Source of Missouri bird flu case still unknown, could be a ‘one-off’: CDC
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HealthDay News
Sep 13, 2024
The Missouri case has raised the possibility of human-to-human transmission of bird flu. But officials stressed Thursday there is no evidence of other people being infected and the risk to the general...
Racial differences seen in pain Rx for older adults with hip fracture
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HealthDay News
Sep 12, 2024
Black beneficiaries have lower average doses in the first 90 days.
SGLT2i use linked to lower risk for neurodegenerative disease in T2DM
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HealthDay News
Sep 18, 2024
A reduced risk for Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and Parkinson’s disease was seen with SGLT2i use in type 2 diabetes.
County-level factors associated with risk for suicide
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HealthDay News
Sep 12, 2024
US counties with higher levels of health insurance and broadband coverage have lower suicide rates.
Low-dose triple-pill protocol lowers BP in Black Africans with hypertension
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Haymarket Media
Sep 10, 2024
The mean home systolic blood pressure was lower with the triple-pill protocol versus the standard-care protocol at month 6.
Study looks at sex differences in melanoma incidence
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HealthDay News
Sep 17, 2024
Melanoma incidence is highest on the trunk in men; incidence is historically highest on limbs in women, but recent increases were seen in truncal melanoma.
US cancer incidence trends lower than expected in 2021
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Haymarket Media
Sep 06, 2024
The researchers say the data indicate that cancer cases continued to be underdiagnosed in the second year of the pandemic.
Timing of blood pressure meds has no impact on outcomes
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Haymarket Media
Sep 10, 2024
The findings were seen for both primary care patients with hypertension and nursing home residents.
Review weighs treatments for genitourinary symptoms of menopause
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Haymarket Media
Sep 10, 2024
Vaginal estrogen, vaginal DHEA, oral ospemifene and vaginal moisturizers may be beneficial for some genitourinary symptoms.
No advantage seen with long-term oxygen therapy for 24 versus 15 hours/day
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Haymarket Media
Sep 10, 2024
For chronic, severe hypoxemia at rest, the risk for hospitalization or death within one year was comparable for oxygen therapy of 24 or 15 hours/day.