WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Scientists from around the world are making headway in compiling a Human Cell Atlas — a deep dive into the myriad types of cells in the body and their disparate roles in health and disease. The atlas is not yet complete, but 40Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s yet another downside to global warming: Higher health care expenditures for medical scans on hot days. So report Canadian researchers who discovered that periods of heat and air pollution bumped up demand for X-rays and CT scans by about 5%. Over time,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than a third of surgical patients develop complications as a result of their procedure, a new study shows. About 38% of adult patients suffer an adverse event during or following their surgery, researchers reported Nov. 13 in the BMJ. Nearly half ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Recurring angina chest pain in people with a certain type of heart disease can be tough to treat, but a new hourglass-shaped stent could be a real advance, researchers report. People with what’s known as microvascular disease — impeded blood flow in tinyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Seniors who’ve had a heart attack should probably delay any elective surgeries for three to six months, a new study advises. People aged 67 and older face double to triple the risk of life-threatening complications — like a stroke or a second heartContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a finding that challenges conventional thinking on when people with failing heart valves but no symptoms should get surgery, a new study suggests these patients would fare far better if they had their valves replaced right away with a minimally invasive procedure.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new guidance issued jointly by groups representing U.S. surgeons, anesthesiologists and gastroenterologists affirms that most people taking popular GLP-1 weight-loss meds can keep taking them in the weeks before a surgery. Concerns had arisen because the drugs, which include semaglutide (Ozempic andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence might be able to help doctors detect the prostate cancers most likely to be life-threatening to men, a new study suggests. An AI program successfully identified and outlined 85% of the most aggressive prostate tumors seen on MRI scans of moreContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence can accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, a new study finds. The AI program detects heart murmurs in canines with 90% accuracy, similar to the accuracy of expert cardiologists, researchers report. And in more than half the cases tested, the AIContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental electric bandage might help doctors stop bacterial infections without using any drugs, a new study suggests. Imperceptible low-level electric current applied through a skin patch caused a nearly 10 times reduction in amounts of Staphylococcus epidermidis, a common bacterium found onContinue Reading