The program also offers hope of developing personalized vaccines for vulnerable patients.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ninety-three and 70 percent of cancer centers are currently experiencing a shortage of carboplatin and cisplatin, respectively, according to a report published June 7 by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN).
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Almost all blood donors had severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies from previous infection or vaccination by the third quarter of 2022, with the prevalence of hybrid immunity lowest for adults aged ≥65 years, according to research published in the June 2 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As a huge plume of smoke from over 400 Canadian wildfires swept south and turned New York City into a landscape that resembled Mars more than Earth, heart experts warned that air pollution can damage the heart as much as it damages lungs.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- After two more infant deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents and caregivers to stop using recalled Boppy Newborn Loungers, which are now linked to 10 deaths in all.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new transplant method that "reanimates" donor hearts appears safe and effective, a new clinical trial has found — in an advance that could substantially expand the supply of donor hearts available in the United States.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An amino acid found in meat, fish and energy drinks might be a key regulator of aging in animals, a new study suggests.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A new survey of cancer centers find that chemotherapy shortages are affecting most of them, prompting last-minute changes in treatment for numerous types of cancer.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For pediatric patients, the proportion of outpatient visits with a diagnosis of anxiety increased over time from 2006 to 2018, but the proportion with any therapy decreased, according to a study published online Jun. 7 in Pediatrics.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A diet lower in carbohydrates and sugar could increase life expectancy for adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online June 4 in Renal Failure.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- During recent omicron waves, there was a decrease in the rate of COVID-19-associated smell or taste disturbance, according to a study published online May 26 in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mammography artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms perform better than the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) risk model for predicting breast cancer risk, according to a study published online June 6 in Radiology.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma, a single cilta-cel infusion results in lower risk of disease progression or death compared with standard care, according to a study published online June 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), talazoparib plus enzalutamide results in improvement in radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS), according to a study published online June 4 in The Lancet to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of Medicaid-covered adults with diabetes and heart failure in Alabama did not receive guideline-concordant postdischarge care, according to a study published online June 7 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a consensus statement published in the May issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, guidelines are presented for the emergency department management of patients with new dizziness or vertigo without an obvious medical or neurological cause.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with localized muscle-invasive bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy, extended lymphadenectomy (LND) is not associated with improved disease-free or overall survival, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For postmenopausal women using estrogen-only hormone therapy (HT), oral estrogen-only HT use is associated with increased risk of hypertension, according to a study published online June 5 in Hypertension.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- After three hours of surgery on Wednesday, Pope Francis was recovering at Gemelli hospital in Rome on Thursday.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- A cold glass of water can refresh when temperatures soar. But if your taste buds need an extra zing, a sip of agua fresca can help.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As a huge plume of smoke from over 400 Canadian wildfires swept south and turned New York City into a landscape that resembled Mars more than Earth, heart experts warned that air pollution can damage your heart as much as it damages your lungs.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- When Dawn Mussallem was little, she dreamed of having her face on a Smucker's jar – the recognition the "Today" show gives to people who reach their 100th birthday.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- After many nights of tossing and turning, you might have more to worry about than just feeling exhausted and less sharp at work.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials are urgently trying to reach people who've recently had medical procedures at clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, because they may be at risk of potentially fatal fungal meningitis.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hepatitis C is a serious viral infection that can scar your liver, cause your liver to fail and raise your risk for liver cancer, but there are a multitude of medications that can treat it.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who develop a devastating heart condition have new reason to hope after a study identified three men whose condition spontaneously reversed.
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- After two more infant deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is are urging parents and caregivers to stop using recalled Boppy Newborn Loungers, which are now linked to 10 deaths in all.
Doctors found the stroke risk went up 51 percent among those who had five to eight insomnia symptoms.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For adolescents with obesity, semaglutide is effective for reducing body mass index (BMI) category, according to a study published online May 17 in Obesity.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Federal regulators have finalized new guidance on how much inorganic arsenic can be present in apple juice, in an effort to limit the exposure of infants and young children to this environmental contaminant. The new limit is 10 parts per billion, a number first proposed in 2013.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Wildfires that have been spreading throughout Canada in recent weeks are now spewing tons of smoke southward into the United States.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Electric cars can save millions of lives and reduce health care costs by improving air quality so people can breathe better and freer, according to a new report by the American Lung Association.
Toxic chemicals are incredibly durable and are believed to survive for thousands of years.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Spironolactone improves acne compared with placebo, with greater differences seen at week 24 than week 12, according to a study published online May 17 in The BMJ.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Peer health coaching interventions can create opportunities for well-being improvements, although not physical health improvements, in veterans with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, according to a study published online June 6 in JAMA Network Open.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Longer breastfeeding duration is associated with modest improvements in educational outcomes at age 16 years, according to a study published online June 5 in Archives of Disease in Childhood.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ultrahigh-pitch photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) yields a higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and better cardiovascular imaging quality than ultrahigh-pitch dual-source CT (DSCT) for children suspected of having heart defects, according to a study published online May 23 in Radiology.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Young adult (YA) cancer survivors, especially those diagnosed with leukemia or those treated with anthracycline chemotherapy, face an increased risk for heart failure, according to a research letter published online May 16 in JACC: CardioOncology.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sliding hip screws (SHSs) have comparable one-year outcomes to intramedullary nails (IMNs) for fixation of trochanteric hip fractures, according to a study published online June 6 in JAMA Network Open.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pope Francis will be hospitalized for several days after a planned surgery to repair a hernia that is causing him “recurrent, painful and worsening” symptoms.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Immediate tonsillectomy is clinically effective and cost-effective in adults with recurrent acute tonsillitis, according to a study published online May 17 in The Lancet.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Kangaroo mother care (KMC) provides a mortality benefit, especially when initiated early, in preterm and low birth-weight infants, according to a review published online June 5 in BMJ Global Health.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Semaglutide is associated with superior weight loss for treating post-metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) weight recurrence compared with liraglutide, according to a study published in the May issue of Obesity.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Just over one in four youth-serving U.S. mental health facilities offered lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ)-specific mental health services in 2020, according to a research letter published online June 5 in JAMA Pediatrics.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) know it is a highly unpleasant chronic condition that can trigger abdominal pain, diarrhea and constipation.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Accounting for genetic determinants of constitutive, noncancer-related prostate-specific antigen (PSA) variation improves prediction of prostate cancer, according to a study published online June 1 in Nature Medicine.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New York University doctors and hospital executives are using an artificial intelligence (AI) computer program to predict whether a newly discharged patient will soon fall sick enough to be readmitted.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like ChatGPT someday may make a big difference for people seeking answers to questions such as "How can I stop smoking?" They may even offer resources to someone who was sexually assaulted.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Wildfires that have been spreading throughout Canada in recent weeks are now spewing tons of smoke southward into the United States.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Consider yourself a lifesaver if you opt for an electric vehicle next time you buy or lease a new car.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Gymnasts make it look easy, but mastering those floor exercises and balance beam moves can take a toll on the brain.
