Vicious Cycle: Epilepsy Seizures Could Encourage More Seizures
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Seizures tend to get progressively worse over time in people with epilepsy, and a new study in mice suggests why that might be the case.Seizures appear to prompt the brains of mice to produce more myelin, the i…
Learn MorePreexisting Type 2 Diabetes Tied to Later Stage of Cancer Diagnosis
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Individuals with type 2 diabetes face an increased risk for advanced tumor stage at cancer diagnosis, particularly for nonscreenable cancers, according to a study presented at the annual European Breast Cancer …
Learn MorePersonalized Counseling May Overcome Non-Follow-Up After Positive FIT Test
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Lack of knowledge and decision-making difficulties are associated with non-follow-up to positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT) results, according to a study published in the November/December issue of the Ann…
Learn MoreSeizures Seem Tied to Faster Decline in People With Dementia
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dementia patients who suffer from seizures tend to decline faster and die younger, according to a new study that urges caregivers to watch for these sudden brain changes.”Our hope is that controlling seizures b…
Learn MoreFew Americans Understand Alcohol’s Impact on Cancer Risk: Survey
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Alcohol increases the risk of cancer, but some Americans think it does the opposite, a new study shows. Researchers set out to understand people’s awareness of the links between alcohol and cancer, finding that…
Learn MoreLa mayoría de los estadounidenses todavía no comen suficientes granos integrales
MIÉRCOLES, 30 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los estadounidenses están comiendo más granos integrales que nunca antes, pero todavía no lo suficiente.Además, no todo el mundo está de acuerdo en qué constituye en realidad un grano integral, se…
Learn MoreMuchas mujeres mayores de EE. UU. reciben pruebas innecesarias para el cáncer de cuello uterino
MIÉRCOLES, 30 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unos investigadores advierten que unas tasas altas de pruebas de detección del cáncer de cuello uterino en las mujeres de a partir de 65 años sugieren que algunas estadunidenses mayores están reci…
Learn MoreAwareness of the Link Between Alcohol, Cancer Is Low
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer is generally low, according to a study published online Dec. 1 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.Andrew B. Seidenberg, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the Na…
Learn MoreQuality Improvement Collaborative Improving Cancer Screening Postpandemic
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A quality improvement (QI) collaborative can improve cancer screening, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in JAMA Network Open.Rachel Hae-Soo Joung, M.D., from the Northwestern University Feinber…
Learn MoreConvection-Enhanced Delivery of Topotecan Active in Glioblastoma
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A subcutaneously implanted, catheter-pump system capable of chronic convection-enhanced delivery (CED) of topotecan is well tolerated and active for patients with recurrent glioblastoma, according to a stud…
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