FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new scoring system can help identify individuals with alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) who are at high risk for short-term mortality, according to a study published online Feb. 15 in the Mayo Clinic Proceed...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, use of intravenous thrombolysis followed by mechanical thrombectomy (MT; also known as bridging therapy [BT]) is associated with incr...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Regular aspirin use does not improve invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) among high-risk breast cancer patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative disease, according to a study pre...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Centers that meet the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) guidelines for elective open aortic abdominal aneurysm (AAA) repair are associated with improved patient survival, with surgeon volume confounding results, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Vascular
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For critically ill hospitalized patients with COVID-19 receiving invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, baricitinib plus standard of care is associated with reduced mortality, ...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Illicit amphetamine use is associated with an increased incidence of psychosis, according to a study published online Feb. 14 in Evidence-Based Mental Health.Chieh-Liang Huang, from the China Medical Universit...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A higher level of physical activity among the elderly is associated with a lower risk for incident cardiovascular diseases, but not stroke, especially early in late life, according to a study published online ...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Approximately one in five girls with type 2 diabetes has polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online Feb. 15 in JAMA Network Open.Milena Cioana, from Mc...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- About half of patients with COVID-19 with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) have poor outcomes, with 38.8 percent mortality, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychi...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Potent and poisonous, the synthetic opioid known as fentanyl has infiltrated nearly every corner of the U.S. illegal street drug market, experts warn. In the process, it's killing addicts and recreational "par...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Two years into a pandemic that landed people in their living rooms, generating countless hours of television bingeing and stress eating, the nation has a new problem to worry about: Nearly hal...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- No matter how you look at them, Janita Poe and D. L. Dean are standout long-distance runners.Poe, 58, of Atlanta, estimates she's completed 17 half-marathons, three full marathons, four half I...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Women struggling with the change of life often head to the supplements section of their pharmacy to deal with menopause symptoms like hot flashes and sleeplessness.But experts say they'd be better off going to...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Journalistic fact checks do more to combat the spread of COVID-19 misinformation than false tags used by social media companies, a new study finds.Journalistic fact checks not only flag a post as false, but al...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Six Brut and Sure aerosol antiperspirant and deodorant sprays sold in the United States and Canada have been recalled by their maker due to the presence of the chemical benzene."Benzene is classified as a huma...
Do supplements work to ease symptoms of menopause? There's scant clinical evidence that supplements like black cohosh, soy isoflavone and Swedish pollen provide effective relief for hot flashes and other ills, experts say. Read moreScience reveals how...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Fracking has already raised the ire of environmentalists for its effects on the planet, but new research sends up another red flag: The wastewater produced by the complicated oil and gas drilling process is l...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- "Rogue antibodies" that seem to trigger severe blood clotting and illness in COVID-19 patients have been identified by scientists.Their analysis of blood samples from 244 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 rev...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The national bird of the United States is facing a deadly threat from within: widespread lead poisoning, largely caused by ingesting fragments of hunters' lead ammunition.The poisoning is slowing the populatio...
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hundreds of new proteins that may be linked to cystic fibrosis have been identified by researchers and could point the way to better treatments for people with the genetic disease.There is no cure for cystic f...
THURSDAY, Feb. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Assisted reproductive technology (ART) contributed to 12.5 percent of all multiple births in the United States in 2018, according to research published in the Feb. 18 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease C...
THURSDAY, Feb. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It is possible to create "universal" donor organs that would eliminate the need to match transplant donor and recipient blood types, researchers report. "With the current matching system, wait times can be c...
THURSDAY, Feb. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Masks will no longer be required for fully vaccinated visitors at Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida as of Thursday, Walt Disney Co. announced. The company, which does not require proof of ...
THURSDAY, Feb. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than one-third of physicians report that prior authorization has led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care, according to a survey released by the American Medical Association (AMA).The ...
THURSDAY, Feb. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For children with insomnia symptoms, 43.3 percent have a persistent trajectory, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in Pediatrics.Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, Ph.D., from the Penn State Health Milton S...
MIÉRCOLES, 16 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La epidemia de obesidad infantil de EE. UU. tiene otra consecuencia: una nueva investigación muestra que las chicas con diabetes tipo 2 pueden estar creando las condiciones para desarrollar una afec...
MIÉRCOLES, 16 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Podría una terapia que se usa para tratar el dolor de pecho aliviar los síntomas debilitantes de la COVID prolongada?Sí, afirma un estudio de tamaño reducido pero promisorio que encontró que ayudab...
MIÉRCOLES, 16 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unos científicos que realizaron la primera edición genética de garrapatas afirman que esta línea de investigación podría conducir a nuevas formas de reducir las enfermedades transmitidas por las gar...
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