Bong Use at Home Quickly Fills Air With Toxins
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Smoking pot through a bong doesn’t protect the nonsmokers in the room from the dangers of secondhand smoke, a new study warns.Bongs have been touted as a safe way to protect nonsmokers from secondhand marij…
Learn MoreSARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Seems Safe After MIS-C
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination seems safe for patients previously diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), according to a research lett…
Learn MoreAHA News: After COVID-19, Experts Say Watch For These Potential Heart and Brain Problems
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — COVID-19 was full of surprises early on, causing mild problems in the short term for some people and serious complications for others.Long term, it may be just as capricious.Studies are spo…
Learn MoreGLP-1 RA Use May Up Risk for Gallbladder, Biliary Diseases
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) is associated with increased risks for gallbladder or biliary diseases, with a higher risk for GLP-1 RA use in weight loss, according to a review…
Learn MoreMini-Slings Noninferior to Mid-Urethral Slings for Stress UI in Women
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Single-incision mini-slings are noninferior to mid-urethral slings for women with stress urinary incontinence, according to a study published in the March 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Mohamed Abdel-Fattah, M.D., from the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom, and colleagues compared mini-slings to mid-urethral slings...
Learn MoreED-Initiated Buprenorphine for OUD Often Not Sustained
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The majority of patients filling buprenorphine prescriptions written by emergency physicians for the treatment of opioid use disorder do not subsequently fill buprenorphine prescriptions written by other cl…
Learn MoreAHA News: Después de COVID-19, los expertos recomiendan que estemos atentos a estos posibles problemas del corazón y el cerebro
JUEVES, 31 de marzo de 2022 (American Heart Association News) — COVID-19 trajo muchas sorpresas durante la fase inicial, y eso causó leves problemas a corto plazo para algunas personas y graves complicaciones para otras.A largo plazo, podría ser igua…
Learn MoreFDA Advisory Panel Narrowly Votes Against New ALS Drug
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In a close vote, an advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration decided not to recommend the approval of an experimental drug for the deadly neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (…
Learn MoreNew Drug May Ease Tourette Tics in Kids, Teens
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug shows promise in reducing tics in young people with Tourette syndrome.Ecopipam, which failed as a weight loss medication, may reduce tics by 30% in kids and teens with Tourette without …
Learn MoreNew Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor’s Office
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A noninvasive ultrasound technique is capable of quickly pulverizing kidney stones, an early study shows — in what researchers call a first step toward a simpler, anesthesia-free treatment for the painful p…
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