AHA News: Doing These 8 Things May Greatly Lower Risk For Heart Disease and Stroke
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — People who strongly adhere to a set of eight lifestyle behaviors and heart-health metrics may have a lower risk for coronary heart disease and stroke than those who don’t, new research shows…
Learn MoreTwo Bird Flu Cases in Cambodia Did Not Spread Person-to-Person
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Two cases of bird flu in Cambodia, in a girl and her father, were not spread from one to the other.Both got the virus from poultry, according to health officials, easing concerns about a potential public hea…
Learn More70 or Older? An Extra 500 Steps a Day Could Do Wonders for Your Heart
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While the idea of getting 10,000 steps a day is bandied about as a good walking goal, that can be intimidating to some people, depending on how fit they are. Now, new research in adults between the ages of …
Learn MoreCOVID Lockdowns Linked to Decline in Premature Births
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Premature births dropped during lockdowns in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. A groundbreaking study, which included a group of mostly high-income countries — including the United States, Belgium, …
Learn MoreAAN: Mediterranean Diet Score Linked to Cognition in MS
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The Mediterranean diet score is associated with cognition among persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study scheduled for presentation at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Academy of…
Learn MoreWomen Still at Higher Risk for Adverse Outcomes After CABG
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Women have a significantly higher risk for adverse outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft surgery, with no significant change in risk from 2011 to 2020, according to a study published online March 1…
Learn MoreSurvival Rate Lower for Surgery Nine Weeks or More After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Time from breast cancer diagnosis to surgery of nine weeks or longer is associated with worse overall survival, according to a study published online March 1 in JAMA Surgery.Alyssa A. Wiener, M.D., from the …
Learn MoreUnilateral Pallidal Ultrasound Ablation Beneficial in Parkinson Disease
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with Parkinson disease, unilateral pallidal ultrasound ablation yields greater improved motor function or reduced dyskinesia, according to a study published in the Feb. 23 issue of the New Engla…
Learn MoreClinically Relevant Benefits Seen for GLP-1RA, SGLTi Treatment of T1DM
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) are beneficial for treating type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), with similar reductions in glycated h…
Learn MoreTargeted Therapies Seem Beneficial for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Related Myotoxicity
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A strategy including identification of severe immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-related myocarditis based on screening combined with active ventilation and treatment seems beneficial for reducing the myotoxi…
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