Today’s Health News
Study Looks at Recovery Potential in Comatose Patients Who Died After Halting Life-Sustaining Therapy
Most patients who died after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy were considered to have recovery potential of at least 1 percent
Pelabresib Plus Ruxolitinib Improves Underlying Myelofibrosis
In a recent study, significantly more patients receiving the combination therapy met primary end point of reduction in spleen volume of ≥35 percent from baseline
Use of Parallel Transmit 7T MRI Changes Management for Epilepsy Surgery
Lesions were better visualized on pTx than circularly polarized MRI in 57 percent of cases and were never better visualized on circularly polarized MRI
NIH Ends Funding for the Effects of Climate Change on Health
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund new research on...
Five Top CDC Leaders Step Down Amid Wave of Departures
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is facing major changes,...
Today’s Health News
Chinese Woman Is Third Person to Get a Gene-Edited Pig Kidney
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A Chinese woman is the third person in the world living with a...
ACC: Screening Mammograms + AI May ID Cardiovascular Disease
Heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and death increase with breast arterial calcification
ACC: Colorectal Cancer Tied to Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Death
Risk highest in the two years following colorectal cancer diagnosis
Funding Reductions Could Reverse Progress in HIV Response
Greatest effects expected in countries with higher percentage of international funding, with increasing incidence of HIV in key populations
Sensorized T-Shirt Enables Early Discharge After Oncological Urology Surgery
90 percent of patients satisfied with remote patient monitoring
Longer PSA Monitoring in Patients With Persistent PSA May Reduce Overtreatment
Authors say PSA level should be assessed for at least three months after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer to accurately document persistent PSA
2009 to 2019 Saw Increase in Avoidable Mortality in United States
Decrease in avoidable mortality seen in most comparator countries from European Union and OECD
Tuberculosis on the Rise Again in the United States
Preliminary data show 2024 rates were highest seen in more than 12 years
Adding 3D Total Body Photography to Usual Care Increases Rate of Skin Excisions
Adding 3D TBP, sequential digital dermoscopy imaging to usual care increases skin excisions in patients at high risk for melanoma
Coverage for Routine Childhood Vaccines Remains Below Prepandemic Levels
Vaccine series completion for rotavirus, DTaP, PCV at 12 months was highest in January 2020 and remained lower in October 2023