Living Near Busy Road Could Raise Your Odds for Eczema
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — How close a person lives to a major road could have an impact on their eczema risk.New research suggests that folks who live farther from one are less likely to develop the skin condition.A 13-year medical …
Learn MoreEl ejercicio puede ayudar a reducir la peligrosa grasa que rodea al hígado
LUNES, 13 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Con frecuencia, se aconseja a los pacientes con enfermedad del hígado graso no alcohólico que pierdan peso, pero esto puede resultar difícil y tarda un tiempo.Ahora, unos investigadores informan que enc…
Learn MoreCAPTURE Screening Tool Has High Specificity for Identifying COPD
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Assessment in Primary Care to Identify Undiagnosed Respiratory Disease and Exacerbation Risk (CAPTURE) screening tool has low sensitivity and high specificity …
Learn MoreAllergists Less Likely to Check Black Kids for Eczema
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have dubbed kids’ progression from eczema to asthma the “atopic march,” and they know more about how it affects white children than their Black counterparts. Research scheduled for presentation at an …
Learn MoreExercise Can Help Shed Dangerous Fat Around the Liver
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Often, patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are advised to lose weight, but that can be hard to do and takes precious time.Now, researchers report they have found another strategy can help lower live…
Learn MoreUna ley de Massachusetts permitiría a los presos donar órganos a cambio de condenas más cortas
JUEVES, 9 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los legisladores de Massachusetts han propuesto un proyecto de ley que permitiría a los reclusos de las prisiones donar sus órganos o su médula ósea como forma de reducir la duración de su condena.Aunqu…
Learn MoreIde-Cel Beneficial in Relapsed, Refractory Multiple Myeloma
FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with pretreated relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma, idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel), a B-cell maturation antigen-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, prolongs progression-free…
Learn MoreMassachusetts Bill Would Let Prisoners Donate Organs in Exchange for Shorter Sentence
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Massachusetts legislators have proposed a bill that would allow prison inmates to donate their organs or bone marrow as a way to trim the length of their sentence.While some experts wonder about the ethics of…
Learn MoreLa vacuna contra la gripe podría salvarles la vida a las personas con afecciones crónicas
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Se prevé que la temporada de gripe de EE. UU. se alargue hasta la primavera, y los expertos señalan que no es demasiado tarde para vacunarse contra la gripe.La temporada de la gripe del año pasado fu…
Learn MoreDifelikefalin Improves Itch Intensity in Notalgia Paresthetica
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Oral treatment with difelikefalin results in greater reductions in itch intensity scores than placebo among patients with notalgia paresthetica, but it does not improve secondary outcomes, according to a stud…
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