- Physician's Weekly

Metal Exposure Tied to Atherosclerosis Progression

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Metal exposure from environmental pollution is...

Residing in Low-Income, Low Food-Access Neighborhoods Tied to Higher Child BMI

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Residence in low-income, low food-access...

Study: Five-Year Survival for Face Transplant Is 85 Percent

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The overall survival for face transplants is...

Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index Tied to Mortality in CKD

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There is a J-shaped association between systemic...

Measurable Residual Disease Results After Consolidation Therapy Predictive of Relapse in Pediatric Leukemia

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia...

Electrolyte Abnormalities Tied to Adverse Outcomes in Eating Disorders

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For people with an eating disorder, electrolyte...

Maternal Influenza Infection in Pregnancy Tied to Seizures in Offspring

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Maternal influenza infection during pregnancy is...

BMI Outside of Normal Category Linked to Lower Fecundability

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For women and men, body mass index (BMI) outside...

Guidelines Provided for Diagnosis of Pediatric, Late-Onset Multiple Sclerosis

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a clinical review conducted by an...

14 Percent of U.S. Adults Meet Criteria for Absolute Iron Deficiency

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A considerable proportion of U.S. adults has...

Few U.S. Jails Offer Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Few U.S. jails offer medications for opioid use...

Prevalence of Obesity 40.3 Percent in U.S. From August 2021 to August 2023

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The prevalence of obesity among adults was 40.3...

Across North Carolina, Medical Debt Exacts a Heavy Toll

Sep 24, 2024

On March 30, 2019, a swerving car upended Tom Burke’s life. Severely injured after the crash, Burke was airlifted from the Fort Liberty U.S. Army base in North Carolina to UNC Medical Center, in Chapel Hill, where doctors...

Florida’s New Covid Booster Guidance Is Straight-Up Misinformation

Sep 24, 2024

In what has become a pattern of spreading vaccine misinformation, the Florida health department is telling older Floridians and others at highest risk from covid-19 to avoid most booster shots, saying they are potentially...

She Was Accused of Murder After Losing Her Pregnancy. SC Woman Now Tells Her Story.

Sep 24, 2024

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Amari Marsh had just finished her junior year at South Carolina State University in May 2023 when she received a text message from a law enforcement officer. “Sorry it has taken this long for paperwork...

How North Carolina Made Its Hospitals Do Something About Medical Debt

Sep 24, 2024

North Carolina officials had been quietly laboring for months on an ambitious plan to tackle the state’s mammoth medical debt problem when Gov. Roy Cooper stepped before cameras in July to announce the initiative. But as...

Datopotamab deruxtecan may be a novel improvement for inoperable breast cancer

Sep 24, 2024

1. Compared to chemotherapy, patients with inoperable hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) breast cancer receiving the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) datopotamab deruxtecan...