1999 to 2018 Saw Increase in Barriers to Timely Medical Care
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 1999 to 2018, barriers to timely medical care in the United States increased for all race and ethnic groups, with disparities between groups also increasing, according to a study published online Oct. 28 …
Learn MoreLoss of Child Tax Credit Advance Payments Tied to Higher Food Insecurity
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Food insufficiency among U.S. households with children increased after they stopped receiving monthly advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments in January 2022, according to a study published online Oct. 21 in J…
Learn MoreDid the Decline in PSA Testing Lead to More Cases of Advanced Prostate Cancer?
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A large new study of U.S. veterans suggests that when prostate cancer screening rates go down, the number of men diagnosed with advanced cancer then rises.Researchers found that across 128 U.S. veterans health…
Learn MoreLong COVID Prevalent in U.S. Adults With Prior COVID-19 Infection
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 15 percent of U.S. adults with a prior positive COVID-19 test reported current symptoms of long COVID, according to a study published online Oct. 27 in JAMA Network Open.Roy H. Perlis, M.D., from Massac…
Learn MoreNeoadjuvant Combo Immunotherapy Studied in Resectable Melanoma
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with resectable clinical stage III or oligometastatic stage IV melanoma, neoadjuvant relatlimab and nivolumab combination immunotherapy results in a 57 percent pathologic complete response rate, a…
Learn MoreOmicron BA.2 Subvariant Less Severe Than Delta, Original Omicron
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The omicron BA.2 subvariant seems to be less severe than the delta variant and the original omicron variant, according to a study published online Oct. 25 in JAMA Network Open.Zachary H. Strasser, M.D., from M…
Learn MoreASTRO: Ultra-High-Dose Radiotherapy Feasible for Extremity Bone Mets
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Ultra-high-dose-rate radiotherapy delivered at more than 40 Gy/sec (FLASH therapy) is clinically feasible for extremity bone metastases, according to a study published online Oct. 23 in JAMA Oncology to coinci…
Learn MoreHaloperidol Not Beneficial for ICU Patients With Delirium
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Treatment with haloperidol does not yield a greater number of days alive and out of the hospital at 90 days than placebo among patients with delirium admitted to the intensive care unit, according to a study p…
Learn MoreMore Male, Pediatric Patients Suffer ATV-Related Injury
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More male and pediatric patients suffer all-terrain vehicle (ATV) injuries than motorcycle (MOTO) and automobiles (AUTO) injuries, according to a study published online Oct. 27 in BMJ Open.Haissam S. Elzaim, S…
Learn MoreJoint Statement Issued for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is recommended for individuals with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥35 kg/m2, regardless of the presence or absence of comorbidities, according to a joint statement issued by …
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