As Medical Debt Rises, So Do Cancer Death Rates
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Folks who are loaded down with medical debt are less likely to survive a bout of cancer, a new study reports.Researchers found that U.S. counties where more residents have medical debt in collections also ha…
Learn MorePatients With Bladder Cancer May Avoid Removal of Extra Lymph Nodes, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For years, doctors have thought that a more extensive surgery that removes a wider swath of lymph nodes was the best option for certain patients with bladder cancer. Now, a new clinical trial is upending tha…
Learn More<40 Percent of Children With Firearm Injury Receive Mental Health Care
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fewer than 40 percent of children with firearm injury receive mental health (MH) services, according to a study published online June 5 in Pediatrics.Jennifer A. Hoffmann, M.D., from the Northwestern Universit…
Learn MoreFDA Approves Lynparza for BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lynparza (olaparib) with abiraterone and prednisone (or prednisolone) for adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA-mutated, metastatic, castr…
Learn MoreOverall Rate of Prepregnancy Diabetes 10.9 Per 1,000 in 2021
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 2016 to 2021, there was an increase in prepregnancy diabetes mellitus (PDM), with an overall rate of 10.9 per 1,000 births in 2021, according to the May 31 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publicatio…
Learn MoreLas garrapatas son muy resistentes al tiempo inclemente
LUNES, 5 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Las garrapatas tienen una resiliencia extrema, incluso cuando las temperaturas varían mucho, según unos científicos que trabajan para comprender mejor la propagación de la enfermedad de Lyme. En su nuevo e…
Learn MoreLas garrapatas son muy resistentes al tiempo inclemente
LUNES, 5 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Las garrapatas tienen una resiliencia extrema, incluso cuando las temperaturas varían mucho, según unos científicos que trabajan para comprender mejor la propagación de la enfermedad de Lyme. En su nuevo e…
Learn MoreLas garrapatas son muy resistentes al tiempo inclemente
LUNES, 5 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Las garrapatas tienen una resiliencia extrema, incluso cuando las temperaturas varían mucho, según unos científicos que trabajan para comprender mejor la propagación de la enfermedad de Lyme. En su nuevo e…
Learn MoreGene-Targeted Drug Tagrisso Cuts Death Rate in Half for Patients With Early-Stage Lung Cancer
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Once-a-day use of the targeted cancer pill Tagrisso (osimertinib) cut the five-year death rate in half for a subset of patients with early-stage lung cancer, a new clinical trial shows.The results could have m…
Learn MoreRace-Neutral Equations Examined for Interpreting Lung Function Tests
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Use of race-neutral reference equations to interpret pulmonary function tests (PFTs) results in an increase in the number of Black individuals with respiratory impairments and an increase in impairment severit…
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