Infants exposed to secondhand smoke in the womb and early childhood are likely to have weaker lungs, a new study suggests. The finding is based on levels of blood cotinine during pregnancy and childhood; blood cotinine is the result of the body processing nicotine. Harvard Medical School researchers tied increased levels of the byproduct with… read on > read on >
Researchers have reported the first case of COVID-19 causing dangerous, recurring blood clots in a patient’s arm. The report offers new insight into how the damage of inflammation caused by COVID-19 can linger and how best to treat recurring clots, the Rutgers University researchers said. There have been reports of lower extremity blood clots in… read on > read on >
Women who develop diabetes in pregnancy don’t tend to make healthy diet or exercise changes to help fight it, a new study finds. That could have dire consequences: Gestational (pregnancy-related) diabetes raises the risks of high blood pressure in mothers, larger babies, cesarean delivery, low blood sugar in newborns, and development of chronic diabetes later… read on > read on >
When someone comes in for a new heart stent, it’s critical that the medical team doing the procedure knows several key facts about previous stents the patient has had. But fewer than half of patients receiving a stent were still carrying the stent card that has those details with them, a new study finds. Most… read on > read on >
A lot of people think of age 50 as the magic number for getting a first colonoscopy, but earlier is better, a prestigious U.S. expert panel now says. Based on evidence that younger people are being diagnosed with colon cancer and would benefit from screening, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is moving the… read on > read on >
Plenty of teens are burdened with a chronic and often paralyzing fear of being harshly judged by others. Unfortunately, many can’t get in-person treatment that could help. But now a team of Swedish researchers says that an entirely online version of a widely used behavioral therapy technique can deliver significant relief to those affected. The… read on > read on >
U.S. hospitals have been required to make their prices public since 2019, but 18 months into the rule more than half weren’t doing it, a new study finds. In 2018, the Trump administration issued a rule requiring hospitals to publish their “chargemasters” on their websites. A chargemaster is a rundown of a hospital’s services, along… read on > read on >
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Large health studies sometimes paint a rosy picture of Asian Americans in comparison with other groups. But when researchers aren’t using a broad brush, the portrait can be quite different. When viewed not as a single entity of 20 million people but as people of Chinese,… read on > read on >
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Lisa Anderson shook her husband, Jacob, awake. “I just got off the phone with the nurse,” she told him. “She said I could have a stroke.” Jacob bolted out of bed, trying to make sense of the news. It was around 1:30 a.m. on Easter. Lisa… read on > read on >
Teens may be much more diverse in their gender identities than widely thought, a new study suggests. In a survey of nearly 3,200 high school students in one U.S. school district, researchers found that almost 10% were “gender-diverse.” That meant they identified as a gender other than the sex on their birth certificate. Often, those… read on > read on >
