Good End-of-Life Care Out of Reach for Many Black Nursing Home Residents
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Palliative care can be a godsend in the final days of one’s life, but new research shows that Black and Hispanic nursing home residents are far less likely to receive it than their white peers are.Overall, nu…
Learn MoreCancer Risk Lower With Less Meat Consumption
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Eating meat five times or less per week is associated with a lower overall cancer risk, according to a study published online Feb. 24 in BMC Medicine.Cody Z. Watling, from University of Oxford in the United K…
Learn MoreOne in Six Older Patients Have Reoperation for Hernia Recurrence
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — One in six older patients having hernia surgery undergo reoperation for recurrence within 10 years, according to a research letter published in the March 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Associa…
Learn MoreExercise May Lower Clotting Risk in Patients With NASH
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Exercise may help patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) reduce their risk for developing blood clots, according to a study recently published in Hepatology.Jonathan G. Stine, M.D., from Pennsylvan…
Learn MoreMore Hurricanes Mean Rising Death Toll for Americans
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From drowning to being struck by flying debris, the immediate dangers of hurricanes are well known, but these events also boost your risk of dying from a host of hidden diseases and conditions that occur in t…
Learn MoreTroponin Levels and Mortality After Cardiac Surgery Examined
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients undergoing cardiac surgery, the lowest threshold values of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I associated with increased rates of death from any cause and major vascular complications at 30 days …
Learn MoreClinical Decision Support May Aid CV Health in Mental Illness
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with serious mental illness (SMI), a clinical decision support (CDS) system aimed at primary care clinicians may modestly reduce the rate of increase in total modifiable cardiovascular (CV) risk,…
Learn MoreAdverse Childhood Experiences Linked to Migraine in Adolescence
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with migraine onset in adolescence, according to a study published online Feb. 5 in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain.Using data from the National…
Learn MoreMigraine More Prevalent in Women With Endometriosis
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women with endometriosis more often have migraine, especially those with endometriosis and co-occurring adenomyosis, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in Frontiers in Endocrinology.Yingchen Wu, fr…
Learn MoreHalf of Americans Live With Legacy of Childhood Lead Poisoning
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you were born before 1996, there’s a good chance you were exposed to high levels of lead as a kid, and new research suggests this may have harmed your IQ and boosted your chances of lead-related health con…
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