Sexual Minority Students Perceive Medical School Less Favorably
FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Compared with heterosexual students, sexual minority (SM) students have less favorable perceptions of the medical school learning environment, according to a study published online April 29 in JAMA Network Op…
Learn MoreReview: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Eases Migraine
FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is effective and safe for migraine, according to a review published online April 19 in CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics.Peiwei Hong, from Sichuan University in …
Learn MoreMigraine May Raise Risk for Burning Mouth Syndrome
FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Migraine is associated with an increased risk for burning mouth syndrome (BMS), according to a study published online April 11 in the Journal of Personalized Medicine.Dong-Kyu Kim, M.D., Ph.D., from the Hally…
Learn MoreLink Between GI Issues, Internalizing Symptoms Studied in Autism
FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a bidirectional relationship may exist between gastrointestinal (GI) issues and internalizing symptoms, according to a study published online April 20 in the …
Learn MoreCigarette Smoking Down for Adults With Behavioral Health Conditions
FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There were significant reductions in the prevalence of self-reported cigarette smoking among U.S. adults with major depressive episode (MDE), substance use disorder (SUD), or both between 2006 and 2019, accor…
Learn MoreMany Infants in WIC Program Not Getting Enough Vitamin D
FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A high proportion of infants in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) are not meeting current vitamin D recommendations, according to a study published online March 11 in t…
Learn MoreDapagliflozin Well Tolerated in COVID-19 Patients, Regardless of eGFR
FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The effects of dapagliflozin are similar for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 2, according to a study published online April 28 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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Learn MoreHigh Blood Pressure Now Affects 1 in Every 7 U.S. Pregnancies
FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Rates of high blood pressure among pregnant women in the United States are on the rise and now occur in at least one in seven hospital deliveries, a new government report warns.The overall rate of what are c…
Learn MoreRacial Differences Seen for Joint Replacement Care and Outcomes
FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Racial differences persist across the continuum of care among patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA), according to a study published in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery….
Learn MoreNew Omicron Subvariant Causing COVID-19 Spike in South Africa
FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new Omicron subvariant called BA.4 appears to be driving a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in South Africa, health experts say.The number of daily cases reported by the country has shot up from just a few hund…
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