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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Socioeconomic factors are linked to an increased risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a study published online July 1 ...

Sep 26, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Cockroach and mouse allergen exposure may predispose children with asthma to upper respiratory infections (URIs) and worse respiratory outcomes...

Sep 26, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood adversity is associated with worse biological health and an elevated risk for many major health problems, according to a study publis...

Sep 26, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youth have high rates of positive suicide risk screening in the emergency department, according ...

Sep 26, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A postoperative wearable device may improve physical activity and patient-reported dyspnea at six months after lung cancer surgery, according t...

Sep 26, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) have an increased risk for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA), according to a study published onl...

Sep 26, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with obesity, the addition of semaglutide to standard hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) treatments yields improvement in quality of li...

Sep 26, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Early adoption of the direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) population management dashboard, the purpose of which includes pharmacist review and cor...

Sep 26, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The global prevalence of child myopia is increasing and is projected to reach 39.80 percent in 2050, according to a systematic review and meta-...

Sep 26, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and opioid use disorder (OUD), semaglutide is associated with a significantly lower risk for opioid ove...

Sep 26, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For adults with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation, unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) microdiscectomy is associated with longer operating time...

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of patients with cancer experience some level of financial hardship (FH), according to a study published online Aug. 15 in JCO O...

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term use of skeletal muscle relaxants (SMRs) for chronic pain is only effective for certain conditions, such as painful spasms, painful cram...

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Metal exposure from environmental pollution is associated with the progression of atherosclerosis, according to a study published online Sept. 18...

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Residence in low-income, low food-access neighborhoods in early life is associated with higher subsequent child body mass index (BMI) and a highe...

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The overall survival for face transplants is encouraging, with 10-year survival at 74 percent, according to a study published online Sept. 18 in&...

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- There is a J-shaped association between systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) levels and all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney d...

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), measurable residual disease (MRD) after the end of first consolidation (EOC) can be used to...

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Maternal influenza infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for seizures and febrile convulsions in offspring, according t...

Sep 25, 2024

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For women and men, body mass index (BMI) outside of the normal range is associated with increased time to pregnancy and odds of miscarriage, acco...

Sep 25, 2024