AHA News: High Blood Pressure May Raise Future Kidney Disease Risk For Pregnant Women
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Women with high blood pressure conditions during pregnancy may face double the risk for kidney disease within several years after giving birth, according to a new study that finds the risk cli…
Learn MoreNintedanib Slows Decline in FVC in Autoimmune Disease-Linked ILD
FRIDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with progressive fibrosing autoimmune disease-related interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), nintedanib slows the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) compared with placebo, according to a s…
Learn MoreMillions of Children Globally Affected by COVID-19 Parent, Caregiver Death
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From April 30 to Oct. 31, 2021, there was a 90.0 percent increase in the number of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and caregiver death compared with the number during March 1, 2020, to Apri…
Learn MoreHTN Meds Tied to Lower Mortality After Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Use of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) and angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors after a pancreatic cancer (PC) diagnosis is associated with a reduced mortality risk, according to a study pu…
Learn MoreAntiseizure Treatment Explored in Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For comatose survivors of cardiac arrest, the incidence of poor neurologic outcome at three months does not differ when a strategy to suppress rhythmic and periodic electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns is ad…
Learn MoreMany U.S. Adults Receive Opioids and Dual Anxiolytic/Sedative
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A substantial number of U.S. adults who are prescribed opioids also are prescribed a dual combination of anxiolytic and sedative medications, according to a report published online Feb. 22 in Regional Anesthes…
Learn MoreCPAP for Sleep Apnea Not as Effective in the Very Elderly
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment may not benefit very elderly individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study published in the January issue of Sleep Medicine.Miguel An…
Learn MoreNOAC Use Not Tied to ICH in Stroke Patients Treated With Alteplase
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with acute ischemic stroke receiving alteplase, use of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) in the previous seven days is not associated with an increased risk for intracranial hem…
Learn MoreLong-Lasting Cardiovascular Burden Seen After COVID-19
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The risk and one-year burden of cardiovascular disease is considerable among survivors of acute COVID-19, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in Nature Medicine.Yan Xie, M.P.H., from the VA St. Louis …
Learn MoreFew Older Adults Knowledgeable About Aducanumab for Alzheimer Disease
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Older adults are neither knowledgeable nor enthusiastic about aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer disease, according to a research letter published online Feb. 14 in JAMA Network Open.Julie Zissimopoulos…
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