TUESDAY, June 15, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — It’s a cliché that men don’t like to visit the doctor. But unlike tropes about refusing to ask for directions or put away their laundry, this one has serious health ramifications. It’s a fact that men are less likely than women to get preventive screenings, seek… read on > read on >
Suffering through a case of COVID-19 unleashed a host of other health problems in hundreds of thousands of Americans participating in the largest study yet of the long-term effects of coronavirus infection. Tracking the health insurance records of nearly 2 million people who caught the coronavirus last year, researchers found that one month or more… read on > read on >
Just a fraction of older Americans with arthritic knees try physical therapy, pain-relieving injections or other more conservative measures before undergoing knee replacement surgery, new research shows. And this may be driven by what type of doctor they see to treat their achy knees, as well as where they live, the study findings suggest. Knee… read on > read on >
Children may have an increased risk of obesity if their mothers were exposed to high levels of air pollution during pregnancy, researchers say. In a new study, 123 Hispanic mother-infant pairs were enrolled in an ongoing trial in the Los Angeles region. Before pregnancy, about one-third of the mothers were normal weight, one-third were overweight… read on > read on >
While COVID-19 vaccination rates may lag among some groups, that’s not the case for practicing physicians in the United States. More than 96% are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with no significant difference in vaccination rates across regions, according to a new survey from the American Medical Association (AMA). Even among the 4% not yet vaccinated,… read on > read on >
Rates of breast cancer-related genetic mutations in Black and white women are the same, according to a new study that contradicts previous research. It found that about 5% of both groups of women have a genetic mutation that increases the risk of breast cancer. “The findings challenge past, smaller studies that found Black women face… read on > read on >
The American South and Midwest are home to the highest obesity rates in the nation, but a new study reveals that severely obese residents of those regions are the least likely to choose lifesaving weight-loss surgery. “Bariatric surgery has been shown to provide long-term weight loss, sustained improvements in cardiovascular and metabolic health, and even… read on > read on >
An experimental Alzheimer’s vaccine appears to safely clear abnormal tau protein from the brain, but it’s not yet clear whether the shot will be able to save brain function. In a Phase 2 clinical trial, the vaccine produced high levels of antibodies to target and attack free-floating tau proteins before they can form “tau tangles”… read on > read on >
Living longer often means living with multiple health problems and numerous medications to manage them. Understandably, many doctors and their patients wonder if any of these drugs can be discontinued safely. A new study from Italy suggests statins should not be culled from the list. Among more than 29,000 adults 65 and older, those who… read on > read on >
The vast majority of editors at leading medical journals are white — with few of those influential spots going to Black or Hispanic professionals, a new study finds. The study comes on the heels of a controversy that prompted the resignation of the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association. It all started… read on > read on >
