Subclinical CVD Linked to Increased Risk for Mortality in Diabetes
MONDAY, June 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For adults with diabetes, subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD), as assessed by cardiac biomarkers, is associated with an increased risk for all-cause and CVD mortality, according to a study published online…
Learn MoreEarly Treatment Can Be Initiated for A-Fib Patients With Stroke
MONDAY, June 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with atrial fibrillation who have had an acute ischemic stroke, the incidence of a composite primary end point ranges from a reduction of about 2.8 percent to an increase of 0.5 percent for those r…
Learn MoreEarly Treatment Can Be Initiated for A-Fib Patients With Stroke
MONDAY, June 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with atrial fibrillation who have had an acute ischemic stroke, the incidence of a composite primary end point ranges from a reduction of about 2.8 percent to an increase of 0.5 percent for those r…
Learn MoreLoneliness Can Cut Survival After a Cancer Diagnosis: Study
MONDAY, June 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There’s a “loneliness epidemic” in the United States, and feelings of isolation have been linked to heart disease, stroke and other health conditions.Now, new research suggests that cancer survivors who feel lo…
Learn MoreU.S. Has Lagged Other Rich Nations in Life Expectancy for Decades
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans aren’t living as long as people in dozens of other developed nations — and the problem is worse than previously thought, a new study reveals.People in more than 50 countries on six continents have bee…
Learn MoreMyosteatosis Linked to Increase in Mortality in Asymptomatic Adults
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Myosteatosis is associated with increased mortality risk among asymptomatic adults, according to a study published online May 16 in Radiology.Maxime Nachit, M.D., Ph.D., from the UCLouvain in Brussels, and co…
Learn MoreVitamin D₃ Supplements Not Tied to Lower Cancer Mortality, Overall
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Daily vitamin D₃ supplementation may reduce cancer mortality for some patients, according to a study published in the June issue of Ageing Research Reviews.Sabine Kuznia, from the German Cancer Research Cent…
Learn MoreHydrocortisone Does Not Reduce 90-Day Mortality in Septic Shock
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with septic shock, intravenous hydrocortisone does not reduce 90-day mortality when compared with placebo, according to a study published online May 22 in NEJM Evidence.Romain Pirracchio, M.D., …
Learn MoreOcho factores clave acortan las vidas de los afroamericanos
VIERNES, 26 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los afroamericanos se enfrentan a un riesgo más alto de muerte precoz que los estadounidenses blancos, y ahora un nuevo estudio apunta a los motivos. Estos ocho factores, que se conocen como los determin…
Learn MoreDifferences in Treatment, Not Genes, Keep Black Mens’ Prostate Cancer Death Rates High
TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black men die from prostate cancer more frequently than other men. They also shoulder the greatest burden of advanced prostate disease around the world. Now, new research shows genetics are not to blame.Rather…
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