkeypox infection were spotted in Britain earlier this week, the illness has now been confirmed in five young men in Portugal and 15 other suspected cases are being i…
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