Surgery No Better for Wrist Fracture in Older Adults
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For persons aged 60 years or older with displaced distal radius fracture, surgical treatment seems not to be better than nonsurgical treatment for patient-reported wrist function, according to a study publ…
Learn MoreProviders, Patients Differ in Satisfaction With Anesthesia for Eye Surgery
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There is a low level of correlation between patient and provider satisfaction with anesthesia in ophthalmic surgeries, according to a study published online March 6 in Clinical Ophthalmology.Natalie Sadlak…
Learn MoreAnnual Costs Estimated for Wart Treatment in the U.S. for 2015-2017
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The estimated annual costs were $846 million for cutaneous warts for 2019 in the United States, and costs for anogenital warts were $127 million, according to a research letter published online April 27 in…
Learn More‘Brain Zap’ Technology May Help Hardcore Smokers Quit
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Smoking is said by some to be the hardest addiction to break, and certain people might benefit from brain stimulation to quit, French researchers suggest.Smokers who received noninvasive brain stimulation …
Learn MoreLink Between Childhood Abuse, CVD Risk Factors Varies by Race, Sex
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The associations between exposure to abuse in childhood and risk factors for incident cardiovascular disease vary by race and sex, according to a study published online April 27 in the Journal of the Ameri…
Learn MoreAntibiotic Use in Under 2s May Reduce Antibody Response to Vaccines
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Antibiotic prescriptions for children aged 6 to 24 months are associated with reduced vaccine-induced immunity, according to a study published online April 27 in Pediatrics.Timothy J. Chapman, Ph.D., from …
Learn MoreRacial Disparity Seen in Use of Epidural Blood Patches for Postdural Headaches
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Epidural blood patches (EBPs) are used less often or use is delayed for patients in racial and ethnic minority groups compared with White patients, according to a study published online April 21 in JAMA Ne…
Learn MoreMyocarditis, Pericarditis Risk Highest After Second COVID-19 Vaccine Dose
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The risk for myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 mRNA vaccines is highest in young men after the second vaccine dose, according to a study published online April 20 in JAMA Cardiology.Øystein Karls…
Learn MoreU.S. Doctors on the Frontlines of Hepatitis Outbreak Striking Kids
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As health experts around the world try to understand why nearly 200 children in 12 countries have fallen seriously ill with severe hepatitis, doctors in Alabama are investigating nine such cases in that st…
Learn MoreNatural COVID-19 Immunity Produces Protection Similar to Vaccines
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unvaccinated individuals with prior symptomatic COVID-19 have a much lower risk for acquiring recurrent COVID-19 than unvaccinated individuals without prior COVID-19 for up to nine months from the index in…
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