Unos médicos extrajeron una lombriz viva del cerebro de una mujer australiana
MARTES, 29 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los médicos sacaron una lombriz que todavía se movía del cerebro de una mujer australiana, en el primer caso conocido del mundo de una infección en humanos con un parásito que es común en algunas pitone…
Learn MoreEvidence Lacking for Cannabinoid Use in Children With Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There is a lack of evidence regarding the dosing, safety, and efficacy of cannabinoids for children with cancer, according to a review published online Aug. 28 in Cancer.Manik Chhabra, Pharm.D., from the Un…
Learn MoreRemoving Race Correction From Lung Function Test Changes Clinical Management
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Removal of race correction from pulmonary function tests (PFTs) may change surgical management of lung cancer in African American patients, according to a study published Aug. 16 in JAMA Surgery.Sidra N. Bo…
Learn MoreSegregation Has Close Ties With Lead Poisoning in Black American Kids
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Young Black children living in racially segregated U.S. neighborhoods are at heightened risk of potentially brain-damaging lead exposure, a new study warns.The study, of nearly 321,000 North Carolina childr…
Learn MoreCombined AI, Mammography Texture Model Improves Breast CA Risk Prediction
TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Combining artificial intelligence (AI) with mammography texture models improves breast cancer risk assessment, according to a study published online Aug. 29 in Radiology.Andreas D. Lauritzen, Ph.D., from the …
Learn MoreAdherence to Mediterranean Lifestyle Linked to Lower Mortality
TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For middle-aged and older adults, higher adherence to the Mediterranean lifestyle is associated with lower all-cause and cancer mortality, according to a study published online Aug. 16 in Mayo Clinic Proceedi…
Learn MoreAdherence to Mediterranean Lifestyle Linked to Lower Mortality
TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For middle-aged and older adults, higher adherence to the Mediterranean lifestyle is associated with lower all-cause and cancer mortality, according to a study published online Aug. 16 in Mayo Clinic Proceedi…
Learn MoreHeart, Diabetes, Cancer Drugs on List for Medicare Price Negotiations, White House Says
TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administration on Tuesday named the first 10 medicines that will be subject to price negotiations between Medicare and participating drug companies as a first step in a landmark program aimed at red…
Learn More¿Los medicamentos con cannabis son seguros para los niños con cáncer?
LUNES, 28 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Diecinueve estudios científicos no lograron responder a una importante pregunta: ¿Son los productos que contienen cannabis seguros o efectivos para los niños con cáncer?Un nuevo análisis de los estudios …
Learn MoreDoctors Pulled Live Worm From Australian Woman’s Brain
TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Doctors plucked a wriggling roundworm from the brain of an Australian woman in the world’s first-known case of human infection with a parasite common in some pythons.The woman, who had been experiencing worse…
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