Cardiac Arrest Growing More Common in the Delivery Room?
Cardiac arrest during labor and delivery appeared more common than previously seen — particularly for older, Black, and low-income pregnant patients — but with better survival rates, according to a national study. Among women admitted for delivery in the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2017 to 2019, cardiac arrest occurred in about one in 9,000 […]
Opioids Most Common Substance in Young Children’s Fatal Poisonings
Opioids were the most common substance contributing to fatal poisonings among children age 5 years and younger in recent years, researchers reported. Examination of 731 poisoning-related fatalities from 2005 to 2018 in young kids reported to the National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System (NFR-CRS), showed that opioids were involved in 346 of the fatal cases (47.3%). […]
These Surgeries Made the Sharpest Turns to Outpatient Setting After COVID
Some common general surgeries had the biggest migrations to the outpatient setting during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a retrospective cohort study confirmed. Compared with the previous few years, calendar year 2020 saw disproportionately more outpatient cases of mastectomy for cancer, minimally invasive adrenalectomy, thyroid lobectomy, breast lumpectomy, minimally invasive ventral hernia repair, […]
Daily Thiazide No Help in Preventing Recurrent Kidney Stones
A common diuretic wasn’t much help for staving off recurrent kidney stones, the NOSTONE trial showed. Over a median follow-up of 2.9 years, symptomatic or radiologic recurrence of kidney stones occurred in 59% of patients who received hydrochlorothiazide (12.5 mg once daily) and 59% of those assigned placebo (rate ratio [RR] 1.33, 95% CI 0.92-1.93), […]
The Most Common Norovirus Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing Right Now
Catherine Falls Commercial via Getty Images Stomach issues and headaches can be some of the most common symptoms of norovirus. In regions across the U.S., cases of norovirus are rising. Among many people, it is casually known as a “stomach bug” or “stomach flu” — and it’s a sickness that no one wants to get. […]
Should I Be Worried If My Cold Lasts Longer Than 2 Weeks?
The common cold can be pretty uncomfortable. If you have one, you are likely experiencing a combo of miserable symptoms like a sore throat, stuffy nose and body aches that can feel like they go on forever. Although many of us managed to avoid some rough bugs in the last few years due to restrictions […]
10 Genius Ways To Switch Your Brain Into ‘Leisure Mode’
Burnout is a very real issue that’s only getting more and more common. The days of walking out of the office and leaving work behind are harder to come by. The American Psychological Association surveyed adult U.S. workers and found that 79% felt work-related stress, 36% said their job caused cognitive weariness, 32% were emotionally […]
Mocktails or cocktails? Having a sense of purpose in life can keep binge drinking at bay: A new study reveals that having a sense of purpose in daily life can influence college students’ decisions on day-to-day alcohol consumption
Heavy alcohol use is common among college students — and as a consequence, it puts young adults at risk for a wide range of health issues, from cardiovascular disease to cancer. Day in and day out, college students are bombarded with cues to drink, whether that’s seeing a group of friends toast at a party […]
Microprotein increases appetite in mice: Scientists discovered more than 3,800 small proteins involved in metabolism and found that one microprotein, Gm8773, increases feeding activity in mice–providing a potential new approach to encourage weight gain in people with cancer and other diseases
Obesity and metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, are extremely common in the United States. Tiny proteins called microproteins have long been overlooked in research, but new evidence demonstrates that they have an important role in metabolism. Salk scientists have discovered that both brown and white fat is filled with thousands of previously unknown microproteins, and […]
Common Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis May Be Harmful
CHICAGO — Common treatments for people living with osteoarthritis of the knee — such as steroid injections or anti-inflammatory agents — reduced pain, but were also associated with increasing damage to the joints, researchers suggested in a series of studies presented here at the Radiological Society of North America annual meeting. In one study with […]