- Physician's Weekly

In-Utero Sugar Restriction Cuts Offspring’s Risk for Diabetes, Hypertension

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Sugar restriction during the first 1,000 days...

RSV Vaccination Prevents Associated Hospitalization, Emergency Encounters

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For adults aged 60 years or older, respiratory...

Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Levels Inversely Tied to Cancer Incidence

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There is a small inverse association between...

Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Incidence Increasing Among the Elderly

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — From 1987 to 2016, there was a considerable...

COVID-19 Burden in Hospitals Affects Risk for In-Hospital Adverse Events

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Greater hospital COVID-19 burden is associated...

Expanding Access to Obesity Medications Could Avert 42,000 Deaths/Year

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Expanding access to obesity medications such as...

Cancer Disparities Evident Across Human Development Index, Projected to Widen

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cancer disparities are evident across the Human...

FDA Proposes Ban on a ‘Useless’ Decongestant, Phenylephrine

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than a year after its advisory panel...

High Resting Heart Rate Tied to Increased Risk for Atrial Fibrillation

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Elevated baseline resting heart rate (RHR) is...

About One in Five Adults Experienced Anxiety, Depression in 2022

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — About one in five adults experienced any symptoms...

2008 to 2020 Saw More Radiologists Involved in Teaching

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — From 2008 to 2020, there was an increase in the...

Travel Time to Tanning Facilities Negatively Linked to Melanoma Incidence

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There is a negative association between travel...

Postpartum Exercise Cuts Odds of Postpartum Depression

Nov 8, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Odds of postpartum depression are reduced by 45...

Community Health Workers Spread Across the US, Even in Rural Areas

Nov 7, 2024

HURON, S.D. — Kelly Engebretson was excited to get fitted for a prosthetic after having part of his leg amputated. But he wasn’t sure how he’d get to the appointment. Nah Thu Thu Win’s twin sons needed...

Trump’s White House Return Poised To Tangle Health Care Safety Net

Nov 7, 2024

Former President Donald Trump’s election victory and looming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back the nation’s public health insurance programs — increasing the uninsured rate, while...

7 of 10 States Backed Abortion Rights. But Little To Change Yet.

Nov 7, 2024

Voters backed abortion rights in seven of the 10 states where the issue appeared on ballots Tuesday — at first glance, seemingly reshaping the nation’s patchwork of abortion rules. Colorado, Maryland, Montana, and New York...