SATURDAY, April 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep-related infant deaths are one of the leading causes of non-natural infant deaths, but a pediatric expert offers advice for keeping babies safe when they’re sleeping.
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FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2021, there was an increase in the percentage of adolescent and adult females and adult males receiving prescription stimulant fills, according to research published in the March 31 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, released to coincide with a related publication in the Journal of Attention Disorders.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Daily low or moderate alcohol intake is not significantly associated with all-cause mortality risk, but risk increased at higher consumption levels, particularly for women, according to a review published online March 31 in JAMA Network Open.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Recreational cannabis is associated with an increase in car crash fatalities but a decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths, according to a study published in the March issue of Social Science & Medicine.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Latinx students reported higher depression, social anxiety, and generalized anxiety than non-Latinx students during the pandemic, according to a study published online March 31 in the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology.
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FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There is a strong association between the fat mass of mothers and their daughters, according to a study published online March 21 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Parents who harshly discipline their young children may be putting them on a path toward lasting mental health symptoms, a new study suggests.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Dozens of studies have purportedly shown that a daily glass of wine or mug of beer could reduce your risk of heart disease and death.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. public health officials want high-risk individuals who haven’t been vaccinated for mpox — previously called monkeypox — to do so before a potential resurgence of the virus in the coming months.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Despite a longstanding assumption that babies’ gut microbiome development could be affected by whether they were born vaginally or through cesarean section, scientists report this doesn't appear to be the case.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mediterranean and low-fat dietary programs seem beneficial for reducing mortality and morbidity among patients with elevated cardiovascular risk, according to a review published online March 29 in The BMJ.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins is safe for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia and no conventional surgical or endovascular revascularization treatment options, according to a study published online March 29 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic pouchitis after undergoing restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) for ulcerative colitis, treatment with vedolizumab is more effective than placebo for inducing remission, according to a study published in the March 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- System- and patient-level interventions, including taking a best possible medication history (BPMH) in the emergency department, can reduce medication discrepancy rates, according to a study published online March 22 in BMJ Quality & Safety.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Atopy is associated with a reduction in the risk for melanoma, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in Melanoma Research.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The opportunistic bacterial pathogen Vibrio vulnificus is projected to expand its current range, and infections may be present in every Eastern U.S. state by 2081 to 2100, according to a study published online March 23 in Scientific Reports.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For men with one high-risk factor, initiating post-radical prostatectomy salvage radiation therapy (sRT) when prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are greater than 0.25 ng/mL is associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality (ACM), according to a study published online March 1 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Prescriptions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new government report shows.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes is increasing among children and young people aged 0 to 19 years, according to a study published in the April issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with the glutamate modulator, memantine, a drug commonly used to treat Alzheimer disease, results in a significant reduction in hair-pulling and skin-picking symptoms, according to a study published online Feb. 22 in The American Journal of Psychiatry.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Three weeks of oral azithromycin seems to be equivalent to six weeks of doxycycline for treatment of severe meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), according to a study published online March 23 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children should feel safe at school, but learning of a mass shooting — like this week's tragedy at Covenant School in Nashville — can threaten their sense of security.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer screening may be free for women with health insurance, but high costs may still keep some from getting needed follow-up tests, a new study finds.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Telehealth appointments — meetings with a doctor through a phone or video call — are valuable tools in the fight against opioid use disorder in the United States, researchers say.