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• U.S. Overdose Deaths Linked to Fentanyl May Be Declining

  05-12-2024 19:00 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- Deaths from fentanyl-linked drug overdoses have begun to decline in the United States, but the crisis is far from over and those numbers could easily rise again, a new government report shows.About 70% of fatal drug...
  
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• Tibolone, Oral Estrogen-Progestin Therapy Linked to Risk for Heart Disease

  05-12-2024 18:12 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 -- Use of tibolone or oral estrogen-progestin therapy is associated with an increased risk for specific cardiovascular diseases, according to a study published online Nov. 27 in The BMJ.
  Therese Johansson, from Uppsala...
  
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• Prenatal Blood Tests for Baby Are Spotting Cancers in Moms-to-Be

  05-12-2024 18:12 via drugs.com
  FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 -- Could a prenatal blood test designed to find abnormalities in a fetus also detect hidden cancer in the mom-to-be?
  A new study says yes: Scientists report they discovered cancer in nearly half (48%) of expecting mothers with...
  
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• Most With Intractable Meniere Disease Experience Symptom Relief

  05-12-2024 18:12 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 -- Most patients with intractable Meniere disease (MD) experience symptom relief over time, according to a study published online Oct. 23 in Frontiers in Neurology.
  F.R. Gerritsen, from Haga Hospital in The Hague...
  
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• Fetal Aneuploid Tests Can Spot Occult Cancer in Pregnant Women

  05-12-2024 18:10 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- Almost half of pregnant or postpartum women with unusual or nonreportable clinical cell-free (cf)DNA-sequencing results have occult cancer, according to a study published in the Dec. 5 issue of the New England Journal of...
  
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• Increased Consumption of Dark Chocolate Linked to Lower Risk for T2DM

  05-12-2024 18:08 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- Increased consumption of dark chocolate, but not milk chocolate, is associated with a reduced risk fortype 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study published online Dec. 4 in The BMJ.Binkai Liu, from the Harvard T.H. Chan...
  
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• Specific Pesticides Linked to Increased Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis

  05-12-2024 18:06 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- Specific pesticides are associated with an increased risk for rheumatoid arthritis among older adults, according to a study published online Dec. 2 in Scientific Reports.Christine G. Parks, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., from the...
  
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• Rules-Based Electronic Triggers Effectively ID Missed Opportunities in Diagnosis

  05-12-2024 17:48 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- Rules-based electronic triggers (e-triggers) are useful for post hoc detection of missed opportunities in diagnosis (MODs) in emergency department visits, according to a study published online Dec. 2 in JAMA Internal...
  
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• Comparable Results Seen for HoLEP With, Without Preservation of Urethral Mucosa in BPH

  05-12-2024 17:39 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- For patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) with preservation of the urethral mucosa from bladder neck to the tip of the prostate has comparable efficacy and...
  
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• Weight Loss Brings Americans Big Health Care Savings

  05-12-2024 17:12 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 -- The advent of GLP-1 weight-loss medications such as Wegovy and Zepbound has spurred debate as to whether the drugs' cost should be covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers.
  Late last month, the Biden...
  
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• PIVKA-II-Based Model IDs Liver Cancer Risk in Hep C-Related Cirrhosis

  05-12-2024 17:12 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 -- Among patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhosis with sustained virological response (SVR) to direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), a serum protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist-II (PIVKA-II)-based...
  
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• Consuming More Plant Than Animal Protein Cuts Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

  05-12-2024 17:12 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 -- A higher plant-to-animal protein (P:A) ratio is associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online Dec. 2 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
  Andrea J. Glenn...
  
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• Black Patients Have Similar Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Effectiveness, Lower Toxicity

  05-12-2024 17:12 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 -- Black patients have similar immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) effectiveness and lower toxicities compared with White patients, according to a study published online Nov. 14 in The Lancet Oncology.
  Sean Miller, M.D., from...
  
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• Prevention Outpaced Treatment Advances in Saving Lives From Major Cancers

  05-12-2024 17:00 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” founding father Benjamin Franklin once said.That’s definitely true of cancer, a new study has found.Cancer prevention and screening has saved more people from five types of...
  
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• California Farm Expands Raw Milk Recall After Bird Flu Virus Found in More Samples

  05-12-2024 14:57 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- A California dairy farm has expanded a recall of its raw milk and cream after state health officials discovered bird flu virus in more milk samples.In a notice posted Tuesday, Fresno-based Raw Farm LLC said it has now...
  
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• Mystery Illness Kills Dozens in Congo

  05-12-2024 13:53 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to try to identify the cause of a mysterious, flu-like illness that has sickened 376 people and left 79 dead in that country.In a alert posted on the social...
  
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• 'Game of Roulette': Flying With Food Allergies Brings Stress, Danger

  05-12-2024 13:00 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- Holiday travel is always stressful, but particularly so for people with food allergies.Airlines don’t always honor requests to protect the health of people with food allergies during flights, a new study published Dec. 5 i...
  
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• CTE Rates Rise Year-by-Year in Pro Hockey Players

  05-12-2024 12:12 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024. Hockey players’ chances of developing concussion-related brain injury increase with every year they spend on the ice, a new study finds.
  The odds of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increase among hockey...
  
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• Dark Chocolate Could Help You Ward Off Type 2 Diabetes

  05-12-2024 12:06 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- The choice may be bittersweet, but the evidence is clear: New research shows that dark chocolate can lower a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes.People who ate at least five servings of dark chocolate a week had a 21% lower r...
  
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• America's Rural Hospitals Are Shutting Down Maternity Wards

  05-12-2024 12:05 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- Hospitals across America are shuttering their obstetric units, and the issue is most acute for women served by rural hospitals, a new study finds.By 2022, a majority (52%) of rural U.S. hospitals no longer had any...
  
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• Most Young People With Long COVID Recover Within 2 Years

  05-12-2024 12:01 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- Most children and teenagers can shake long COVID within a couple of a years, a new, reassuring study finds.About 70% of children and teens diagnosed with long COVID recover from the disorder within 24 months of their...
  
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• 'Broken' Sleep Could Be Hallmark of Obesity-Linked Liver Disease

  05-12-2024 12:00 via drugs.com
  THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024-- Fatty liver disease may contribute to fragmented sleep patterns, robbing already sick people of good rest, a new study finds.These folks woke up more often in the night, and then lay awake longer waiting for slumber to...
  
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• Novo Nordisk to Lower U.S. List Prices for Tresiba and Fiasp by More Than 70%

  05-12-2024 01:12 via drugs.com
  PLAINSBORO, N.J., Dec. 05, 2024 -- Novo Nordisk today announced plans to reduce the US list prices of two insulin products by more than 70% to better meet the needs of people living with diabetes.
  The list prices of vials and pre-filled pens of...
  
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• Overall Prevalence of Anemia 9.3 Percent in August 2021 to August 2023

  05-12-2024 00:52 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024-- During August 2021 to August 2023, the overall prevalence of anemia was 9.3 percent among people aged 2 years and older, according to a December data brief published by the National Center for Health Statistics.Anne M...
  
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• Sixty Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Tied to Splash Pads From 1997 to 2022

  05-12-2024 00:50 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024-- Sixty waterborne disease outbreaks associated with splash pads were reported during 1997 to 2022, according to research published in the Dec. 5 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and...
  
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• Faster Psychotherapy Use Seen in Some Socioeconomically Advantaged Groups

  05-12-2024 00:47 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024-- Faster increases in psychotherapy use are seen across several socioeconomically advantaged groups, according to a study published online Dec. 4 in JAMA Psychiatry.Mark Olfson, M.D., M.P.H., from Columbia University in New...
  
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