THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 (HealthDay news) — For the first time ever, doctors have transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human suffering from advanced kidney failure. Such pig kidneys, altered to lower the risk of rejection and disease, have been successfully placed into monkeys and brain-dead human donorContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence tools don’t always help radiologists better review a patient’s X-rays or CT scans, a new study claims. AI has been touted as a potential means of improving doctors’ ability to interpret medical images, the researchers said. However, the benefits of AIContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order on Monday that will broaden the scope of medical research in women. The order “will direct the most comprehensive set of executive actions ever taken to expand and improve research on women’s health,” theContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There may be an unexpected fix for ongoing shortages of insulin: A brown bovine in Brazil recently made history as the first transgenic cow able to produce human insulin in her milk. “Mother Nature designed the mammary gland as a factory to makeContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Weight-loss surgery may help patients struggling with obesity and kidney failure become eligible for a lifesaving transplant, researchers report. Obesity is a key reason why some kidney patients are turned down for a transplant. But weight-loss surgery “not only helps in reducing theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nurses who specialize in anesthesia have issued new guidelines to reduce the risk that patients taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic or Wegovy throw up during surgery. “These medications have exploded in popularity,” said Micah Walden, of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) PracticeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration’s attacks on scientists didn’t shake Americans’ confidence in science, a new analysis shows. “The proportion of Americans with a low level of trust in scientific expertise rose from 3% in 2016 to 13% in 2020,” said lead author Jon Miller,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic can increase a person’s risk of throwing up during surgery while under anesthesia, a new study reports. People are typically asked to fast prior to surgery because general anesthesia can cause nausea, and they might inhale andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new robotic hip exoskeleton could help stroke patients improve their walking stride, a new study shows. More than 80% of stroke survivors develop problems walking, often because their step is shorter on one side than the other, researchers explained in background notes.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, March 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new smartphone app can help doctors more accurately diagnose ear infections in babies and small children, potentially reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in kids, researchers report. Ear infections — known by doctors as acute otitis media (AOM) — can be difficult to diagnose,Continue Reading