Universal, Age-Based Diabetes Screening IDs Most Cases
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Screening all adults aged 35 to 70 years, regardless of weight, identifies the greatest proportion of adults with prediabetes and diabetes, according to a study published online March 24 in the American Journa…
Learn MoreReview Shows High Dietary Sugar Intake Tied to Harmful Health Outcomes
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — High dietary sugar consumption is generally more harmful for health, especially in cardiometabolic disease, according to an umbrella review published online April 5 in The BMJ.Yin Huang, from Sichuan Universit…
Learn MoreRates of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Increased After COVID-19 Hospitalization
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 report higher rates of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) than those without COVID-19, according to a study published in the March issue of Gut.Giovanni Marasco, Ph.D., from the…
Learn MoreGuidance Issued for Optimal Timing of Knee, Hip Total Joint Arthroplasty
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with symptomatic, radiographic, moderate-to-severe osteoarthritis or osteonecrosis of the hip or knee, total joint arthroplasty (TJA) should not be delayed in order to pursue additional nonoperati…
Learn MoreTimely Ultrasound Can ID Undiagnosed Breech Presentations
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Routine third-trimester ultrasound or point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is associated with a reduction in the proportion of undiagnosed term breech presentations, according to a study published online April 6 i…
Learn MoreHigher Sodium Intake Linked to Coronary, Carotid Atherosclerosis
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In minimal adjusted models, higher estimated 24-hour sodium excretion (est24hNa) is associated with coronary and carotid atherosclerosis, according to a study published online March 31 in the European Heart Jo…
Learn MoreLower Birth Weight, More Weight Gain Seen With In Utero COVID-19 Exposure
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Infants with in utero exposure to COVID-19 have lower birth weight and increased weight gain in the first year of life, according to a study published online March 29 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &…
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