U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation continues to see fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released provisional birth data for last year. A little under 3.7 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, abou…
Authorities say a missing emergency room doctor from Missouri whose body was found in an Arkansas lake had died of an apparent gunshot wound. But they're still investigating what happened in the week since Dr. John Forsyth was last seen. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that…
Summer is in the air, cigarette smoke is not, in Sweden's outdoor bars and restaurants. Sweden, which has the lowest rate of smoking in the Europe Union is now close to declaring itself “smoke free” — defined as having fewer than 5% daily smokers in the population. Some experts give credit t…
California lawmakers voted to advance more than a dozen fentanyl bills this past week. Those are among several hundred measures lawmakers voted on ahead of a deadline for a bill to get out of its original chamber. The majority of the fentanyl bills focused on education, prevention and treatm…
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional, but the procedure remains illegal in the state in most cases. In a 6-3 ruling on Wednesday, the high court said the two bans are unconstitutional because they require a “medical emergency” before a doc…
The lone volunteer in a gene-editing study targeting a rare form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy most likely died after having a reaction to the virus that delivered the therapy in his body. Researchers described their findings in an early study that has not yet been peer-reviewed. Terry Horg…
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Stress-management interventions may help individual health care workers over the short term, according to research published online May 12 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation continues to see fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released provisional birth data for last year. A little under 3.7 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, abou…
Authorities say a missing emergency room doctor from Missouri whose body was found in an Arkansas lake had died of an apparent gunshot wound. But they're still investigating what happened in the week since Dr. John Forsyth was last seen. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that…
Summer is in the air, cigarette smoke is not, in Sweden's outdoor bars and restaurants. Sweden, which has the lowest rate of smoking in the Europe Union is now close to declaring itself “smoke free” — defined as having fewer than 5% daily smokers in the population. Some experts give credit t…
California lawmakers voted to advance more than a dozen fentanyl bills this past week. Those are among several hundred measures lawmakers voted on ahead of a deadline for a bill to get out of its original chamber. The majority of the fentanyl bills focused on education, prevention and treatm…
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional, but the procedure remains illegal in the state in most cases. In a 6-3 ruling on Wednesday, the high court said the two bans are unconstitutional because they require a “medical emergency” before a doc…
The lone volunteer in a gene-editing study targeting a rare form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy most likely died after having a reaction to the virus that delivered the therapy in his body. Researchers described their findings in an early study that has not yet been peer-reviewed. Terry Horg…
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Stress-management interventions may help individual health care workers over the short term, according to research published online May 12 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Stress-management interventions may help individual health care workers over the short term, according to research published online May 12 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with treatment-resistant major depression without psychosis, ketamine is noninferior to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), according to a study published online May 24 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, held from May 20 to 24 in San Francisco.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2020, there was an increase in pediatric firearm-related injuries, with community violence and negligent discharges increasing in 2020, according to a study published online May 25 in Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients taking semaglutide for type 2 diabetes or weight loss should be careful about where they are getting the medication, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday. Shortages of the drug, commonly sold as Wegovy and Ozempic, have led to the making of compounded versions of the drugs, which is combining or mixing ingredients to meet patient needs.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified the oldest cases of plague in Britain to date, with DNA that is 4,000 years old.
A former Connecticut state representative has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven, most of it federal-related coronavirus aid. Michael DiMassa used a chunk of the money to fuel his gambling addiction. He apologized Wednesday in federal court in Hartford for conspiring with others to bill the city for services never rendered. The West Haven Democrat also must repay the city nearly $866,000. Three co-defendants including DiMassa's wife also got prison time earlier. While DiMassa could have gotten more than four years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines, the judge gave him credit for fully accepting responsibility and testifying at a co-defendant's trial.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Lack of energy for exercise is a common problem for folks with so-called long COVID.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Atopic dermatitis (AD) in adulthood is associated with an increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), according to a study published online May 31 in JAMA Dermatology.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An exceptionally pricey gene therapy cure for sickle cell disease could soon be available, but it’s not clear whether insurance companies will balk at the cost and deny coverage.
Congress is looking into just how quickly airline passengers can evacuate a plane during an emergency. Some lawmakers aren't sure modern planes can be evacuated in 90 seconds, as federal rules require. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois introduced legislation Wednesday to set standards for Federal Aviation Administration tests on how quickly passengers can escape a plane during an emergency. She says FAA tests a few years ago were unrealistic because they only used able-bodied adults under 60 — no children, no seniors and nobody with disabilities took part.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A nasal spray containing ketamine might help relieve migraine headaches when other treatments fail, a new study suggests.
Body of missing Missouri ER doctor had apparent gunshot wound, found in water by kayaker in Arkansas, authorities say.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When most men think about their prostate, it's to worry about whether they have prostate cancer or not. But another condition is far more common and plenty painful.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Patients taking semaglutide for type 2 diabetes or weight loss should be careful about where they’re getting the medication, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Daily vitamin D₃ supplementation may reduce cancer mortality for some patients, according to a study published in the June issue of Ageing Research Reviews.
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WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Liver function test (LFT) screening can identify occult hepatitis, cholestasis, and cholestatic hepatitis in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), according to a study published online May 2 in Open Access Rheumatology: Research and Reviews.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For men with large prostates, the Aquablation procedure is safe, with durable efficacy, according to a study published online April 28 in The Journal of Urology.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with diabetes, an automated binary diabetic macular ischemia (DMI) algorithm using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images predicts diabetic retinal disease progression and deterioration of visual acuity (VA), according to a study published online May 25 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The main safety issues in the emergency department include shortage of personnel during busy periods, overcrowding due to boarding, and lack of support from hospital management, according to a survey study conducted among emergency department professionals and published online May 24 in the European Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down two abortion bans passed in 2022, but procedure still remains illegal statewide.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic coronary artery disease, colchicine is associated with a reduced incidence of total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) versus placebo, according to a study published online May 30 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A joint attention-based deep learning system provides good predictive performance for differentiating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from typical development (TD), according to a study published online May 25 in JAMA Network Open.
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vegetarian and vegan diets are associated with reduced total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B levels, according to a review published online May 24 in the European Heart Journal.
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