Insulin Pumps Ease Diabetes Care. So Why Are Black Patients Less Likely to Get One?
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Insulin pumps can help folks with type 1 diabetes get better control of their disease and minimize how often they inject insulin, and use of the devices has taken off in the past 20 years.That’s the good news…
Learn MoreRapid Heartbeat Condition 5 Times More Likely With COVID Than With COVID Vaccine
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — New research has revealed a link between a lesser known heart syndrome and COVID infection, with a much smaller link seen between the condition and COVID vaccination. Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome…
Learn MoreUSPSTF Recommends PrEP for Reducing Risk for HIV Acquisition
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for reducing the risk for HIV infection among individuals at increased risk for HIV acquisition. This recommendation …
Learn MoreGeneral Practitioners Rarely Give Personalized Weight-Loss Advice
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Weight-loss advice from general practitioners (GPs) to patients with obesity is mainly generic and is rarely personalized, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in Family Practice.Madeleine Tremblett,…
Learn MoreHousehold Air Pollution Linked to Cardiac Autonomic Function in COPD
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), household air pollution is associated with cardiac autonomic function, with the greatest effect seen for ultrafine particles, according to a stu…
Learn MoreRisk-Reducing Medications Can Cut Breast Cancer Death Rates
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Risk-reducing medication can reduce the risk for breast cancer death in addition to lowering the risk for invasive breast cancer, according to a study published online Dec. 1 in the Journal of Clinical Oncolo…
Learn MoreChildren’s Firearm Injuries Up Risk for New Mental Health Diagnoses
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children were found to have more than 50 percent increased odds of a new mental health diagnosis in the year following a firearm injury versus a motor vehicle collision, according to a study published in the …
Learn MoreFinancial Incentives Encourage Weight Loss in Low-Income Adults
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Financial incentive strategies are more effective than providing resources only for clinically significant weight loss in low-income populations with obesity, according to a study published online Dec. 5 in J…
Learn MorePost-COVID-19 Syndrome Triples Use of Further Health Care Services
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People with long COVID are more likely to use health care services following acute infection, according to a study published online Nov. 30 in PLOS Global Public Health.Maciej Debski, M.D., Ph.D., from the Un…
Learn MoreVitamin D No Aid for Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D supplementation does not prevent statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS) or reduce statin discontinuation, according to a study published online Nov. 23 in JAMA Cardiology.Mark A. Hlatky, M.D., fro…
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