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Toddler Diet Quality Improved Significantly From 1999 to 2018
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There was a significant improvement in toddler diet quality from 1999 to 2018, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in Pediatrics. Meghan Zimmer,...
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Nurse Burnout Tied to Lower Quality of Care
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nurse burnout is associated with lower health care quality, worse patient safety, and lower patient satisfaction, according to a review published online Nov. 5...
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Smoking Cessation Aids Survival Even Following a Cancer Diagnosis
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Evidence-based smoking cessation treatment within six months of a cancer diagnosis maximizes survival benefit, according to a study published online Oct. 31 in...
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Ordinal Score Predicts Freedom From Epilepsy One Year After Surgery
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An ordinal score incorporating eight independent binary clinical variables shows good performance for predicting seizure freedom one year after surgery for...
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Guidance Issued for Safe Use of GLP-1 RAs in the Perioperative Period
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a multisociety clinical practice guidance document, published online Oct. 29 in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, recommendations are presented for...
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Bidirectional Link Seen for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Interstitial Lung Disease
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There is a bidirectional association for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and interstitial lung disease (ILD), according to a study published online Oct. 12 in the...
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Open Primary Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection Shows Acceptable Morbidity
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Open primary retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) has an acceptable morbidity profile in men with testicular cancer, according to a study published...
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Recreational Cannabis Legalization Tied to Higher Prenatal Use
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The implementation of recreational cannabis legalization (RCL) in California was associated with an increase in prenatal cannabis use, according to a study...
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Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement Aids Tricuspid Regurgitation
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For patients with symptomatic and severe or greater tricuspid regurgitation (TR), transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) plus optimal medical therapy...
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Sleep Apnea Increases Risk for Dementia in Older Adults Over Time
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) contributes to dementia risk in older adults, particularly women, according to a study published online Oct. 22 in Sleep Advances....
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Mpox Spread in Congo May Be Slowing
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the...
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Medicaid Covers GLP-1 Meds for Obesity in Just 13 States
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Low-income patients’ access to blockbuster weight-loss drugs through Medicaid remains limited, a new KFF analysis has found. Only 13 states currently allow...
View ArticleAccess to Preventive Care Impaired by Social Factors
Social risk factors are associated with decreased odds of receiving preventive services, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Tamara Schroeder, MD, and colleagues examined the...
View ArticleVentilation Heterogeneity Improves With Bronchial Thermoplasty
Symptom benefits after bronchial thermoplasty in patients with severe asthma are accompanied by improvements in ventilation heterogeneity, the researchers reported in the Journal of Asthma and Allergy....
View ArticleLow FEF25-75% Increases Risk for Fixed Airflow Obstruction
Low forced expiratory flow at 25-75% (FEF25-75%) can signal fixed airflow obstruction in patients with asthma, according to a study in the Journal of Asthma and Allergy. The researchers defined low...
View ArticleKnowledge Gaps Among Patients Seeking Antibiotics
Lack of knowledge of antibiotic risks contributes to patients’ expectations of antibiotics for common symptoms, according to a study published in the September/October issue of the Annals of Family...
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Medication Abortion Before Confirmed Intrauterine Pregnancy Noninferior
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For complete abortion, medication abortion before confirmed intrauterine pregnancy is noninferior to standard, delayed treatment, according to a study...
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Poor Sleep Quality Linked to Incident Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Poor sleep quality may be associated with incident, but not prevalent, motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR), a predementia syndrome characterized by slow...
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Two-Fifths of Americans Say They Experience the ‘Winter Blues’
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two-fifths of Americans (41 percent) say their mood declines during the winter months, according to the results of the Healthy Minds Poll released by the...
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Prevalence of Diabetes 15.8 Percent in U.S. Adults From 2021 to 2023
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The prevalence of diabetes was 15.8 percent among U.S. adults during August 2021 to August 2023, according to a November data brief published by the National...
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