MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Azithromycin therapy during acute severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis does not reduce recurrent wheeze over two to four years, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in NEJM Evidence...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Taken correctly, prescription drugs used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can help teens and young adults navigate their condition, but a new study finds many are dying from overdosing...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Some patients with "long COVID" have incident neuropathy, according to a study published online March 1 in Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation.Anne Louise Oaklander, M.D., Ph.D., from Massachusetts...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A modeling study suggests that incorporating outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) or partial oral antibiotic approaches along with addiction care services in the treatment of patients with injec...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An artificial intelligence (AI) tool can effectively identify and distinguish between two life-threatening heart conditions from ultrasound videos, according to a study published online Feb. 23 in JAMA Cardio...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- First-time mothers, young mothers, and mothers of twins report the highest rates of postpartum depressive symptoms (PDS), according to a study published in the March 15 issue of the Journal of Affective Disor...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- High-intensity interval training may provide mental and physical health benefits for men on active surveillance for initial management of low-grade prostate cancer, according to a study published online Feb. ...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Resistance exercise may be better than aerobic exercise for improving the duration and quality of sleep among individuals with a high risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study presented at the Ame...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Women who enter menopause very early have a greater risk for developing dementia later in life, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health 2022 Scientific Sessions, held from March 1 to 4 in Chicago.Wenting
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Bringing home a baby should be an exciting and blissful time, but for many new parents, colossal out-of-pocket costs for pregnancy and delivery take the joy out of this milestone.Some low-income families spen...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Black and Hispanic children are less likely to receive bystander CPR than white children, according to a new study.The research, published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Cir...
LUNES, 14 de marzo de 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Los niños negros e hispanos tienen menos probabilidades de recibir RCP por transeúnte que los niños blancos, según un nuevo estudio.La investigación, publicada el lunes en la revista Circ...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Katherine Stewart, 16, must take six to 10 insulin shots a day to properly manage her type 1 diabetes.Her Highland, Utah, family pays $500 a month out of pocket for her insulin. Before they meet their insuran...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When people have both chronic dry eye and depression, their eye symptoms may be worse, a new study finds.Researchers said the exact nature of the link is not clear: Does depression affect the severity of dry ...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A recently identified hybrid of the Omicron and Delta coronavirus variants is unlikely to become a serious threat, scientists say.The new hybrid, first found in samples collected in France in January, is form...
Americans with diabetes still struggling with high insulin bills. It's a century-old drug, but insulin prices just keep rising and some patients are endangering their health by skipping doses. Will federal price cap legislation come soon enough to he...
Americans with diabetes still struggling with high insulin bills. It's a century-old drug, but insulin prices just keep rising and some patients are endangering their health by skipping doses. Will federal price cap legislation come soon enough to he...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A number of COVID medications have proven their mettle against the "stealth" BA.2 Omicron variant in lab tests, but it's not clear how effective they would be in real-world use, researchers report. Some evid...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A number of COVID medications have proven their mettle against the "stealth" BA.2 Omicron variant in lab tests, but it's not clear how effective they would be in real-world use, researchers report. Some evid...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccine politics can apparently lead to some mismatched bedfellows, a new study suggests.It found that about 1 in 6 U.S. couples have one partner who is vaccinated against COVID-19 and one who is not, and the...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A spike in hospitalizations for a dangerous low-salt condition is the latest in a growing list of health threats linked to climate change.An average global temperature increase of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit could...
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- German shepherds are one of the most noble dog breeds on the planet, but they can fall prey to an often deadly swallowing disorder. Now, researchers report they have not only identified a gene variant that ex...
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of March 7 to 11, 2022. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sou...
FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients are still underrepresented in most trials relating to approval of new drugs, despite implementation of an action plan in 2015 to improve diversity, according to a report published in the March ...
FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Six percent of individuals with prediabetes develop diabetes within one year, according to a study published online March 2 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.Eva Tseng, M.D., M.P.H., from the Johns ...
FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), overweight and obesity are associated with higher forced expiratory volume in the first second of expiration compared with normal weight, according to a meta-analysis p...
FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The quality of YouTube videos related to aesthetic injectables is lower than that of websites, according to a study published in the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.Anooj A. Patel, from the ...