THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An off-label clot-busting drug appears to work slightly better in treating stroke patients than an approved medication, a new review finds. The clot-buster tenecteplase is associated with a slightly higher likelihood of excellent recovery and reduced disability three months following a stroke, comparedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A young Israeli researcher who lost a sibling in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israeli civilians said the tragedy has spurred her to study the unique aspects of grief at the sudden loss of a brother or sister. The research byContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks who want solid protection during the cold and flu season should get the influenza vaccine now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. The ideal time to get the flu vaccine is by the end of October, the FDA said in aContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Got yourself a standing desk because you know sitting is unhealthy? It might be the wrong move, new research suggests. The study of over 83,000 British adults who wore special movement monitors on their wrists found no benefit to exchanging sitting for standing,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People living with HIV who need a kidney can rest assured that outcomes are similar whether their kidney donor was also HIV-positive or not, a new study finds. One- and three-year survival was the same, regardless of the donor’s HIV status, as wereContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Jenna Cottrell is a young sports reporter working for a TV station in the Rochester, N.Y., area. She’s also a survivor of advanced Hodgkin lymphoma, who first got diagnosed at the age of 25 back in 2017. After 12 rounds of the thenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Retired tennis legend Serena Williams has had a cyst on her neck “the size of a grapefruit” surgically removed and is in recovery, she announced Wednesday on social media. In May, “I found this big mass on my neck,” Williams, 43, said. “I wasContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women and men experience similar rates of dangerous complications after a major heart surgery. So why are women dying at higher rates than men when these complications strike? That’s the main question raised by a new study that involved more than 850,000 casesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most Americans 50 and older don’t place much trust in health advice generated by artificial intelligence, a new survey finds. About 74% of middle-aged and senior Americans would have very little to no trust in health info generated by AI, the University ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following hurricane damage that shuttered a North Carolina plant that makes 60% of the country’s IV fluids, U.S. health officials have invoked the Defense Production Act to hasten rebuilding of the factory. A nationwide shortage of IV fluids has only worsened since HurricaneContinue Reading