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• America's ERs In Peril, Report Says

  09-04-2025 12:25 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025-- America’s emergency rooms are near the breaking point, causing long wait times and boarding of patients awaiting care, a new study says.Essentially, ERs are being asked to serve as health care hubs that offer services f...
  
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• Power Outages Up Odds of Carbon Monoxide-Related ED Visits Among Children

  05-05-2025 23:05 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025 -- Power outages increase the odds of carbon monoxide (CO)-related emergency department visits among children, according to a study published online May 5 in Pediatrics.
  Noting that power outages may increase the risk for CO...
  
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• FDA Approves SAPIEN 3 Platform for Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis

  05-05-2025 23:05 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the SAPIEN 3 platform, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) therapy, for patients with severe aortic stenosis without symptoms. The approval is the first for TAVR...
  
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• Emergency Department Visits for Asthma Increased During 2023 Wildfires

  05-05-2025 18:09 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025-- Increases in asthma-related emergency department visits were seen in Ontario in association with the 2023 wildfires, according to a study published online May 5 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association.Hong...
  
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• No-Touch Vein Harvesting Reduces Vein Graft Occlusion at Three Years

  05-05-2025 18:02 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025-- A no-touch vein harvesting technique reduces vein graft occlusion and improves patient outcomes at three-year follow-up among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, according to a study published online...
  
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• Transcranial Pulse Current Stimulation Beneficial in Autism

  05-05-2025 17:59 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025-- Twenty sessions of prefrontal-cerebellar transcranial pulsed current stimulation (tPCS) over four weeks in children aged 3 to 14 years with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can improve social functioning and sleep, according to...
  
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• Transurethral Fulguration Alleviates Pelvic Pain in Interstitial Cystitis

  05-05-2025 17:56 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025-- For patients with interstitial cystitis (IC), transurethral fulguration (TUF) is effective for alleviating pelvic pain, according to a study published online April 3 in Neurourology and Urodynamics.Hyun Ju Jeong, from the...
  
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• Signatures of Disrupted Affective Sound Processing Identified in Tinnitus

  05-05-2025 17:53 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025-- For persons with sound sensitivity and tinnitus, accurate predictors of sensory disorder severity can be identified in pupil dilations and facial movements elicited by emotionally evocative sounds, according to a study...
  
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• Hospital-Onset Antimicrobial Resistant Infections Increased During COVID-19 Pandemic

  05-05-2025 17:49 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025-- Hospital-onset antimicrobial-resistant infections increased across U.S. hospitals during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online April 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Christina Yek, M.D...
  
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• Urticaria Reported in Trial of Investigational HIV mRNA Vaccines

  05-05-2025 17:47 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025-- Urticaria is seen in association with experimental HIV-1 mRNA vaccination, according to a study published online April 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Sharon A. Riddler, M.D., from the University of Pittsburgh, and...
  
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• Screen Time in Bed Linked to Poorer Sleep Among Young Adults

  05-05-2025 17:43 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025-- Increased screen time in bed is linked to poorer sleep in adults younger than 30 years across screen activity type, according to a study published online March 30 in Frontiers in Psychiatry.Gunnhild Johnsen Hjetland, Ph.D...
  
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• Man Bitten by Snakes 200 Times May Help Create New Antivenom

  05-05-2025 17:00 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025— Tim Friede has survived hundreds of snakebites — on purpose. For nearly two decades, he let some of the world’s most dangerous snakes sink their fangs into his arms, all for science.Now, his bold experiment could potentially he...
  
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• U.S. Sees Most Child Flu Deaths Since 2009

  05-05-2025 16:55 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025— More U.S. children have died from the flu this season than in any year since the 2009 swine flu pandemic, according to a new federal report.So far, 216 pediatric deaths have been reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease C...
  
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• Too Much Cinnamon May Interfere With Some Medications, Study Shows

  05-05-2025 16:50 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025— Consuming too much cinnamon might affect how your body absorbs some medications, new research shows.The study — published in the June issue of the journal Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences — looked at how cinnamon and its key...
  
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• New Molecular Test Could Double Leukemia Survival Rates

  05-05-2025 12:55 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025— Testing positive for leukemia actually saved the life of 51-year-old Jan Leahy, a business process owner from Wimbledon, England.Leahy benefitted from a clinical trial evaluating a new bone marrow test that can detect a p...
  
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• Men Worse Off Than Women For 20 Top Health Problems Worldwide

  05-05-2025 12:45 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025— Men are much more likely than women to die early from the world’s 20 leading health problems, a new global study shows.Sickness and death was higher in men than women in 2021 for 13 of the top 20 causes of injury and illness, i...
  
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• New Drug Could Quell Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure

  05-05-2025 12:25 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025— An experimental drug might help people with uncontrolled high blood pressure, according to early clinical trial results.People taking lorundrostat experienced twice the decline in their systolic blood pressure than people t...
  
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• Wildfire Smoke Flooded ERs With Asthma Cases

  05-05-2025 12:15 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025-- Asthma attacks caused emergency room surges during the 2023 Canadian wildfires, with smoke-filled air sending hundreds to the hospital daily, a new study says.Daily asthma-related visits to Ontario hospitals increased nearly...
  
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• Experimental Drug Lorundrostat Could Quell Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure

  05-05-2025 12:05 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025 — An experimental drug might help people with uncontrolled high blood pressure, according to early clinical trial results.
  People taking lorundrostat experienced twice the decline in their systolic blood pressure than...
  
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• Can Kissing Pass Gluten? New Findings For Celiac Patients

  05-05-2025 12:05 via drugs.com
  MONDAY, May 5, 2025 — Can gluten be passed on through a kiss?It’s a concern for some folks with celiac disease, but a new study says worry not.People with celiac disease had no problems after kissing a partner who’d just eaten a stack of saltine cr...
  
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• Body Mass Index (BMI): What It Tells You — And What It Doesn’t

  04-05-2025 15:30 via drugs.com
  SUNDAY, May 4, 2025— Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It's widely used in healthcare and public health to categorize body size and estimate potential risk for weight-related d...
  
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• What You Should Know About ALS, Also Known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease

  03-05-2025 15:30 via drugs.com
  SATURDAY, May 3, 2025— Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease based on the iconic 1930s New York Yankee baseball player – is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects thousands of Americans every year. ALS re...
  
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• HHS, NIH Unveil Vaccine Initiative to Protect Against Future Pandemics

  02-05-2025 22:27 via drugs.com
  FRIDAY, May 2, 2025-- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health announced a new initiative called "Generation Gold Standard" to develop next-generation, universal vaccines using a beta-propiolactone...
  
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• Withdrawal of Flovent Led to Discontinuation of Inhaled Steroids for Children With Asthma

  02-05-2025 18:13 via drugs.com
  FRIDAY, May 2, 2025-- For children using fluticasone propionate, the withdrawal of the brand-name drug (Flovent) was associated with increased discontinuation of inhaled steroid therapy, according to a research letter published online April 26 in...
  
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• Advanced Biological Age Linked to Increased Risk for Incident Dementia

  02-05-2025 18:10 via drugs.com
  FRIDAY, May 2, 2025-- Advanced biological age (BA) may be a risk factor for incident dementia, according to a study published online April 30 in Neurology.Yacong Bo, Ph.D., from The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in China, and...
  
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• Gluten-Free Diet for Celiac Disease Increases Arsenic Exposure in Children

  02-05-2025 18:02 via drugs.com
  FRIDAY, May 2, 2025-- Children with newly diagnosed celiac disease have increased arsenic exposure shortly after transitioning to a gluten-free diet, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.Nan...
  
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• Urinary Incontinence Linked to CVD Risk Factors, Comorbid Conditions

  02-05-2025 17:59 via drugs.com
  FRIDAY, May 2, 2025-- Urinary incontinence is not associated with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) classification, but is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and comorbidity, according to a study published in the...
  
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• No Benefit Seen for Revascularization Added to Drug Therapy in Carotid Stenosis

  02-05-2025 17:56 via drugs.com
  FRIDAY, May 2, 2025-- For patients with asymptomatic or symptomatic carotid stenosis of 50 percent or greater with a low or intermediate predicted stroke risk, there is no benefit for the addition of revascularization to optimized medical therapy...
  
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• Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy Can Improve Outcomes

  02-05-2025 17:53 via drugs.com
  FRIDAY, May 2, 2025-- For mothers with opioid use disorder (OUD), treatment with buprenorphine in pregnancy is associated with improved maternal and infant outcomes, according to a study published online April 27 in JAMA Health Forum to coincide...
  
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• Semaglutide Beneficial in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis, Fibrosis

  02-05-2025 17:51 via drugs.com
  FRIDAY, May 2, 2025-- For patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and fibrosis, semaglutide is associated with improved liver histologic outcomes, according to a study published online April 30 in the New England...
  
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