WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Surgeons have long advised patients to stop smoking cigarettes for several weeks before their operations to lower the risk of complications. But what about weed? New research has found reason for worry: Marijuana users had higher infection rates after minimally invasive knee andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Substantial numbers of kids and teens are being tracked, lured and sexually abused online, and adult strangers aren’t always the perps. In many cases, it’s friends and dating partners who are doing the grooming, a new study shows. The prevailing image of onlineContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Some human livers are tougher than others, lasting more than 100 cumulative years between the organ’s original host and a transplant recipient, a new study discovers. Understanding what makes these livers so resilient could help improve the donor pool by paving the wayContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Eyes may be your window to good health. Patient Barbara Krupar, a 65-year-old Ohio retiree, learned this firsthand. Krupar made an appointment with her ophthalmologist after experiencing disturbing vision changes. Dr. Nicole Bajic detected possible early warning signs of a stroke. She advisedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, many states had already moved to limit abortion access by defunding family planning health centers. Unfortunately, these very same clinics offer a broad range of essential primary care services beyond abortion,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s official: Older Americans with hearing loss can now stroll into a big box store or pharmacy — or just visit a website — and buy hearing aids without a prescription. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved this new class ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The ability of TPOXX to treat people infected with monkeypox is being directly tested in a new clinical trial in central Africa, U.S. health officials have announced. TPOXX — the antiviral drug tecovirimat — is only approved to treat smallpox, but doctors haveContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Telehealth became a common way for doctors to see patients during the early days of the pandemic. New research suggests that surgical patients offered virtual care are far more likely to keep appointments before and after their operation than those who rely onContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many doctors who used telehealth to treat patients with opioid addiction because of the COVID-19 pandemic would like to make it a permanent part of their practice. A new study from Yale School of Public Health surveyed more than 1,100 physicians who treatedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new ultrasound treatment for kidney stones might provide pain-free relief while the patient is awake, researchers say. Kidney stones are often excruciatingly painful. In most cases, patients are told to just ride it out, sometimes for weeks, in the hope the stoneContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have taught a brain cell culture living in a laboratory dish to play the vintage table-tennis video game Pong. It’s the first demonstration that a collection of lab-grown brain cells can be taught to perform goal-directed tasks, the Australian researchers report. TheyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Human brain tissue has been successfully transplanted into the brains of rats using a cutting-edge experimental procedure, say researchers. They envision the achievement as a promising new frontier in medical research. Groups of living human nerve cells have become integrated into the brainsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Celebrity Khloe Kardashian announced Tuesday that she had survived a second bout of skin cancer, this time on her face. Kardashian said her “incredibly rare” tumor was removed by Beverly Hills surgeon Dr. Garth Fisher after the reality TV star noticed a bumpContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children aged 8 and up should be screened for anxiety, the influential U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended on Tuesday. Kids aged 12 and up should also be screened for depression, the task force advised. This is the first time the taskContinue Reading