Los cirujanos encuentran microplásticos en corazones humanos
JUEVES, 10 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Parece que hay microplásticos en todos sitios, incluso dentro de los tejidos del corazón humano. Un nuevo informe chino describe que los médicos encontraron microplásticos en el tejido cardiaco tanto an…
Learn MoreLas personas con autismo se enfrentan a un riesgo mucho más alto de autolesiones y suicidio
JUEVES, 10 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Las personas con autismo tienen más de tres veces más probabilidades que sus pares sin el trastorno del desarrollo de experimentar autolesiones, ideación suicida, intentos de suicidio o de morir por sui…
Learn MoreIs Science Getting Closer to the Brain Center for Male Libido?
FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A single hardwired brain circuit might be responsible for male sexual drive, a new mouse study reports.Researchers have singled out in lab mice a brain region that controls sexual interest, libido, mating beha…
Learn MoreRecommendations Developed for Acetaminophen Poisoning
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In a consensus statement published online Aug. 8 in JAMA Network Open, recommendations are presented for the management of patients with acetaminophen poisoning.Richard C. Dart, M.D., Ph.D., from the Univers…
Learn MoreMisdiagnosis Common for Suspected Myelodysplastic Neoplasms
FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with suspected myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), diagnoses are often discordant for local clinical sites and central, adjudicated review, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in Blood Advan…
Learn MoreNonoperative Management of Appendicitis Safe Over Long Term
FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More than half of patients treated nonoperatively for acute appendicitis did not experience recurrence and avoided surgery over two decades of follow-up, according to a research letter published online Aug. 9 …
Learn MoreAmid Shortages, Maker Says Restrictions on Wegovy Will Continue Into 2024
FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) – As demand for the wildly popular weight-loss drug Wegovy continues to climb, drug maker Novo Nordisk said Thursday that it will continue restrictions on starter doses of the medication into 2024.The new plan ex…
Learn MoreSupreme Court Temporarily Blocks Oxycontin Maker’s Bankruptcy Deal
FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A bankruptcy deal that would have shielded the family behind the company that makes Oxycontin from civil lawsuits was temporarily blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday.President Joe Biden had asked for …
Learn MoreCoronary Heart Disease Mortality Dropped From 1990 to 2019
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality declined from 1990 to 2019, although the decline is slowing among younger cohorts, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Heart Journal.C…
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