TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) meet recommended criteria for use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is), but fewer than 1...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with incidental pituitary microadenomas, about two-thirds remain unchanged or decrease in size, with any growth occurring slowly, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in the Annals of In...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A strategy of eight weeks of bedaquiline-linezolid is noninferior to a standard regimen for tuberculosis, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Plasma D-dimer is noninferior to C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) among patients undergoing revision hip or knee arthroplas...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty percent of folks who are at high risk for heart disease refuse statins that could help prevent it, researchers report.They found that women were about 20% more likely than men to decline statin drugs w...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Actor Tom Sizemore, who suffered a brain aneurysm last week, remains in critical condition and doctors have told the family there is “no further hope.”Quoting Sizemore's manager, CBS News reported that doctor...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most Americans with type 2 diabetes are candidates for newer, pricey medications, but few are getting them, a new government study shows.Researchers found that of U.S. adults with the blood sugar disease, ove...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sen. John Fetterman will continue to be away from the U.S. Senate for several weeks but he is on the "path to recovery," his spokesman said Monday.The senator is being treated for clinical depression at Walte...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- If it’s good for your heart, it’s good for your brain, too.This is the main message from a new study showing that seven heart-healthy habits can lower your chances of developing dementia down the road. This l...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Whether women will continue to be able to get a medication abortion using the drug mifepristone in the United States hinges on the impending ruling of a federal judge in Texas.The case will soon be decided by ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When Black patients struggle with dementia, they are less likely to receive helpful medications than their white peers, a new study warns.Researchers looked at how often patients received one or more of five ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Though BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations are associated with breast and ovarian cancer in younger women, those over 50 continue to have a high risk of breast cancer.That’s true even if they didn’t have breast can...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pedestrian deaths have surged on U.S. roads in recent years, and they are climbing again.Pedestrian deaths hit a 40-year high in 2021, and numbers for the first half of 2022 were up about 5% over the same per...
Black patients with dementia are less likely to get best meds. Researchers say it's unclear whether the drugs weren't prescribed or whether some patients could not afford to fill prescriptions. Read moreTake these 7 healthy steps to lower your odds fo...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Common pregnancy complications like gestational diabetes and preeclampsia may slow infant development in the womb, according to a new study.This leads to newborns being biologically younger than their gestati...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- If you’re struggling to find ways to get a good night’s sleep, you may not want to use YouTube videos as a resource.Researchers found what they described as an alarming amount of medical misinformation in You...
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- During the 2022 to 2023 influenza season, vaccination is effective for reducing the risk for medically attended influenza among children and adults aged younger than 65 years and for symptomatic influenza amon...
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Methamphetamine-related mortality increased 50-fold from 1999 to 2021, and the proportion of deaths co-involving heroin or fentanyl also increased, according to a study published online Feb. 2 in the American ...
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new at-home test will help people struggling with upper respiratory symptoms figure out whether they have COVID-19 or the flu. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lucira under an emergency use aut...
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Public health officials are warning about an increase in drug-resistant strains of the bacteria Shigella.About 5 percent of Shigella infections reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention l...
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Federal officials plan to tighten access to drugs that have the potential for abuse by reinstating federal prescribing requirements that were loosened during the pandemic.The Biden administration will require ...
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The heavily criticized U.S. Food and Drug Administration tobacco program promised changes on Friday, including a five-year strategic plan to better outline priorities."As we enter this era of declining use of...
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Work isn’t always easy, but sometimes it becomes almost unbearable. You might experience a constellation of symptoms, including emotional exhaustion, a reduced sense of personal accomplishment and cynicism, wh...
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Es natural que todo el mundo experimente ansiedad en distintos momentos de la vida. Quizá le preocupa causar una buena primera impresión a la familia de su pareja, y se pone ansioso sobre qué ropa se ...
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ambar Marcus pensó que el ultrasonido de seguimiento que su médico le recomendó cuando tenía más o menos 22 semanas de embarazo era rutinario, hasta que notó lo mucho que estaba durando."La técnica er...
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las tasas de pruebas de detección del cáncer se redujeron de nuevo en 2021, el segundo año de la pandemia.El número de mujeres que se sometieron a pruebas de detección del cáncer de cuello uterino se ...
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque muchas políticas sobre los opioides de Nueva Jersey han funcionado para combatir al abuso de los medicamentos, una que limitó la duración de las recetas no tuve el efecto deseado, muestra una n...
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los hombres que tienen trabajos físicamente demandantes y que levantan con regularidad objetos pesados en el trabajo también tienen unos conteos de esperma y unos niveles de testosterona más altos. Un...
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Quizá parezca contradictorio, pero una nueva revisión de los estudios sugiere que consumir una cantidad demasiado baja de sal podría ser nocivo para los pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca.Actualment...
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Unos científicos suecos afirman que han cultivado electrodos en tejido vivo, lo que prepara el camino para la formación de unos circuitos electrónicos completamente integrados en organismos vivos.El d...