WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned health care workers to look out for patients who may have been exposed to a potentially deadly animal sedative, possibly through illicit drug use. The veterinary medication xylazine is sometimes added to fentanyl, heroinContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Science is about discovery. It’s about answering questions and, often, raising new ones. For Elise and Demir Dilci – 16-year-old twins whose research was presented Sunday at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in Chicago – it was certainly all that.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Doctors know a lot about the best ways to treat heart attacks and strokes, but until now they really didn’t have this kind of information for peripheral artery disease (PAD). Affecting as many as 10 million people in the United States, PAD isContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nearly half of American adults are not getting the sleep they need, a new study shows. That sleep debt is being compounded for many by what researchers call social jet lag, which is the difference between a person’s preferred sleep/wake times and thoseContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Equipping offices with “healthier” furnishings could reduce human exposure to risky PFAS chemicals, new research suggests. To look at indoor PFAS levels, a team led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in Boston, analyzed building dust in classrooms and common campusContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More American youth than ever are so addicted to e-cigarettes that they vape within 5 minutes of waking up in the morning, a new analysis shows. While that percentage was around just 1% in 2017, it increased every year after that. It reachedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women tend to be better able than men to recover from kidney injury, but why? Apparently women have an advantage at the molecular level that protects them from a form of cell death that occurs in injured kidneys, a new study in miceContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Evaluating a person’s psychological stress can be a good way to gauge their risk of heart and blood vessel disease, new research suggests. And a brief questionnaire could help with the assessment, the study findings showed. “Our study is part of the accumulatingContinue Reading
Leg artery disease can lead to amputation, but one surgery is best at preventing it. For many patients, bypass surgery is a better bet than minimally invasive endovascular therapy, new research revealed. Read more More U.S. teens are getting heavily addicted to vaping. Over 10% of teens now say theyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While it can take some time for COVID patients who are taken off ventilators to regain consciousness, a new study suggests this is not necessarily a bad omen. Instead, it might be the way the body protects the brain from oxygen deprivation asContinue Reading