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Parents of Infants With Cystic Fibrosis Often Feel Confused, Unsupported: Survey
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Parents of newborns diagnosed with cystic fibrosis often are confused about both the disease and their next steps, a new national survey has found. In fact, about half of new...
Scientists Developing Vaccine Against Present and Future COVID Viruses
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Scientists are busy working on a vaccine that might fight strains of the COVID virus SARS-CoV-2 that haven't even emerged yet. The effort from a British team at the University...
Money Worries Top Seniors' List of Health-Related Concerns: Poll
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Worries over health-related costs are plaguing the minds of older Americans of all backgrounds, a new poll suggests. Five of the six health-related issues that most people...
Parental Deaths to Guns, Drugs Harmed Nearly 100,000 U.S. Kids in 2020
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Nearly 100,000 U.S. children lost a parent in 2020 to gun violence or drug overdose, a three-fold rise since 1999, according to a new study. Overall, these two causes made up...
Pediatric ED Length of Stay Reduced With Observation Unit for Mental Health
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Children with mental health emergencies presenting to the pediatric emergency department (PED) who receive psychiatric comanagement in a pediatric observation unit (POU) have...
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Use Has Increased for All Racial Groups
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) use has increased among all racial/ethnic groups and has increased faster among non-Hispanic African Americans (NHAAs) and Hispanics...
Exposure to Food Additive Emulsifiers Linked to Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Exposure to food additive emulsifiers is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the May issue of The Lancet Diabetes &...
Novel Score Validated for Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – A novel high-resolution manometry (HRM) score can stratify the risk and severity of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a study published online March 27 in...
Multifrequency Tympanometry Could Aid Diagnosis of Meniere Disease
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Multifrequency tympanometry (MFT) could aid the diagnosis of Meniere disease (MD), according to a review published online March 4 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. Christos ...
Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Is Undertreated
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 – Underassessment and undertreatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) is seen globally, according to a study published online May 1 in the Journal of Hepatology. Sahith ...
Preventable Premature Death Rates Higher in Nonmetropolitan Counties
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 – Nonmetropolitan counties had higher percentages of preventable premature deaths from the five leading causes of death during 2010 to 2022, according to research published in...
Persistent Health Differences Seen Between Females and Males
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 – From 1990 to 2021, there were persistent health differences between females and males, according to a study published online May 1 in The Lancet Public Health. Vedavati...
Report Details Nonfatal Traffic-Related Pedestrian Injuries Presenting to the ED
THURSDAY, May 2, 2024 – The overall visit proportion for emergency department visits involving pedestrian injury is 45.62 per 100,000 emergency department visits, according to research published in...
Even Skipping Meat for One Meal Helps Liver Disease Patients
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 – Advanced liver cirrhosis can push levels of ammonia in the blood to hazardous levels, but skipping meat at mealtime can help reverse that, new research shows. “It was exciting t...
AI Might Spot Rare Diseases in Patients Years Earlier
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 – Artificial intelligence might be able to identify patients who have rare diseases years earlier than they would typically be diagnosed, a new study says. A newly developed AI...
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