MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Only a fraction of Americans are getting recommended lung cancer screenings, new research shows. While rates overall are up slightly, fewer than 1 in 5 people who are eligible for screening are up-to-date with it, according to the American Cancer Society-led study. TheContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Older adults who avoid surgery because they fear general anesthesia will cause thinking declines need not worry, researchers report. A study of more than 1,000 patients who had heart surgery at four hospitals in Canada found that the amount of anesthesia used didContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday has for the first time approved the use of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for people in their 50s who are at increased risk for the illness. Drugmaker GSK’s Arexvy vaccine, as well asContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning Americans to avoid Diamond Shruumz-brand Microdosing Chocolate Bars, after numerous people have been made sick after consuming them. Eight severe illnesses related to the edibles have been reported as of Friday in Arizona (four cases),Continue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental vaccine that could offer one-stop prevention for both COVID-19 and influenza is showing positive results among older adults in trials, maker Moderna announced Monday. The shot — for now called mRNA-1083 — “has met its primary endpoints, eliciting a higher immuneContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A plant-based eating regimen designed to save the Earth also saves people’s lives, a large study confirms. “Shifting how we eat can help slow the process of climate change,” said corresponding author Dr. Walter Willett, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at HarvardContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can identify people who are at risk for lung cancer based on genetic markers in their blood. “We have a simple blood test that could be done in a doctor’s office that would tell patients whetherContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental ‘supercharged’ form of popular GLP-1 weight-loss meds could help ease fatty liver disease, a new trial suggests. The drug under development, survodutide, helped up to 83% of patients gain real improvements in markers of fatty liver disease, a widespread and potentiallyContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have developed a novel way to promote hair growth in people who have the autoimmune disease alopecia areata. It’s a skin patch that delivers immune-system controllers through an array of tiny needles. In alopecia, the body’s own T-cells mistakenly attack hair follicles.Continue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Though overdose deaths continue to surge, there is no approved medication to treat methamphetamine use disorder. Now, an experimental two-drug therapy has yielded promising results, UCLA researchers report. “These findings have important implications for pharmacological treatment for methamphetamine use disorder,” said researcher Dr.Continue Reading