THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton has suffered a "scary setback" as she fights a rare type of pneumonia while in the intensive care unit of a hospital, her family said Wednesday.The 55-year-old, who liv...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Rosuvastatin and atorvastatin have comparable efficacy for a composite outcome in adults with coronary artery disease, according to a study published online Oct. 18 in The BMJ.Yong-Joon Lee, M.D., from the Y...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For adults with nasal obstruction associated with a deviated nasal septum, septoplasty is a more effective intervention than a defined medical management regimen, according to a study published online Oct. 1...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Non-White patients have a lower likelihood of having pain scores reported and of receiving analgesia during prehospital care for traumatic injuries, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in JAMA Netw...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When the pandemic hit, Dr. Anthony Fauci saw his "worst nightmare" realized. Now, a different worry keeps him up at night: that humanity will forget the lessons learned.That's the crux of a new editorial pen...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Induced first-trimester abortion is not associated with Rh sensitization, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Sarah Horvath, M.D., from Penn Stat...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- During a time period with improvements in treatment of advanced prostate cancer, there was a simultaneous clinically meaningful increase in mean survival for men with de novo metastatic castration-sensitive ...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients in an urban region with greater average exposure to nitrogen dioxide throughout pregnancy are more likely to experience preterm delivery, according to a study published online in the October issue o...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Older adult drivers with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a higher risk for car crashes when compared with their peers without ADHD, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in JAMA N...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A classifier based on cell-free DNA (cfDNA) methylation liquid biopsy can discriminate high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) from benign masses, according to a study published online Oct. 9 in Clinical...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For hospitalized patients with suspected infection for whom a clinician initiated an order for antipseudomonal antibiotics within 12 hours of presentation to the hospital, the incidence of acute kidney injur...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients receiving mechanical ventilation, Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida auris are common, with an increased likelihood of colonization among those in long-term care facilities versus acute care ho...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People who live alone have a greater risk of dying from cancer, a new study warns.Researchers from the American Cancer Society showed that U.S. adults who live alone had a 32% higher risk of cancer death tha...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Soon, you may be able to step out on your front porch and wait for your prescription medication to drop from the sky. On Wednesday, Amazon Pharmacy announced that it is starting to test speedy prescription d...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Americans with Down syndrome have a critical lifeline in Medicaid insurance, new research confirms.But the publicly funded insurance program will have to respond to rising numbers of older adults with Down s...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of people undergo joint replacement surgery every year. To prevent infection, doctors often give them a second antibiotic -- but new research suggests this can backfire.Adding a second antibiotic at...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Telehealth may be a powerful way to get people with opioid use disorder to take -- and stay on -- medication to treat their addiction.Researchers report that those who started buprenorphine treatment via tel...
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Stigma can take a toll on lesbian, gay and bisexual teens, leading to high rates of binge-eating disorders, researchers say.Compared to their non-LGBTQ peers, lesbian, gay and bisexual teens are more than t...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There is a positive association for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), and a negative association for COVID-19 vaccination and GBS, acc...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with prostate cancer with high-risk biochemical recurrence, enzalutamide plus leuprolide is best for metastasis-free survival, according to a study published in the Oct. 19 issue of the New Eng...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The addition of vancomycin to cefazolin prophylaxis is not superior to placebo for prevention of surgical site infections in patients undergoing arthroplasty, according to a study published in the Oct. 19 i...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Million Hearts Model, which encouraged and paid for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment and reduction, cut first-time heart attacks and strokes over five years, according to a study published i...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed a ban on the use of formaldehyde in hair relaxers over concerns about its link to respiratory problems and certain cancers. Right now, the FDA only discour...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- COVID infection can raise the risk of a rare immune system attack on the body's nerves -- but vaccination might protect against it, a large new study suggests.The study, of more than 3 million Israeli adult...
MIÉRCOLES, 18 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) - Los adultos con trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) tienen casi tres veces más probabilidades de desarrollar demencia que otros adultos, sugiere un nuevo estudio.Los resultados ...
MIÉRCOLES, 18 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La artritis se está convirtiendo en una enfermedad de las masas, afectando al 21% de los adultos estadounidenses, o a más de 53 millones de personas, muestra un nuevo informe."Es importante destacar...
MIÉRCOLES, 18 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News)- - Las "advertencias de contenido sensible" ahora son ampliamente aceptadas como una manera de ayudar a las personas a evitar daños por contenido perturbador. Sin embargo, simplemente no funcionan, seg...
MIÉRCOLES, 18 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) - Las mujeres tienen más probabilidades de desarrollar depresión después de sufrir una lesión cerebral traumática (TBI, por sus siglas en inglés), indica un nuevo estudio.El análisis de nueve estudios ...