Aerobic Exercise Might Ease Pain for Women Who’ve Survived Ovarian Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients being treated for ovarian cancer often experience peripheral neuropathy, a side effect from their chemotherapy that can cause both pain and numbness for months, or even years.Now, a new study sugges…
Learn MoreAerobic Exercise Might Ease Pain for Women Who’ve Survived Ovarian Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients being treated for ovarian cancer often experience peripheral neuropathy, a side effect from their chemotherapy that can cause both pain and numbness for months, or even years.Now, a new study sugges…
Learn MoreSome Newborns Need Methadone Post-Surgery, But Use Brings Problems
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — About 1 in 5 newborns hospitalized for surgery to treat a life-threatening bowel infection are given opioids for pain relief and some then need methadone to wean off the addictive drugs.But there is wide var…
Learn MoreFatigue Can Plague People With MS. Exercise May Help
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with a type of multiple sclerosis (MS) known as relapsing-remitting MS could have less fatigue if they got more active and were in better physical shape, according to new research.The study also fou…
Learn MoreDrug Overdose Death Risk Increased for Specific Health Care Workers
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Specific health care workers have an increased risk for drug overdose death, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Mark Olfson, M.D., M.P.H., from the Mailman School o…
Learn MoreHealth Care Utilization Up With Childhood Stressful Life Events
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Stressful life events (SLEs) in childhood, including emotional abuse, unmet basic needs, experiences of racism, household mental illness, household substance abuse, parental incarceration, and exposure to neig…
Learn MoreCarcinogens Found at Montana Nuclear Missile Base as Cancer Cases Rise Nearby
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — An investigation into a high number of cancers at a Montana nuclear missile base has led to the discovery of unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen. The hundreds of cancer cases appear to be connected to undergr…
Learn MoreNew COVID-19 Variant EG.5 Now Dominant in U.S., CDC Says
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A variant nicknamed Eris now accounts for the largest proportion of new COVID-19 infections across America.About 17.3 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases are believed to have been caused by the variant, formally kn…
Learn MoreWegovy Lowered Users’ Heart Risks in New Trial
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A large clinical trial weighing the medical merits of the obesity drug Wegovy (semaglutide) has unearthed a significant positive side effect. Taking the medication cut the risk for serious heart problems by 20…
Learn MoreLa tasa de nacimientos prematuros es más alta entre las estadounidenses negras
LUNES, 7 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Las mujeres negras tienen una cantidad significativamente más alta de nacimientos prematuros que las mujeres blancas, y aunque los problemas cardiacos y los factores sociales pueden explicar casi un terci…
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