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MONDAY, Oct. 19, 2020 — Parents are usually pleased when their newborn seems big and strong, but new research suggests that large babies may be at higher risk for the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation later in life. Atrial fibrillation (a-fib) is the most common heart rhythm disorder, affecting more than 40 million people worldwide. […]
Continue ReadingMONDAY, Oct. 19, 2020 — A recently approved rheumatoid arthritis medication appears to be an effective second-line therapy when biologic treatments start to fail, a new clinical trial reports. Arthritis sufferers treated with upadacitinib had a significantly greater reduction in their symptoms and disease activity than people treated with a standard disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD), […]
Continue ReadingMONDAY, Oct. 19, 2020 — Three weeks after becoming the first big urban area to reopen public schools since the pandemic began, New York City is not seeing a feared surge in cases among students and staff. Instead, health officials are seeing a surprisingly small number of COVID-19 cases, The New York Times reported. Of […]
Continue ReadingThe National Institutes of Health has launched an adaptive Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of three immune modulator drugs in hospitalized adults with COVID-19. Some COVID-19 patients experience an immune response in which the immune system unleashes excessive amounts of proteins that trigger inflammation – called a “cytokine storm” – […]
Continue ReadingSUNDAY, Oct. 18, 2020 — As the weather gets cooler and social activities move indoors, Americans need to take steps to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, an expert says. “We now know that if we are going to socialize with people who are not in our household — or in our pandemic pod […]
Continue ReadingNews Consumer News How to Keep High Blood Pressure at Bay SATURDAY, Oct. 17, 2020 — To mark World Hypertension Day this Saturday, the American Heart Association offers advice on how to lower and control your blood pressure. High blood pressure affects nearly half of American adults, and three-quarters of those with high blood pressure […]
Continue ReadingFRIDAY, Oct. 16, 2020 — Just like people, dogs’ personalities change as they age, a new European study suggests. “Even though dog personality is a highly popular topic in the literature, there are still gaps about the long-term stability, as well as about the dynamics of personality development,” said study first author Borbála Turcsán of […]
Continue ReadingFRIDAY, Oct. 16, 2020 — Women who suffer severe morning sickness may have higher risk of depression during and after pregnancy, according to a new British study. It enrolled 214 women in London during the first trimester of pregnancy. Half had severe morning sickness; half did not. None had been treated for mental health conditions […]
Continue ReadingFRIDAY, Oct. 16, 2020 — While men can take solace in a new government report that shows prostate cancer cases have been declining overall in the past two decades, the same analysis finds that the opposite is true for advanced prostate cancer cases. In fact, the number of cases of cancer that had already spread […]
Continue ReadingFRIDAY, Oct. 16, 2020 — An experimental drug combination lengthens survival for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), new research shows. A previous clinical trial found that the two-drug combo — called AMX0035 — slowed progression of the neurodegenerative disease over six months. The new clinical trial of 137 patients with the disease, also known […]
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