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About One in Five Adults Experienced Anxiety, Depression in 2022

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — About one in five adults experienced any symptoms of anxiety and symptoms of depression during 2022, according to a study published online Nov. 7 in the...

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High Resting Heart Rate Tied to Increased Risk for Atrial Fibrillation

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Elevated baseline resting heart rate (RHR) is associated with an increased risk for incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in Black adults, according to a study...

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FDA Proposes Ban on a ‘Useless’ Decongestant, Phenylephrine

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine to be useless against nasal congestion, the U.S. Food and Drug...

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Cancer Disparities Evident Across Human Development Index, Projected to Widen

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cancer disparities are evident across the Human Development Index (HDI) and are projected to increase by 2050, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in...

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Expanding Access to Obesity Medications Could Avert 42,000 Deaths/Year

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Expanding access to obesity medications such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and dual gastric inhibitory polypeptide and GLP-1 receptor...

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COVID-19 Burden in Hospitals Affects Risk for In-Hospital Adverse Events

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Greater hospital COVID-19 burden is associated with an increased risk for in-hospital adverse events (AEs) among patients with and without COVID-19 in the...

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Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Incidence Increasing Among the Elderly

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — From 1987 to 2016, there was a considerable increase in the incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) among the elderly in the United States, according...

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Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Levels Inversely Tied to Cancer Incidence

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There is a small inverse association between plasma omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and cancer, according to a study published online...

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RSV Vaccination Prevents Associated Hospitalization, Emergency Encounters

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For adults aged 60 years or older, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination is effective for preventing associated hospitalizations and emergency...

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In-Utero Sugar Restriction Cuts Offspring’s Risk for Diabetes, Hypertension

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Sugar restriction during the first 1,000 days after conception lowers a child’s risk for later developing type 2 diabetes and hypertension, according to a...

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U.K. Reports First Cluster Outside of Africa of New Mpox Variant

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the U.K., making it the first cluster of infections that have surfaced outside of...

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Novo Nordisk CEO Warns of Deaths Linked to Compounded Semaglutide

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The head of the company that makes the diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy has warned that compounded versions of the active ingredient in those...

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Impact of Treatment Toxicity on Cancer Outcomes in Ataxia Telangiectasia

The following is a summary of “Prevalence and outcomes of cancer and treatment-associated toxicities for patients with Ataxia Telangiectasia,” published in the November 2024 issue of Allergy and...

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Relationship Between Allergic Diseases and Mental Health Outcomes

The following is a summary of “Association between allergic diseases and mental health conditions: an umbrella review,” published in the November 2024 issue of Allergy and Immunology by Xu et al.  The...

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Respiratory Support Mode and Center Influence Time-to-LRS in BPD

The following is a summary of “Liberation from Respiratory Support in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia,” published in the November 2024 issue of Pediatrics by Kielt et al.     Infants with bronchopulmonary...

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Factors Surrounding Fatal Pediatric Opioid Poisonings and the Role of...

The following is a summary of “Circumstances Surrounding Fatal Pediatric Opioid Poisonings, 2004–2020,” published in the November 2024 issue of Pediatrics by Gaither et al.   Child, family, and...

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Breast Cancer Incidence and Outcomes in Women with Schizophrenia on...

The following is a summary of “Analysis of the Incidence and Outcomes of Breast Cancer in Women with Schizophrenia,” published in the November 2024 issue of Surgery by Den et al.     Worldwide, breast...

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ctDNA and CA19-9 as Prognostic Biomarkers in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

The following is a summary of “New Biomarkers to Define a Biological Borderline Situation for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Results of an Ancillary Study of the PANACHE01-PRODIGE48 Trial,” published in...

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Standardized Use of CDC and CCI® in RCTs for Improved Complication Reporting

The following is a summary of “Milestones in Surgical Complication Reporting Clavien-Dindo Classification 20 Years and Comprehensive Complication Index 10 Years,” published in the November 2024 issue...

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Axillary Surgery Outcomes in ypN0(i+) Breast Cancer After ALND Omission

The following is a summary of “Nodal Burden and Oncologic Outcomes in Patients With Residual Isolated Tumor Cells After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (ypN0i+): The OPBC-05/ICARO Study,” published in the...

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