By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 -- If you're hard of hearing and at higher risk for dementia, hearing aids could be a win-win. New research, published July 18 in The Lancet, finds…
New Drug Could Boost Outcomes for People With…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 -- People living with the pain, bloody diarrhea and sometimes urgent need to use the toilet that comes with ulcerative colitis may soon have a new treatment…
New Opioid Use Raises Death Risk 11-Fold in…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 -- Older adults who begin using opioid painkillers after a dementia diagnosis have a significantly greater risk of death — about 11-fold within the first two weeks,…
Ketamine Shows Promise Against Treatment-Resistant Depression in Trial
By Sarah D. Collins HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 -- Dr. Dan Iosifescu’s patient had a history of depression and had done well for a number of years. But the illness returned with a vengeance.…
Nursing Homes Used COVID Meds Less Than Expected…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 -- While nursing home residents are at high risk for bad outcomes if they get COVID-19, use of antiviral treatments, such as monoclonal antibodies, was low through…
Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 -- In areas where Black Americans have been historically affected by discriminatory housing practices, there is higher heart failure risk, according to new research. Researchers studying more…
East, Southeast Have the Most Alzheimer’s Cases, New…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>MONDAY, July 17, 2023 -- A new study offers the first-ever county-level estimates of Alzheimer’s disease in the United States. It shows that the East and Southeast have the highest prevalence…
How Much of a Difference Is 988 Suicide…
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter>MONDAY, July 17, 2023 -- The national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has hit its one-year anniversary, and it appears that the public is increasingly turning to the number in times…
FDA Approves New Drug, Beyfortus, to Protect Against…
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter>MONDAY, July 17, 2023 (HealthDay Now) -- Parents now have a new long-acting drug to protect their children against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common germ that hospitalizes as many as…
FDA Approves New Drug to Protect Against RSV…
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter>MONDAY, July 17, 2023 (HealthDay Now) -- Parents now have a new long-acting drug to protect their children against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common germ that hospitalizes as many as…