Apixaban Compared to Rivaroxaban for A-Fib and Valvular Heart Disease
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), apixaban is associated with a reduced risk for ischemic stroke or systemic embolism and a reduced risk for bleeding compared with…
Learn MoreUse of Anesthesia Care for Cataract Surgery Examined
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Anesthesia care is more common among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing cataract surgery versus other low-risk procedures, and fewer cataract surgery patients experience systemic complications within seven d…
Learn MorePhosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors Not Tied to Alzheimer Disease Risk
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors seem not to be associated with a reduced risk for Alzheimer disease and related dementia, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in Brain Communications.Rishi J. …
Learn MoreMarijuana Users More Prone to Infections After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Surgeons have long advised patients to stop smoking cigarettes for several weeks before their operations to lower the risk of complications. But what about weed?New research has found reason for worry: Mari…
Learn MoreCertain Class of Diabetes Meds Could Cut Dementia Risk
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An older class of type 2 diabetes drugs known as thiazolidinediones, or TZDs, may protect you from dementia down the road, according to new research.Thiazolidinediones, also known as glitazones, cut dementi…
Learn MoreAHA News: California Boy Needed Surgery to Fix Unusual Heart Defect
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — On her first visit to the hospital to check on her newborn patient, the pediatrician detected a heart murmur. A few days later, at Cix Greene’s first office visit, the doctor didn’t hear it…
Learn MoreBlack Babies Born Through Fertility Treatments Face Worse Survival Than White Infants: Study
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s well known that Black women in the United States have an increased risk of childbirth complications. Now, a large new study finds even larger racial disparities when women conceive through infertility …
Learn MoreGood Sleep Could Keep Illness at Bay as You Age
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As men and women enter their golden years, those who regularly fail to get a good night’s sleep face a higher risk for developing not one but two serious chronic illnesses at the same time, new research sho…
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