Immunotherapy Drug Can Lower Recurrence When Bladder Cancer Spreads
Latest Cancer News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) Immunotherapy with nivolumab (Opdivo) after surgery for metastatic bladder cancer significantly reduces the odds for the tumor‘s return, a new clinical trial finds. Among 700 patients with urothelial cancer of the bladder or other parts of urinary tract that had spread […]
FDA Expands Baby Formula Market to Foreign Suppliers, Moves to Reopen Abbott Plant
Latest Healthy Kids News By Dennis Thompson and Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporters MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) Dealing with a crippling shortage of infant formula that has many U.S. parents desperate, the Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced “increased flexibilities” in allowing foreign manufacturers to help boost American supply of the vital product. […]
Various Mental Illnesses Share Same Genes – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Mental Health News MONDAY, May 16, 2022 Many people who get a diagnosis for one mental illness may find they have additional psychiatric conditions, and new genetic research offers an explanation why. A number of mental illnesses share genetic similarities, researchers found. This discovery helps explain why multiple conditions are common among people with […]
Swimming With Flesh-Eating Bacteria: Warm Water Danger – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, May 16, 2022 If heading back into the water this summer has you concerned about flesh-eating bacteria, an expert offers some advice. “Flesh-eating bacteria refers to an infection that spreads so rapidly that the skin and surrounding soft tissue starts to die,” explained Dr. Stacey Rose, an assistant professor of […]
Kidney Transplant Safe When Organ Donor Has COVID: Study
Latest Digestion News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) Even before the pandemic, the demand for donor kidneys far exceeded supply. That shortfall only worsened when hospitals started refusing to use kidneys from COVID-positive donors. However, new research now suggests that kidneys from deceased COVID-19 patients have almost zero risk […]
Wildfire Survivors Could Face Higher Cancer Risk
Latest Cancer News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) Wildfires, like the one currently raging in New Mexico, are known to cause upticks in breathing issues and heart attacks in their immediate wake for folks who live nearby. Now, new Canadian research shows that these fires may also increase risk […]
AHA News: Improved Fitness Gave Man Chance to Walk Daughter Down the Aisle After Heart Attack
Latest Heart News FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Justin Ballard of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, stared at the photos in disbelief. “Do I really look that big?” he thought. The pictures came from a joyous occasion – Christmas Day 2019, when Kelsey, the oldest of his three children, had gotten engaged. The couple […]
Too Few People Treated for Opioid Use Get Anti-Overdose Med
Latest Mental Health News FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) A potentially lifesaving drug that reduces overdose risk is prescribed to less than half of Americans treated for opioid addiction, a new study finds. This underuse of buprenorphine is “equivalent to giving those with advanced cancer a less aggressive treatment,” said senior investigator Dr. Laura […]
Is Telemedicine Closing the ‘Race Gap’ in Primary Care?
Latest MedicineNet News FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) Here’s one way in which the pandemic did not exacerbate health care disparities: A new study shows that telemedicine has closed the gap in access to primary care between Black and non-Black Americans. The use of telemedicine boomed during the pandemic, so University of Pennsylvania researchers […]
Heavy Antibiotic Use Tied to Development of Crohn’s, Colitis
Latest Digestion News FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) The more antibiotics that seniors take, the greater their risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new study suggests. The findings could help explain some of the increase in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (common types of IBD) among older adults, according to the study authors. […]