WEDNESDAY, Dec. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) — As the U.S. opioid epidemic grinds on, fentanyl is fast becoming the main culprit in drug overdose deaths, health officials report. Cocaine and heroin remain the street drugs of choice, but more overdose deaths involve fentanyl, either mixed with those narcotics or takenContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) — No one wants to spend the holidays in a hospital bed, but heading home might not be a good idea, new research suggests. The risk of hospital readmission or death was higher among patients who were discharged over the two-week December holiday periodContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Chronic kidney disease is more likely to progress to kidney failure and death in men than in women, a new study reveals. “We found that women had 17 percent lower risk of experiencing [kidney failure] and the risk of death was 31 percentContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 5, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Rising rates of gun-related deaths from violence and suicide have contributed to a drop in Americans’ life expectancy, a new study shows. In terms of life expectancy, gun-related violence has a greater impact on blacks, while suicide had a greater impact on whites.Continue Reading
SUNDAY, Dec. 2, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The risk of sudden unexpected death in people with epilepsy can change over time, and it usually changes for the better, a new study reports. In what the researchers are calling hopeful news, the study found that people who have a medium orContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Dec. 1, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, died Friday night at his home in Houston at the age of 94. Bush, also the father of the 43rd President, George W. Bush, had battled numerous health issues over the pastContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Few people entrusted with making difficult health care decisions for older loved ones actually know what the patient would want, a new study contends. “Advance care planning cannot focus on the patient alone. The health care agent has to be brought into theContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Nov. 25, 2018 (HealthDay News) — People caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or other types of dementia should focus on four main safety issues, an expert says. Nearly 6 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. About 16.1 million Americans provide unpaid care forContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) — As the U.S. opioid epidemic rages unchecked, new research shows that pregnancy-related deaths due to opioid misuse more than doubled between 2007 and 2016. Deaths during or soon after pregnancy rose 34 percent during that time, and the percentage involving heroin, fentanyl orContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Twenty percent of homicides of U.S. children ages 2 to 14 years are related to intimate partner violence, a new study indicates. That’s double the rate in the National Violent Death Reporting System, according to Harvard School of Public Health researchers. For theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 9, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Women confused by the conflicting advice surrounding the benefits and timing of mammograms will be interested in a new study out of Sweden. The research, involving more than 50,000 breast cancer patients, found that those who took part in a breast cancer screeningContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 5, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Melanoma skin cancer death rates in men are on the rise in most countries, but are stable or declining for women in some, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed World Health Organization data from 33 countries between 1985 and 2015. Melanoma deathContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 2, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Kids are safer in states with strict gun laws, a new preliminary study reports. Researchers found that the stringency of a state’s firearm legislation has a direct impact on the number of kids killed by guns. Twice as many child gun deaths occurContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 29, 2018 (HealthDay News) — People directly exposed to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks appear at increased risk of drug- and alcohol-related death, a new study finds. “Following a major disaster, alcohol- and drug-related mortality may be increased,” said Dr. Jim Cone and colleagues of the NewContinue Reading