La fertilidad de los hombres con trabajos pesados quizá mejore
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los hombres que tienen trabajos físicamente demandantes y que levantan con regularidad objetos pesados en el trabajo también tienen unos conteos de esperma y unos niveles de testosterona más altos. Un…
Learn MoreDaily Marijuana Use Now Linked to Heart Risks
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that smoking weed is far from benign: Toking every day might raise your odds of heart disease.The increased risk is not insignificant. Daily marijuana users are about one-third more likel…
Learn MoreAAAAI: Black Children With Eczema More Likely to Have Asthma
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black children with atopic dermatitis are more likely to have asthma than non-Hispanic White children, but they are less likely to be evaluated by an allergist, according to a study presented at the annual mee…
Learn MoreFor-Profit Hospices Often Deliver Worse Care: Study
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients spending the end of their lives in for-profit hospices receive substantially worse care than those who are in nonprofit hospices, a new study claims. To come to that conclusion, RAND Corp. researchers…
Learn MoreSustained Low Wages Tied to Early Death Risk
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sustained low-wage earning is associated with elevated mortality risk and excess deaths, according to a study published in the Feb. 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.Katrina L. Kezios…
Learn MoreFeds Will Start Limiting Telehealth Prescriptions for Painkillers, ADHD Drugs
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Federal officials plan to tighten access to drugs that have the potential for abuse by reinstating federal prescribing requirements that were loosened during the pandemic. The Biden administration will require …
Learn MorePaid Sick Leave: Good for Business, Study Finds
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The United States is one of the few developed nations without federal paid sick leave protection, owing at least in part to concerns about potential harms to business, according to a new study.Yet, researchers…
Learn More2009 to 2018 Saw Increase in Total Expenditure for Insulin
FRIDAY, Feb. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The price of insulin has increased in the United States, with the burden of out-of-pocket (OOP) costs rising considerably among uninsured individuals, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in the Journa…
Learn MoreGlobal Economic Cost of Cancer Estimated to Be $25.2 Trillion From 2020 to 2050
FRIDAY, Feb. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The estimated global economic cost of cancer is projected to be $25.2 trillion from 2020 to 2050, according to a study published online Feb. 23 in JAMA Oncology.Simiao Chen, Sc.D., from the Heidelberg Institut…
Learn MoreFDA Approves First Treatment for Geographic Atrophy
FRIDAY, Feb. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Pegcetacoplan (SYFOVRE) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first and only treatment for geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration.Pegcetacopl…
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