Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule Updated for 2022
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The recommended immunization schedule for adults has been updated for 2022 and was published online Feb. 18 in the Annals of Internal Medicine and in the Feb. 18 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control a…
Learn MoreModel Predicts 30-Day Mortality in Alcohol-Related Hepatitis
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new scoring system can help identify individuals with alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) who are at high risk for short-term mortality, according to a study published online Feb. 15 in the Mayo Clinic Proceed…
Learn MoreBridging Therapy May Be Better for Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, use of intravenous thrombolysis followed by mechanical thrombectomy (MT; also known as bridging therapy ) is associated with incr…
Learn MoreDaily Aspirin Does Not Prevent Recurrence of Breast Cancer
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Regular aspirin use does not improve invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) among high-risk breast cancer patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative disease, according to a study pre…
Learn MoreHigh-Volume Surgeons Key to Survival in Open Repair for AAA
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Centers that meet the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) guidelines for elective open aortic abdominal aneurysm (AAA) repair are associated with improved patient survival, with surgeon volume confounding results, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
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Learn MoreBaricitinib Reduces Mortality in Critically Ill Adults With COVID-19
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For critically ill hospitalized patients with COVID-19 receiving invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, baricitinib plus standard of care is associated with reduced mortality, …
Learn MoreIllicit Amphetamine Use May Increase Risk for Psychosis
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Illicit amphetamine use is associated with an increased incidence of psychosis, according to a study published online Feb. 14 in Evidence-Based Mental Health.Chieh-Liang Huang, from the China Medical Universit…
Learn MorePhysical Activity in Early Late Life May Cut Risk for CVD
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A higher level of physical activity among the elderly is associated with a lower risk for incident cardiovascular diseases, but not stroke, especially early in late life, according to a study published online …
Learn MorePolycystic Ovary Syndrome Common Among Girls With T2DM
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Approximately one in five girls with type 2 diabetes has polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online Feb. 15 in JAMA Network Open.Milena Cioana, from Mc…
Learn MorePoor Outcomes Common With COVID-19, Acute Ischemic Stroke
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — About half of patients with COVID-19 with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) have poor outcomes, with 38.8 percent mortality, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychi…
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