Cardiac Deaths Tied to Alcohol and Other Substances on the Rise
Cardiovascular disease deaths involving substance use increased from 1999 to 2019, even as overall cardiovascular disease deaths fell during that ...
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DSM-5 Panel Members Received $14M in Industry Funding
About 60% of US physicians who served as panel and task force members for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...
Early Menopause, HRT May Raise Risk
Share on PinterestNew research suggests hormonal factors may be linked with increasing your risk of rheumatoid arthritis. fotostorm/Getty ImagesA new ...
New Vaccine May Help Stop Recurrence of Certain Pancreatic, Colorectal Cancers
Researchers are investigating a potential vaccine that could help prevent certain cancers from returning.The vaccine, labeled the ELI-002 vaccine, appeared ...
500-mg Calcium Pill Protects Against Preeclampsia
Taking 500 mg of calcium a day reduces the likelihood of pregnant women developing preeclampsia in pregnant women as much ...
FDA Rejects GI Cancer Drug Over Manufacturing Issues
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected approval of Astellas's investigational gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer agent zolbetuximab due to ...
Add-On Clarithromycin Pans Out in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Trial
In a phase III trial, the addition of oral clarithromycin to beta-lactam antibiotic treatment improved the clinical response of people ...
Dining Out? Check the Bill for a ‘Health Insurance’ Surcharge
A restaurant in Atlanta took some heat on social media for adding a 4% health insurance surcharge to customers' bills, ...
Is President Biden a Super-Ager?
It's no secret that at 81, President Biden is the oldest sitting president in U.S. history. And whether the current ...
Scientists crack mystery of how MS gene spread
The DNA of ancient cattle herders has revealed how diseases evolved in Europe over thousands of years. Source link : ...
More Kids Getting Their Hands on Nonprescription Weight-Loss Products
Nearly one in 10 adolescents across the globe have used a nonprescription weight-loss product, according to a systematic review and ...
Multiple sclerosis genes may have arisen to ward off animal infections
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune condition that occurs when the immune system starts attacking nervesKATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The largest ...
Lung Cancer Screening: Unnecessary for Some Patients?
TOPLINE:After lung cancer screening (LCS), imaging and invasive procedures were performed 31.9% and 2.8% of the time, respectively. Complications during ...
Vertex Pauses Islet Cell Study After Patient Deaths
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has paused a study of its investigational allogeneic stem cell–derived, fully differentiated pancreatic islet cell replacement therapy ...
MS Risk Linked to Ancient Migrations
Genetic risk for multiple sclerosis (MS) was brought into Europe by sheep and cattle herders migrating from the east approximately ...
Columbia’s Sex Abuse Cover-Up Tops This Year’s Shkreli Awards
A top New York hospital that long shielded an ob/gyn from complaints of sexual abuse and a large non-profit Catholic ...
Spain Makes Masks Mandatory in Healthcare Centres Amid Flu, COVID Peak
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia made wearing masks mandatory in healthcare centres around the country from Wednesday ...
Weekly Risperidone Win; Meta Hides Harmful Teen Content; Breathing to Altered State?
A once-weekly version of oral risperidone (LYN-005) was comparable to daily dosing with immediate-release risperidone (Risperdal) for schizophrenia and schizoaffective ...
NPs Have the Best Job in Healthcare
Being a nurse practitioner (NP) is the best job in healthcare, and the physician assistant (PA) is a close second, ...
How Bolivia’s gold rush is poisoning Indigenous communities
Apolinar Ocampo with his wife Cristina Torres and their children in the Esse Ejja community of Eyiyo Quibo, BoliviaDan Collyns ...
NEWSHEALTH : How Bolivia’s gold rush is poisoning Indigenous communities