Breakthrough CAR-T Cancer Treatments Are Boosting Patients’ Quality of Life
WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A therapy that bolsters the immune system may not only help certain cancer patients live longer, but better, a new study finds.The treatment, called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, is used t…
Learn MoreAHA News: He Knew CPR But Had Never Performed It on a Person. Then His Wife’s Heart Stopped.
WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — LaNysha Adams of Silver Spring, Maryland, was lying on the sofa watching TV when her husband, David Foss, went out to pick up a pizza for dinner.When he returned not 15 minutes later, she w…
Learn MoreU.S. Sets Up $300 Million Database for Alzheimer’s Research
WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new national Alzheimer’s disease and dementia database could be a game changer for research on the memory-robbing condition that now affects more than 6 million Americans.Planning has begun at the Nationa…
Learn MoreCould Gut Microbes Affect Pancreatic Cancer Survival?
WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Bacteria in the gut microbiome may be the key to why some patients survive pancreatic cancer long-term, despite its notoriously low survival rate.Only about 9% of pancreatic cancer patients survive past fiv…
Learn MorePandemic Saw Rise in Opioid Prescriptions Given After Childbirth
WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New mothers who gave birth early in the pandemic filled far more opioid prescriptions than American women did previously, raising concerns about the potential for narcotic misuse.About 38% of more than 460,…
Learn MoreHigh Co-Pays, Deductibles Keep Some Women From Mammogram Follow-Up
WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study shows that money, or lack of it, can stand in the way of follow-up testing after an abnormal mammogram result.Just over one-fifth of U.S. women surveyed by researchers said they would skip addit…
Learn MoreStress Rash: What Is It and How to Treat It
WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — We know that stress can take a toll on the body, but many may not realize it can produce a rash. “Stress can increase the level of the hormone cortisol, increasing inflammation in your body, which can lead …
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