Primary Care Intervention Increases Prevention of Alcohol Use Disorder
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — An intervention increases prevention but not treatment engagement for alcohol use disorder (AUD) in primary care, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Amy K. Lee, M.P.H., fr…
Learn MoreFDA Takes Action Against Animal Tranquilizer Tied to Fatal ODs
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it has taken action to restrict imports of the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine to prevent illicit use of the drug.While veterinarians use products cont…
Learn MoreSchool-Based Intervention Cuts Psychotic Experiences in Teens
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A school-based screening and referral intervention can reduce and prevent psychotic experiences in adolescents, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in BMC Public Health.Lorna Staines, from the Royal …
Learn MoreNonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Improved With Exercise
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Exercise is associated with a tripled likelihood of achieving a clinically meaningful treatment response for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis publis…
Learn MorePsoriasis Tied to Elevated Risk for Celiac Disease
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Individuals with psoriasis have double the odds of having celiac disease (CD) versus individuals without psoriasis, according to a research letter published online Feb. 9 in the Journal of the American Academ…
Learn MoreDisparities Persist in CVD Mortality, Despite Overall Decline
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Rural counties and counties with a higher percentage of Black residents continue to experience higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality despite overall declines in CVD mortality, according to a study pub…
Learn MoreWorse Care Experiences Reported at For-Profit Hospices
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Caregivers of patients receiving hospice care report worse care experiences at for-profit hospices, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Rebecca Anhang Price, Ph.D., from th…
Learn MoreMost U.S. Adults With T2DM Meet Criteria for GLP-RAs, SGLT2is
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) meet recommended criteria for use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is), but fewer than 1…
Learn MoreAbout One-Third of Incidental Pituitary Microadenomas Grow
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with incidental pituitary microadenomas, about two-thirds remain unchanged or decrease in size, with any growth occurring slowly, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in the Annals of In…
Learn MoreEight-Week Bedaquiline-Linezolid Noninferior for TB
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A strategy of eight weeks of bedaquiline-linezolid is noninferior to a standard regimen for tuberculosis, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with …
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