Residential Green Space May Aid Cognition in Adult Women
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Increasing access to residential green space may be associated with modest benefits in cognition in adult women, according to a study published online April 27 in JAMA Network Open.Marcia P. Jimenez, Ph.D.,…
Learn MoreVaccination Cuts Severe COVID-19 Risk in Heart Transplant Patients
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Among orthotopic heart transplant (OHT) recipients, COVID-19 vaccination is associated with fewer COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths and no heart transplant-specific adverse events, according…
Learn MoreTeens on TikTok: Fun, But Addictive and Maybe Harmful
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In the fall of 2021, TikTok announced a major milestone to coincide with its fifth anniversary: The amassing of roughly 1 billion global users, many of them young, turning to the app every month as a way to…
Learn MoreNot All Dietary Fiber Is Created Equal
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dietary fiber gets a lot of praise for helping people feel full and for lowering the risk of certain types of disease.Yet many types of dietary fiber exist — and they don’t all work the same, according to …
Learn MoreT1DM in Either Parent Tied to Lower Academic Test Scores in Offspring
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Offspring of mothers with type 1 diabetes have lower school test scores than the general population but similar test scores to offspring of fathers with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published onlin…
Learn MoreConsider COVID Vax History When Assessing Adenopathy on Mammo
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Axillary lymphadenopathy, a common adverse effect of COVID-19 vaccination, is seen in 44 percent of patients undergoing breast imaging after vaccination, according to a study published in the May issue of R…
Learn MoreHigher Vaccination Coverage Linked to Lower COVID-19 Mortality
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Higher vaccination coverage is associated with lower rates of COVID-19 mortality and incidence in the United States, according to a study published online April 27 in The BMJ.Amitabh Bipin Suthar, Pharm.D.,…
Learn MoreGenetics, Diet Quality Independently Linked to T2DM Risk
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A healthy diet may lower the risk for type 2 diabetes across all levels of genetic risk, according to a study published online April 26 in PLOS Medicine.Jordi Merino, Ph.D., from Massachusetts General Hospi…
Learn MoreWeight Loss and Lifestyle Program Cuts Severity of Sleep Apnea
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An interdisciplinary weight loss and lifestyle intervention is associated with clinically meaningful and sustainable improvements in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity and health-related quality of life…
Learn MoreDoctors Devise Safer Alternative to Opioids During, After Surgeries
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s been slightly more than a year since Jonathan Akinrele, 23, underwent weight-loss surgery, and so far, so good.He is now down 130 pounds, and he was able to get through gastric sleeve surgery and recov…
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