TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s yet another downside to global warming: Higher health care expenditures for medical scans on hot days. So report Canadian researchers who discovered that periods of heat and air pollution bumped up demand for X-rays and CT scans by about 5%. Over time,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than a third of surgical patients develop complications as a result of their procedure, a new study shows. About 38% of adult patients suffer an adverse event during or following their surgery, researchers reported Nov. 13 in the BMJ. Nearly half ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Recurring angina chest pain in people with a certain type of heart disease can be tough to treat, but a new hourglass-shaped stent could be a real advance, researchers report. People with what’s known as microvascular disease — impeded blood flow in tinyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Seniors who’ve had a heart attack should probably delay any elective surgeries for three to six months, a new study advises. People aged 67 and older face double to triple the risk of life-threatening complications — like a stroke or a second heartContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a finding that challenges conventional thinking on when people with failing heart valves but no symptoms should get surgery, a new study suggests these patients would fare far better if they had their valves replaced right away with a minimally invasive procedure.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new guidance issued jointly by groups representing U.S. surgeons, anesthesiologists and gastroenterologists affirms that most people taking popular GLP-1 weight-loss meds can keep taking them in the weeks before a surgery. Concerns had arisen because the drugs, which include semaglutide (Ozempic andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence might be able to help doctors detect the prostate cancers most likely to be life-threatening to men, a new study suggests. An AI program successfully identified and outlined 85% of the most aggressive prostate tumors seen on MRI scans of moreContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence can accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, a new study finds. The AI program detects heart murmurs in canines with 90% accuracy, similar to the accuracy of expert cardiologists, researchers report. And in more than half the cases tested, the AIContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental electric bandage might help doctors stop bacterial infections without using any drugs, a new study suggests. Imperceptible low-level electric current applied through a skin patch caused a nearly 10 times reduction in amounts of Staphylococcus epidermidis, a common bacterium found onContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Naloxone can save a person’s life by reversing a potentially fatal opioid overdose, and is now available as an over-the-counter medication. Unfortunately, there’s a very significant catch. A knowledgeable bystander needs to be on hand to deliver the drug, either by nasal sprayContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has appointed Dr. Michelle Tarver to head its division that oversees medical devices. The appointment of a new director for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health comes at a time of greatContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds. The scans might accurately predict which patients have a higher odds for cancer recurrence and require surgery plusContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Heart bypass operations have gotten safer, but not everyone is benefiting equally: New data shows that Black patients face a 22% higher odds of dying in the hospital after their surgeries. “We found Black patients who have coronary artery bypass surgery experience higherContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cataract surgery could restore good vision to older people and by doing so cut their odds for potentially life-threatening falls, a new study finds. Folks who got the surgery had significantly lower odds for bone fractures and brain hemorrhages linked to falling comparedContinue Reading