Imaging Technology May Make Radiation Safer for Prostate Cancer Patients
TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A technique that uses imaging technology as a guide can make radiation therapy safer for patients undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, a new research review finds.The technology enables clinicians to acc…
Learn MoreMilk Alternatives Don’t Always Measure Up to Milk
TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If you’re drinking soy, oat or almond milk, you may not be getting the same nutrients as you would with a glass of cow’s milk.A new analysis of more than 200 plant-based milk alternatives found that few conta…
Learn MoreSGLT2i Use Linked to Reduced Risk for Flare in Adults With Gout, T2D
MONDAY, July 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with gout and type 2 diabetes, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) are associated with a reduced risk for recurrent gout flares and gout-primary emergency department visits and hos…
Learn MoreStudy Looks at Race-Ethnicity-Gender Disparities in Statin Use
MONDAY, July 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For several race-ethnicity-gender groups, statin use disparities are not explained by measurable differences in medical appropriateness of therapy, access to health care, or socioeconomic status, according to …
Learn MoreMental, Substance Use Disorder Health Care Use Increased With Food Insecurity
MONDAY, July 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Children and adolescents living in food-insecure households have greater use of health services for mental and substance use disorders, according to a study published online July 24 in CMAJ, the journal of the…
Learn MoreWatching TV in Childhood Linked to Metabolic Syndrome at 45 Years
MONDAY, July 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Time spent watching television in childhood and adolescence is associated with metabolic syndrome at age 45 years, according to a study published online July 24 in Pediatrics.Nathan MacDonell and Robert J. Han…
Learn MoreExposure to Extreme Temperatures, Pollution Linked to MI Death
MONDAY, July 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to extreme temperature events (ETEs) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is associated with myocardial infarction (MI) mortality, according to a study published in the July 25 issue of Circulation.Rui…
Learn MoreFDA Approves Topical Treatment for Molluscum Contagiosum
MONDAY, July 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the topical solution Ycanth (cantharidin) for the treatment of molluscum contagiosum (molluscum) in adult and pediatric patients (aged 2 years and older).Ycan…
Learn MoreLa enfermedad mental de papá aumenta el riesgo de nacimiento prematuro
VIERNES, 21 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) — No solo la salud mental de una mamá se vincula con el riesgo de nacimiento prematuro, la de papá también es importante. Una nueva investigación encontró que el riesgo de nacimiento prematuro era más alt…
Learn MoreAsí pueden los AINE empeorar una infección de C. difficile
VIERNES, 21 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La aspirina, el naproxeno y otros analgésicos comunes conocidos como antinflamatorios no esteroides (AINE) empeoran las infecciones gastrointestinales provocadas por una bacteria llamada Clostridioides …
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