Continued Monitoring Needed for Anti-VEGF Therapy in Macular Edema
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Continued monitoring and treatment with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy as needed maintains long-term visual benefit in patients with macular edema due to central retinal or hemiretinal vein …
Learn MoreCalcium Supplements, Mortality Tied in Seniors With Aortic Stenosis
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For older adults with aortic stenosis (AS), calcium supplementation, with or without vitamin D, is associated with increased mortality and aortic valve replacement (AVR), according to a study published onlin…
Learn MoreSubjective Cognitive Impairment Linked to MACE in T2DM
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with type 2 diabetes, subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) is associated with cardiovascular events, according to a study published online April 21 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &…
Learn MoreBrain Anomalies ID’d on qMRI in Adolescents Born Extremely Preterm
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adolescents who are born extremely preterm (EP) and have atypical development have differences in brain development that can be detected on multiparametric quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI), acc…
Learn MorePTSD Often Haunts Family Members of Hospitalized COVID Patients
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It remains one of the most painful images of the pandemic: Families who were not allowed to be by their loved ones’ bedside as they waged a lonely battle against COVID in a hospital ICU, with some forced to …
Learn MoreAdolescent Handgun Carriage Increasing in the United States
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adolescent handgun carriage is increasing, especially among rural, White, and higher-income adolescents, according to a study published online April 26 in Pediatrics.Naoka Carey, J.D., and Rebekah Levine Col…
Learn MoreCanadian Syncope Risk Score Validated Internationally
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Canadian Syncope Risk Score (CSRS) has good performance for identifying patients with syncope at low risk for serious outcomes, according to a study published online April 26 in the Annals of Internal Me…
Learn MoreAmputation Risk Up for Black, Rural Residents With Diabetic Foot Ulcers
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Rural patients identifying as Black have more than a 10 percent absolute increased risk for major leg amputation or death compared with the overall cohort of adult Medicare patients hospitalized with a diabe…
Learn MoreAsthma, Atopy Risks Up in Offspring Born Via Infertility Treatment
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children conceived with infertility treatment have an elevated risk for asthma and atopic conditions in early and middle childhood, according to a study published online April 21 in Human Reproduction.Kriste…
Learn MoreAmerican Association for Cancer Research, April 8-13
The annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research was held this year from April 8 to 13 in New Orleans and attracted approximately 19,000 participants from around the world, including scientists, cancer survivors, clinicians, allied …
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