Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Genetically altered pig hearts could soon become a viable transplantation alternative for people with life-threatening heart disease, new experiments show.A team at NYU Langone Health has successfully transpl…
Learn MoreGenomic Sequencing Enhances Findings of Hearing Loss in NICU
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Expanded genomic sequencing may be an effective adjunct hearing screening to detect hearing loss among patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), according to a study published online July 11 in JAM…
Learn MoreAI Applied to Imaging May Help Clinicians Diagnose Fractures
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For fracture detection, artificial intelligence (AI) and clinicians have comparable diagnostic performance, according to a review published in the July issue of Radiology.Rachel Y. L. Kuo, M.B., B.Chir., from…
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Abortion bans could put lives of cancer patients in jeopardy. Many treatments that cure cancer can cause either miscarriage or birth defects, particularly early in pregnancy. Now, pregnant women who are also battling cancer face stark choices under ne…
Learn MoreCommon, Crucial Medical Device Often Gives Wrong Readings for Black Patients
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine how sick they were while infected with COVID-19, but new research finds the devices often miss dangerously low blood oxygen l…
Learn MoreThink You’re at High Risk of Prostate Cancer? Healthy Living Can Slash Odds for Lethal Disease
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Genes can put some men at heightened risk of prostate cancer, but a new study suggests they can undo much of that potential harm with a healthy lifestyle.Researchers found that among men at increased genetic r…
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For men at high risk, healthy living lowers risk of lethal prostate cancer. In a new study, men at increased genetic risk of prostate cancer who maintained a healthy lifestyle were much less likely to die of the disease over nearly three decades. Read…
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Adult characters with autism move into the TV spotlight. After decades of portrayals of autism being focused on kids, new TV series are including the lives of adults on the spectrum in their storylines. Read moreCould ADHD meds help fight Alzheimer’s?…
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Teens 3 times more prone to marijuana abuse than adults. Teenagers’ developing brains may make them more susceptible, British researchers say. Read moreAbout 1 in 7 U.S. kindergarteners are now obese. New findings suggest that efforts aimed at getting…
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Poll finds many diabetes caregivers exhausted, lacking support. A new Harris/HealthDay survey finds 1 in 3 Americans now live and/or care for someone with the blood sugar disease, and 60% said their loved one’s disease impacts all facets of their lif…
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