Today’s Health News
About One in Five Adults Experienced Anxiety, Depression in 2022
Highest percentage with mild, moderate, severe symptoms of anxiety or depression was seen for adults aged 18 to 29 years
High Resting Heart Rate Tied to Increased Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
Findings independent of other established risk factors
Cancer Disparities Evident Across Human Development Index, Projected to Widen
Cancer cases and deaths projected to nearly triple in low-HDI countries by 2050 compared with moderate increase in very high-HDI countries
Expanding Access to Obesity Medications Could Avert 42,000 Deaths/Year
Impact of expanding access to GLP-1 receptor agonists, dual gastric inhibitory polypeptide and GLP-1 receptor agonists quantified
COVID-19 Burden in Hospitals Affects Risk for In-Hospital Adverse Events
Increased relative risk for adverse events seen among those admitted during weeks with high versus low COVID-19 burden
Today’s Health News
Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Incidence Increasing Among the Elderly
Age-adjusted CMM incidence rate was 0.99 per 1,000 from 2012 to 2016, marking an increase from previous years
Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Levels Inversely Tied to Cancer Incidence
Findings seen for incidence of overall and 14 site-specific cancers
RSV Vaccination Prevents Associated Hospitalization, Emergency Encounters
Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination effective for adults aged at least 60 years
In-Utero Sugar Restriction Cuts Offspring’s Risk for Diabetes, Hypertension
35 percent lower risk for diabetes, 20 percent reduced risk for hypertension seen for sugar restriction in first three years after conception
U.K. Reports First Cluster Outside of Africa of New Mpox Variant
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in...
FDA Proposes Ban on a ‘Useless’ Decongestant, Phenylephrine
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine...
Novo Nordisk CEO Warns of Deaths Linked to Compounded Semaglutide
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The head of the company that makes the diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic...
Two-Fifths of Americans Say They Experience the ‘Winter Blues’
Women appear to be more affected than men, rural residents are more affected than city dwellers
Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair Explored in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
Significant improvements seen in primary end points with T-TEER for patients with symptomatic, severe tricuspid regurgitation
Machine Learning Can Predict Intradialytic Hypotension During Hemodialysis
Various standard clinical variables measured by clinicians analyzed to determine scope of machine learning techniques in predicting IDH