By Beth Gilbert HealthDay Reporter>The annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery was held in Nashville, Tennessee, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 and attracted approximately 5,000 participants from around the…
Kaiser Permanente Reaches Tentative Deal With 75,000 Health…
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter>FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- A tentative deal has been reached between Kaiser Permanente and its 75,000 health care workers following a three-day strike last week. "The frontline health care workers…
Monkey Given Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Still Alive Two…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- Two years after a gene-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a monkey, researchers report the monkey is still alive. “We’re the only group in the field…
Use of Hair Relaxers Raises Womens Odds for…
By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter>FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- Older Black women who use chemical hair relaxers may be more likely to develop uterine cancer, new research suggests. Specifically, postmenopausal Black women who reported using…
Could Tissue-Zapping Procedure Be Non-Antibiotic Option for Recurrent…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- For some older women, recurring urinary tract infections — and the antibiotics typically prescribed for them — become a fact of life, but a new study…
More Than 7 Million Americans Have Gotten the…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- Following a rocky rollout, more than 7 million Americans have now gotten the newly updated COVID vaccines. Unfortunately, that’s still lagging behind the number who sought…
Smaller Blood Draws for Lab Tests Reduce Need…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- Drawing smaller amounts of blood from patients in the intensive care unit could lead to fewer blood transfusions, according to new research. The large clinical trial…
When Lung Cancer Strikes the Young, Women Face…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- New research uncovers troubling trends for lung cancer in young and middle-aged women. Cancer incidence in young women is higher than it is in men, a…
Latest AI Has 100% Success Rate in Spotting…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- The ability to detect skin cancer using artificial intelligence (AI) software has rapidly improved. New research presented Wednesday at a medical conference in Berlin shows that…
Abnormal Result on a Cancer Screen? Your Family…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- Extra efforts by primary care doctors to reach out to patients who need follow-up after an abnormal cancer test result leads to better results in getting…