Una segunda muerte en un ensayo sobre un medicamento experimental para el Alzheimer es preocupante
MARTES, 29 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Ya han muerto dos personas por hemorragias en el cerebro que podrían estar vinculadas con un medicamento experimental para el Alzheimer, lo que pone en duda la seguridad del fármaco.Una mujer de 65 a…
Learn MoreLa COVID prolongada conlleva otro problema: el estigma
MARTES, 29 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Las personas con COVID prolongada se enfrentan a meses o años de una devastadora fatiga, a unas lagunas mentales que entorpecen el pensamiento, o a una aterradora lucha por respirar.Pero también pued…
Learn MoreFatal Drug Overdoses Among U.S. Seniors Have Tripled Since 2000
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Growing numbers of older Americans are dying from drug overdoses and alcohol abuse.That’s the tragic takeaway from two new reports by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.More than 5,000 peop…
Learn MoreCDC Will Test New Areas for Polio in Wastewater
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) – U.S. health officials will begin testing wastewater for poliovirus in select locations around the country, including possibly at sites in Michigan and Pennsylvania. The testing will happen in communities that …
Learn MoreBlack Patients Fare Worse Than White Patients After Angioplasty, Stents
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black adults who undergo a common procedure to open up clogged arteries are readmitted to the hospital more often than their white peers. They’re also more likely to die in the years after treatment, a new …
Learn MoreAHA News: As Winter Approaches, Seasonal Depression May Set in for Millions
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Winter’s coming. The leaves have fallen, temperatures are dropping and there’s less daylight to brighten our moods.While some enjoy the changing of the seasons, millions of U.S. adults will…
Learn MoreRSNA: Corticosteroid Injections Appear to Worsen Knee Osteoarthritis
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Corticosteroid injections seem to be associated with progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to two studies presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, held from…
Learn MoreSix Additional Weeks of Rivaroxaban Reduces Recurrent VTE
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with isolated distal deep venous thrombosis (DVT), six additional weeks of rivaroxaban after an initial six-week course of treatment reduces the risk for recurrent venous thromboembolism, accor…
Learn MoreBenzodiazepine Exposure in Pregnancy Does Not Up Risk for ADHD, Autism
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Benzodiazepine exposure during pregnancy seems not to be associated with increased risks for development of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a …
Learn MoreExtended-Release Morphine Does Not Reduce Breathlessness in COPD
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Daily low-dose extended release morphine does not significantly reduce the intensity of worst breathlessness among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and severe chronic breathlessness,…
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