Paxlovid reduce el riesgo de COVID prolongada
LUNES, 7 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La pastilla antiviral Paxlovid no solo reduce las hospitalizaciones y las muertes tras contraer la COVID-19: una nueva investigación muestra que también reduce las probabilidades de COVID prolongada en…
Learn MoreAHA: Strategies Compared for Treating Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia
TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), an initial strategy of surgical revascularization is better than endovascular therapy for those with a single segment of great saphenous vein that co…
Learn MoreAHA: Baxdrostat Studied in Treatment-Resistant Hypertension
TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patients with treatment-resistant hypertension who receive baxdrostat versus placebo have dose-dependent reductions in systolic blood pressure at 12 weeks, according to a study published online Nov. 7 in the N…
Learn MoreAHA: Lowering TGs With Pemafibrate Does Not Cut CV Risk in T2DM
TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia, and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, the incidence of cardiovascular events is not lower with pemafibrate versus placebo, according to a…
Learn MoreVaginal Progesterone Not Tied to Reduction in Recurrent Preterm Birth
TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Use of vaginal progesterone is not associated with a reduction in recurrent preterm birth, according to a study published online Oct. 31 in JAMA Network Open.David B. Nelson, M.D., from the University of Texas…
Learn MoreLipid-Lowering, Antidiabetic Drugs Tied to Prevalence of AMD
TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Lipid-lowering drugs (LLDs) and antidiabetic drugs are associated with lower prevalence of any age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a meta-analysis published online Nov. 7 in the British Journa…
Learn MoreHalf of Dentists Say Patients Are Coming to Appointments While High
TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More and more nervous patients are showing up stoned for dental appointments, often forcing dentists to postpone treatment until the patient sobers up, new survey data shows.As more states are legalizing marij…
Learn MoreScientists Use ‘Gentler’ Cell Transplants to Reverse Diabetes in Mice
TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have used a transplant procedure to apparently cure diabetes in lab mice, without the need for immune-suppressing drugs afterward.The success is a first step in developing a safer way to use cell tr…
Learn MoreNew Drug Helps Tame Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure
TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Some patients with high blood pressure can’t get it under control with standard medications, but a new study shows an experimental drug is up to the task of treating these tough-to-treat cases.Why do some folks…
Learn MoreStudy Compares 2 Common Diuretics Used in Heart Failure
TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patients with heart failure are often prescribed a diuretic or “water pill” to prevent fluid buildup. A new study has found that two often-prescribed medications work equally well at reducing deaths. “Given th…
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