Hallucinogens: What Are They, Side Effects, Precautions & Abuse
Hallucinogen drugs, also known as psychedelics, have been in the news lately as recent breakthroughs have highlighted their potential health benefits.Find out what hallucinogens are, how they’re used, and their side effects, precautions and drug inter…
Learn MorePrognostic Factors ID’d for Stage IIIb AL Amyloidosis
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with stage IIIb amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis, baseline factors predictive of treatment outcomes and survival have been identified, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in Blood …
Learn MoreBystander CPR, Defib Use Saves Lives Even If Ambulance Arrives Quickly
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Bystander aid using CPR and a defibrillator can be critically important for saving lives when someone has a cardiac arrest — even when an ambulance arrives quickly, say researchers.A new study finds that wh…
Learn MoreDogs Can Tell When You’re Talking to Them, and Might Prefer Female Voices
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Mothers use sing-song language to talk to their infants. Their dogs respond to it, too, according to a new study. Researchers in Hungary also found that dogs have greater brain sensitivity to the speech dire…
Learn MoreUnos escáneres de los ojos podrían detectar el Parkinson en sus etapas más tempranas
MARTES, 22 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Unos investigadores británicos quizá hayan encontrado una forma de diagnosticar la enfermedad de Parkinson varios años antes. Investigadores del Colegio Universitario de Londres (UCL) y del Hospital de …
Learn MoreSaltarse la aspirina tras un ataque cardiaco aumenta las probabilidades de recurrencia
MARTES, 22 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Si ha sufrido un ataque cardiaco, es probable que su médico le indicara que tome una aspirina de dosis baja al día para evitar un segundo ataque cardiaco o un accidente cerebrovascular (ACV), pero la ma…
Learn MoreProstate MRI Has Independent Screening Value
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a value for screening independent of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), according to a study published online Aug. 21 in BMJ Oncology.Caroline M. Moore, M.D., fro…
Learn MoreU.S. Gender-Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in 3 Years
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans undergoing gender-affirming surgery is on the rise, new research reveals, almost tripling between 2016 and 2019 alone.During that period, more than 48,000 patients — about half of t…
Learn MoreNivolumab + Ipilimumab Tops Ipilimumab Alone in Metastatic Melanoma
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with metastatic melanoma who receive frontline anti-programmed death protein 1 (PD-1) or therapy against programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 and whose tumors progressed with cytotoxic T-lymphocyte…
Learn MoreSacrospinous Hysteropexy Inferior to Manchester Procedure for Uterine Descent
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with uterine descent, sacrospinous hysteropexy is inferior to the Manchester procedure for first surgical treatment, according to a study published in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of the Am…
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