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FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While guidelines for cancer screening have begun factoring in life expectancy, a new poll shows a majority of older adults disagree with age cutoffs based on how long a person is expected to live.The Universi…

FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New parents bringing home their bundle of joy often carry something else with them as they leave the hospital: medical debt.That’s according to new research from Michigan Medicine that found postpartum women …

FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Delirium is common after older patients have surgery and can cause serious complications and distress, but its cause has been a mystery.New research has found that patients who develop postoperative delirium …

FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Some children who have a common form of eczema should also be tested for allergic reactions because they may have a second allergic-type eczema, a new study suggests. While atopic dermatitis is common and usu…

THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There was a decrease in new cancer diagnoses in 2020, according to a report published online Sept. 27 in Cancer.Serban Negoita, M.D., Dr.P.H., from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and c…

THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to job loss during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for miscarriage and stillbirth, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in Human Reproduction.Alessandro Di Nallo, Ph.D., fr…

THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Higher proportions of long nursing shifts are associated with higher rates of patient incidents (e.g., self-injury and disruptive behavior) in mental health and community hospitals, according to a study pub…