MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Just a little exposure to secondhand smoke may increase your risk for the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), a new, large study suggests. People who have A-Fib, the world’s most common heart rhythm disorder, are five times more likely to have aContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new oral vaccine could prove a potential alternative to antibiotics for people with recurring urinary tract infections, a new study says. More than half of patients with recurring UTIs (54%) wound up infection-free for nine years after receiving the oral spray vaccine,Continue Reading
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay news) — A new vaccine might be able to block the toxic effects of the animal tranquilizer xylazine, which is being added to illicit drugs and increasing overdose risk. The vaccine trains the immune system to attack the drug, and has been effective in animalContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pancreatic cancer patients may do better if they receive an immunotherapy drug as well as chemotherapy in preparation for surgery, new research suggests. Pancreatic cancer is one of the toughest to treat. Only 12% of patients live more than five years after diagnosis.Continue Reading
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new urine test could spare bladder cancer survivors from a painful follow-up procedure needed to ensure their cancer hasn’t come back, researchers report. People who’ve gotten surgery for high-risk bladder cancer require a cystoscopy — a procedure in which a flexible probeContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People with HIV could have an increased risk of heart disease even if they aren’t suffering any symptoms related to their infection, a new study finds. Middle-aged people living with HIV were more likely to have early signs of heart disease, with thickerContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As the world’s population ages, a new report warns that the number of people with cancer could climb 77% by 2050. In the report, published Thursday in the journal CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, researchers from the American Cancer Society found there wereContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People preparing to watch Monday’s total eclipse of the sun need to protect their vision during the event, eye doctors say. Powerful ultraviolet rays can do permanent damage to the eyes if people look directly at the sun as the moon is slidingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — America is making headway against heart disease, with heart-related deaths declining over the past three decades. But it appears that only the well-to-do have benefitted, a new study shows. Heart attack rates have stayed the same or gotten worse among the poor duringContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Obese folks are less likely to benefit from a nerve-stimulation treatment for sleep apnea that’s recently been made available to them, a new study reports. The treatment is likely to be 75% less effective among obese people with BMIs of 32 to 35,Continue Reading