EPA Bans Vegetable Pesticide That Can Harm Fetuses
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In an historic move, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday banned the use of a pesticide that can harm fetuses.Known as dimethyl tetrach...
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Red Cross Issues Blood Shortage Alert as Summer Heat Cuts Donations
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- This summer's blistering temperatures have helped prompt an emergency blood shortage, the American Red Cross has warned.Heat waves affected ...
Short, Long Sleep Duration Tied to Microvascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), both short and long sleep duration are associated with microvascular diseas...
Urinary Metal Levels Linked to Increased Risk for CVD, Mortality
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Urinary metal levels are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality, according to a study publish...
Preoperative IV Iron Treatment Better for Iron Deficiency Anemia
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with preoperative iron deficiency anemia (IDA), intravenous (IV) iron treatment is associated with a significant reduction in 30-day...
Pediatric Heart Transplant Wait-List Mortality Has Declined Since 1999
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Pediatric heart transplant (HT) wait-list mortality has declined, but the 2016 pediatric HT allocation policy revisions do not appear to be the r...
Pharmacogenomic Score Can Personalize Treatment of Leukemia in Children
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a pharmacogenomics-based 10 single nucleotide polymorphism cytarabine (Ara-C) score (AC...
AI Model Has Strong Performance for Identifying Pediatric Eye Disease
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- An artificial intelligence (AI) model has strong performance for accurately identifying myopia, strabismus, and ptosis using mobile photographs, ...
Chronic and New-Onset Anxiety Linked to All-Cause Dementia
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Chronic and new-onset anxiety are associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia, especially among those aged younger than 70 years, ac...
CDC Presents Characteristics of Residential Care Community Residents
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Most residential care community residents in 2022 were female, non-Hispanic White, and aged 85 years or older, according to an August data brief ...
FDA Approves Darzalex Faspro for Treating Multiple Myeloma
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Darzalex Faspro (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj) in combination with bortezomib, lenalidom...
Dementia May Occur Less Often, Develop Slower in Parkinson Disease Patients
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with Parkinson disease (PD), dementia may occur less often or develop over a longer time period than previously thought, according t...
Nipocalimab Can Delay, Prevent Anemia, Intrauterine Transfusion
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For pregnancies at high risk for early-onset severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN), intravenous nipocalimab can delay or preve...
Study Reveals MASLD, MetALD Responsible for One-Third of ICU Cirrhosis Cases
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)-related and metabolic and alcohol-related liver disease (MetALD)-related cirrhosis...
Antibody-Positive Males Face Higher Risk for Type 1 Diabetes Progression
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for progression to type 1 diabetes (T1D) is significantly higher in antibody-positive males compared with females, with age differences in...
Surgical Techniques Compared for ThuLEP for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing Thulium laser enucleation of the prostate (ThuLEP) for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), there are no significant differe...
Aspirin-Linked Reduction in CRC Risk Varies With Lifestyle Score
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Aspirin use is associated with a reduction in colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, with the greatest reduction seen among those with the unhealthiest life...
City-Level Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tied to Lower Youth BMI
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- City-level excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are associated with lower body mass index (BMI) among youths, according to a study publ...
AI-Enabled Device Allows Novices to Accurately Estimate Gestational Age
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Novice users with no prior training in ultrasonography can accurately estimate gestational age (GA) with an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled de...
Vestibular Neurectomy Effective for Severe Meniere Disease
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Vestibular neurectomy is an effective vertigo treatment in patients with severe Meniere disease, according to a study published online June 7 in th...
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