Weight-Loss Surgery Could Lower Women’s Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that obesity is tied to increased cancer risk, but can weight loss after bariatric surgery help lower a person’s odds for the disease? The surgeries have now been around long enough for…
Learn MoreWeight-Loss Surgery Could Lower Women’s Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that obesity is tied to increased cancer risk, but can weight loss after bariatric surgery help lower a person’s odds for the disease? The surgeries have now been around long enough for…
Learn MoreProstate MRI Has Independent Screening Value
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a value for screening independent of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), according to a study published online Aug. 21 in BMJ Oncology.Caroline M. Moore, M.D., fro…
Learn MoreRoutine Vaccines Can Cut Risk for Later Alzheimer Disease
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Prior vaccinations against tetanus and diphtheria, shingles, and pneumococcus are all associated with a reduced risk for developing Alzheimer disease, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in the Jou…
Learn MoreBlue-Light Filtering Lenses Seem Not to Be Beneficial
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Blue-light filtering lenses, which filter ultraviolet radiation and claim to improve visual performance with digital device use, seem not to attenuate symptoms of eye strain, according to a study published …
Learn MoreConsiderable Increases in Marijuana Use Seen in Young, Midlife Adults
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Past-year marijuana use has increased considerably among young and midlife adults, according to a report published by Monitoring the Future.Megan E. Patrick, Ph.D., from the University of Michigan Institute…
Learn MoreCanagliflozin Reduces Cardiorenal Biomarkers in T2D
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For people with type 2 diabetes and albuminuria, canagliflozin reduces the longitudinal trajectory of increase in cardiorenal biomarkers, according to a study published online Aug. 22 in Circulation.James L…
Learn MoreU.S. Gender-Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in 3 Years
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans undergoing gender-affirming surgery is on the rise, new research reveals, almost tripling between 2016 and 2019 alone.During that period, more than 48,000 patients — about half of t…
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