Artificial Intelligence Improves Prediction of Pancreatic Cancer
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the design of surveillance programs for pancreatic cancer, according to a study published online May 8 in Nature Medicine.Davide Placido, from the University of Copenhag…
Learn MoreIntra-Op Liposomal Bupivacaine Beneficial After Spinal Fusion in Scoliosis
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion (PSF), intraoperative liposomal bupivacaine (LB) infiltration is associated with lower total opioid consumption and shorter …
Learn MoreAddition of GLP1-RA Tied to Lower MACE, Heart Failure Risk in Those With Diabetes
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with diabetes without preexisting cardiovascular disease, the addition of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RA) is associated with a lower risk for major adverse cardiac events (MA…
Learn MoreMore Evidence That Obesity Raises Odds for Gastrointestinal Cancers
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Maintaining a healthy weight may be important for reducing the risk of gastrointestinal cancer, a new study suggests. The research adds to the evidence that excess weight and weight increases in adulthood incre…
Learn MoreSevere Obesity Could Mean Faster Decline of Immunity From COVID Shot
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Severely obese people may need more frequent COVID-19 booster shots to keep their immunity going, new research suggests. Protection from the shots declines more rapidly in those who are severely obese compared …
Learn MoreFDA Approves First Drug Meant to Ease Alzheimer Disease-Linked Agitation
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A medication to treat agitation in patients with Alzheimer disease now has approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.The FDA gave supplemental approval for Rexulti (brexpiprazole) oral tablets on Th…
Learn MoreLos chicos con sobrepeso podrían convertirse en hombres menos fértiles al crecer
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los hombres que tenían sobrepeso cuando eran chicos quizá tengan problemas de infertilidad en la adultez, según una investigación reciente. Unos investigadores que estudian el tema de la infertilidad m…
Learn MoreER Visits by Teens in Mental Health Crisis Have Declined: CDC
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There’s a glimmer of good news when it comes to the mental health of America’s adolescents: Visits to U.S. emergency departments for psychiatric troubles declined among kids aged 12 to 17 by the fall of 2022,…
Learn MoreFor NHL Players, More Fighting on the Ice Is Linked to Shorter Lives
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fighting is par for the course in professional ice hockey, but a new study raises the question of whether it is shortening some players’ lives.The study, of hundreds of National Hockey League (NHL) players, f…
Learn MoreOverweight, Obesity in Early, Middle Adulthood Increases Risk for GI Cancers
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Overweight and obese body mass indices (BMIs) in early and middle adulthood are associated with a higher risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) and non-CRC gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, according to a study publis…
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