WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks with asthma might better control their symptoms by precisely timing when they use their inhaler, a new study says. A single daily preventive dose of inhaled corticosteroid is best taken at mid-afternoon for effective asthma control, researchers reported April 15 in theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Radiation therapy is commonly used to treat prostate cancer, but it can cause embarrassing urinary problems in some men. But a new genetic test appears capable of sussing out which men are at greater risk of urinary side effects from radiation treatment, aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Middle-aged folks and seniors whose weed use lands them in the hospital are at higher risk for developing dementia within a matter of years, a new study says. An ER visit or hospitalization due to cannabis use is associated with a 72% increasedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Considering a trendy whole-body CT scan after hearing celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Jason Bateman tout their benefits? Weigh the cancer risk from the scan’s radiation before making an appointment, a new study warns. CT scan radiation is expected to causeContinue Reading
The CheckMate-9DW trial showed significant overall survival benefit versus lenvatinib or sorafenibContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer has stopped developing a once-daily pill to treat obesity after a person in a clinical trial showed signs of a possible liver injury. The company said the injury went away after the person stopped taking the drug, called danuglipron, The Associated PressContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig’s kidney from an Alabama woman after her body rejected the organ, NYU Langone Health reported. Towana Looney, 53, had the transplanted organ for 130 days — the longest anyone has ever tolerated an organ from aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A newly approved antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections may also help fight drug-resistant gonorrhea, a new study shows. The medication, called gepotidacin, could become the first new gonorrhea treatment since the 1990s. In an international study of more than 600 people, researchersContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A “smart shirt” equipped with an electrocardiogram (ECG) can help identify folks who are at higher risk of heart disease, a new study says. The shirt monitors people’s heart rate recovery after exercise, tracking the time it takes for their heart to returnContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Gun violence is bad for dental health, a new study says. More specifically, people are less likely to go to the dentist in neighborhoods with higher levels of firearm violence, researchers report in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. These neighborhoods subsequently experienceContinue Reading