WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- When Damar Hamlin's heart stopped, millions held their breath.Monday night in Cincinnati, the 24-year-old football player for the Buffalo Bills had a cardiac arrest after making a tackle. In...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients might be happier with their care when their physician trained with the specialist they're referred to, a new study suggests.Researchers found that when patients saw a specialist, they generally gave...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of Americans are about to lose Medicaid coverage that they gained — and maintained hassle-free — through the pandemic.The end-of-year spending bill that Congress passed will “unwind” a continuous Me...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Current depression is associated with systemic inflammation, specifically increased neutrophils in patients with psoriasis, especially women, according to a study published online Dec. 21 in the Journal of I...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- About 10 percent of patients with psoriasis have a high risk for advanced liver fibrosis, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online Dec. 15 in Frontiers in Medicine.Tanat Yongpisarn...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For middle-aged and older adults, smoking is associated with subjective cognitive decline (SCD), according to a study published online Nov. 9 in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.Jenna I. Rajczyk, M.P.H., f...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a wearable technology device (Bio Ware) is feasible for enhancing in vivo exposure (IVE) during prolonged exposure (PE) therapy, according to a pilot s...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with cancer have an increased risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) breakthrough infection and worse outcomes, with the highest risk seen for patients with hematologi...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Obstetrician-gynecologist (ob-gyn) preventive care visits include more reproductive-related services and fewer other general services for reproductive-aged women, according to a study published online Nov. 1...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Reconstructive burnout in breast reconstruction is associated with tissue expander complications, high body mass indices, and radiation therapy, according to a study published in the January issue of Plastic...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Antiepileptic drugs are associated with incident Parkinson disease, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Neurology.Daniel Belete, M.B.Ch.B., from Queen Mary University of London, and colleag...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pediatric edible cannabis exposures increased from 2017 to 2021, with most exposures occurring in a residential setting, according to a study published online Jan. 3 in Pediatrics.Marit S. Tweet, M.D., from ...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) myocarditis is associated with changes in noncardiac biomarkers, with elevated creatine phosphokinase (CPK) associated with myocarditis development and all-cause mortality, ...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to diabetes in utero is associated with an increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in offspring, according to a study published online Dec. 21 in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurol...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), those with current alcohol use disorder (AUD) or a history of AUD are less likely to receive direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment, according to a study published...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- College students who routinely cram at the last minute may not only see their grades suffer, but their health, too, a new study suggests.Researchers found that of more than 3,500 college students they follow...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Researchers studying whether COVID-19 affects how the human immune system responds to subsequent viral threats found changes in men that differed from those in women.Researchers from the National Institute of...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sometimes it really does "take a village" to help you meet life's challenges, and quitting smoking can be one of the toughest challenges out there. That's why specially designed smoking-cessation programs ca...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Eddie Garcia juggled roles as the chief of staff for an elected official and the president of a school board. The positions seemed to be wearing him down.At 46, he felt short of breath, his ...
MIÉRCOLES, 4 de enero de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Eddie García hacía malabares con sus roles como jefe de personal de un funcionario electo y presidente de una junta escolar. Al parecer estos cargos lo estaban desgastando.Tenía 46 año...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ransomware attacks on America’s health care systems have more than doubled in recent years, disrupting needed medical care and exposing the personal information of millions, a new study reports.These attacks...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a regulatory change on Tuesday that allows retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills. Before now, patients could only get this two-drug medication through clini...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A Pennsylvania man who persuaded desperate pet owners that he could help cure their dogs’ cancer was convicted by a federal jury of wire fraud and interstate shipment of misbranded animal drugs.Jonathan Nyce...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers studying dry eye disease in mice have found that the condition can alter how the cornea heals itself. They have also identified potential treatments.“We have drugs, but they only work well in abo...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A comprehensive eye exam could be the key to determining if you have glaucoma, a silent thief of sight. Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that affect the optic nerve, and the leading cause of preventable b...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- COVID vaccine boosters appear to be perfectly safe for your heart, data gathered from nearly 5,000 smartwatch wearers shows.Researchers tracked the heart health of thousands of Israeli smartwatch users, incl...
Ransomware attacks on U.S. hospitals have doubled since 2016. About 44% of the attacks disrupted the delivery of medical care, potentially doing harm to patient health, new research shows, and caused the exposure of nearly 42 million patients’ persona...
TUESDAY, Jan. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For the 2021 to 2022 influenza season, influenza vaccines were 36 percent effective against influenza A(H3N2)-related illnesses, according to a study published online Dec. 12 in Clinical Infectious Diseases.As...