AHA Addresses Infective Endocarditis in Injection Drug Users
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For infective endocarditis cases among people who inject drugs, management is complex and requires a unique approach involving multiple specialists, including addiction-trained clinicians, according to a sc…
Learn MoreShort Menstrual Cycles Tied to More Symptoms at Menopause
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women with short menstrual cycles (≤25 days) during reproductive years appear to have a higher frequency of total menopausal symptoms and an earlier age of natural menopause, according to a study published …
Learn MoreUblituximab Bests Teriflunomide in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis receiving ublituximab have lower annualized relapse rates and fewer brain lesions on magnetic resonance imaging than those receiving teriflunomide, according to a …
Learn MoreEfforts to Preserve Fertility Won’t Affect Breast Cancer Outcomes
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fertility preservation procedures for women with breast cancer won’t raise the risk of their cancer returning later, a new Swedish study shows.Women who had eggs or embryos frozen before going through chemo…
Learn MoreU.S. Life Expectancy Fell by Nearly 1 Year in 2021 Due to Pandemic
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Life expectancy in the United States dropped for the second straight year, government health officials reported Wednesday.The decline from 77 years in 2020 to 76.1 years in 2021 puts U.S. life expectancy at…
Learn MoreOne Factor Is Key to Healthy Eating for Kids With Down Syndrome
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) – When it comes to food, kids with Down syndrome have definite likes and dislikes — and a food’s texture is crucial.Food with a crispy, oily mouthfeel generally get a big thumbs-up, while brittle or gooey foo…
Learn MoreBrain Study Shows How Fentanyl Kills
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that’s driving a surge in drug overdose deaths, kills by stopping breathing even before someone loses consciousness, a new study reveals. To come to that conclusion, researche…
Learn MoreSARS-CoV-2 mAbs Continued to Be Used After FDA Deauthorization
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 158,000 doses of two anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), bamlanivimab-etesevimab and casirivimab-imdevimab, were administered in early 2022, despite de…
Learn MoreLas visitas de niños a emergencias por tragar pilas de botón se duplicaron en una década
LUNES, 29 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La hija de 18 meses de Trista Hamsmith, Reese, murió tras tragarse una pila de botón que se salió de un control remoto, y la madre, convertida en defensora, ha pasado los dos últimos años intentando aseg…
Learn MoreUna ‘polipastilla’ multifunción logra que los pacientes cardiacos tomen sus medicamentos
LUNES, 29 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Una nueva investigación muestra que combinar tres medicamentos para el corazón en una “polipastilla” reduce el riesgo de morir de un ataque cardiaco en un 33 por ciento, un hallazgo que prueba que la com…
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