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Binge Drinking in Middle Age: Has ‘Wine Mom’ Culture Gone Too Far?

FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s an image you see everywhere on social media and television: Groups of 30-something women, glistening glasses of chardonnay or cabernet in their hands as they let loose with their friends.But a new study d…

U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Hit a 41 Year High

Second-Line Switch to Dolutegravir Noninferior in HIV

FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with HIV without genotype information, a second-line switch to dolutegravir is noninferior to a regimen containing a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI), according to a study published in th…

Collaborative Care Cuts Fatigue, Pain in ESKD Hemodialysis Patients

FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A technology-assisted stepped collaborative care intervention can reduce fatigue and pain among patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) undergoing hemodialysis, according to a study published online June…

1.3 Billion People Worldwide Could Have Diabetes by 2050

FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Diabetes is skyrocketing, with more than 500 million people of all ages living with the disease today and the number of cases worldwide projected to hit 1.3 billion in the next 30 years.”The rapid rate at whic…

When Your Child Has Scoliosis: Symptoms & Treatments

FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The future for a child diagnosed with scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine that typically occurs just before puberty, can feel uncertain.As a parent, you want answers to your questions about scoliosis…

What’s Really Killing the ‘Night Owls’?

FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s not the late nights, but the smoking and drinking that happen during those late nights, that are killing people who are “night owls” earlier in life, a new study claims.Researchers studied twins in Finlan…

What’s Really Killing the ‘Night Owls’?

FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s not the late nights, but the smoking and drinking that happen during those late nights, that are killing people who are “night owls” earlier in life, a new study claims.Researchers studied twins in Finlan…

U.S. Pedestrian Deaths at Highest Level in 41 Years

THURSDAY, June 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More than 7,500 people were killed last year after being struck by vehicles while walking along or across U.S. roadways — the most pedestrian deaths in more than four decades, according to a new report from…

Encuentran PFAS, unos ‘químicos eternos’, en la sangre de perros mascotas y caballos

MIÉRCOLES, 21 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Una nueva investigación sobre caballos y perros encontró unos niveles elevados de PFAS, unos “químicos eternos”, lo que establece a los caballos como una especie centinela. Las especies centinela prov…