Fewer Pet Neuterings in Pandemic Means Shelters Are Filling Up
TUESDAY, Sept. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 pandemic has undone decades of progress controlling dog and cat populations through spay and neuter surgeries, a new University of Florida study finds.Spay-neuter procedures performed at 212 cli…
Learn MoreData Support Continued Access to Tecovirimat for Monkeypox
MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The data support continued access to tecovirimat for treatment of monkeypox virus infection, with subjective improvement seen at a median of three days after initiation of treatment, according to research pu…
Learn MorePatient-Doctor Disagreements More Likely in Overweight Patients
MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Overweight patients are more likely to disagree with their physicians than patients of normal weight, according to a study published online Aug. 30 in Family Practice.Laëtitia Gimenez, from the University Tou…
Learn MoreNew 988 Suicide Hotline Sees Increase in Calls for Help
MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a new suicide and crisis hotline using just the numbers 988 in July, and now new data show calls climbed 45 percent compared with the same time last y…
Learn MoreLas TC para la detección del cáncer del pulmón encuentra más tumores tempranos
VIERNES, 9 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Las TC para la detección del cáncer de pulmón pueden encontrar los tumores en una etapa anterior y más tratable, indica un nuevo estudio.El número de cánceres de pulmón en etapa 1 que los médicos de…
Learn MoreCemiplimab Studied as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Cutaneous SCC
MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fifty-one percent of patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy with cemiplimab for resectable stage II, III, or IV (M0) cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma had a pathological complete response, according to a stu…
Learn MorePremenstrual Mood Changes Impact Women of All Ages Globally
MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Premenstrual mood changes are a persistent issue among women of reproductive age, according to a study published online Aug. 26 in the Archives of Women’s Mental Health.Liisa Hantsoo, Ph.D., from the Johns Ho…
Learn MoreMore Than Half of ICU Survivors Not Fully Recovered at One Year
MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than half of survivors of critical illness treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) do not make a full recovery at one year, according to a study published online Sept. 7 in PLOS ONE.Lise F. E. Beumeler,…
Learn MoreLower-Opportunity Neighborhoods Tied to More Pediatric ED Visits
MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children from neighborhoods with a low Child Opportunity Index (COI) have higher emergency department use overall, and particularly more visits that could be managed in primary care, according to a study publ…
Learn MoreTelemedicine, In-Person Visits Show High Diagnostic Concordance
MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Telemedicine and in-person diagnoses of new clinical complaints yield high diagnostic concordance, according to a study published online Sept. 2 in JAMA Network Open.Bart M. Demaerschalk, M.D., from the Mayo …
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