WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It may look like bad news, but a new study says it’s not: The number of people younger than 21 who had total hip replacement surgery in the United States jumped from 347 in 2000 to 551 in 2016. The increase wasn’t dueContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Despite a nationwide effort to control blood pressure, the number of seniors hospitalized for a sudden, sharp rise in blood pressure surged over the last two decades in the United States. The largest increase was among Black Americans, with the highest rates inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Black, Hispanic and Asian men in the United States are less likely than white men to receive a follow-up MRI after a screening suggests prostate cancer, a new study finds. “We can’t say definitively if the reason Black, Hispanic, and Asian men didContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have identified two previously unrecognized symptoms of pancreatic cancer — a discovery that might help with earlier detection and improve extremely low survival numbers, they say. “When pancreatic cancer is diagnosed earlier, patients have a higher chance of survival. It is possibleContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Eddie deRoulet never was the type to let others do things for him. Not in his years as a Marine and not in his subsequent career helping others. Then a stroke left him compromised on his right side. He was forcedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Young Asian women with diabetes, obesity or polycystic ovary syndrome may be more likely to have high blood pressure than their peers without those conditions, according to new research that called for increased medical attention in this population. Nearly half ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — “Ultra-low” doses of the drug rituximab may be enough to keep some patients’ rheumatoid arthritis under control for several years, a new, preliminary study suggests. Researchers found that among 118 patients, low doses of the drug were comparable to standard ones in controllingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Young, Black Americans are experiencing significant spikes in obesity, type 2 diabetes and smoking, all risk factors for heart attack and stroke. Between 2007 and 2017 – before the COVID-19 pandemic and the concerns it has created – hospitalized Black Americans aged 18Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Is there an ideal time to go to bed every night if you want to dodge heart disease? Apparently there is, claims a new study that found hitting the sack between 10 and 11 p.m. may be the ideal time to cut theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer may soon seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency authorization of its COVID-19 booster shot for anyone aged 18 and older. Officials familiar with the situation told the Washington Post that the request could be filed as soon as this week andContinue Reading