FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) during the first COVID-19 lockdown have reduced survival, according to a study published online June 7 in the European Heart Journal-Quality of Care & Clinical Outcomes.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new locally recurrent rectal cancer (LRRC) quality of life (QoL) measure is a valid patient-reported outcome measure (PROM), according to a study published in the May issue of eClinicalMedicine.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The disadvantage in U.S. life expectancy began in the 1950s and has worsened over time, according to a study published online June 1 in the American Journal of Public Health.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended that the agency approve a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for infants and some toddlers.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- If you’re among the millions of women who experience a vaginal yeast infection each year, you know that fast relief is a top priority.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Understanding different parenting styles can help you pick the right one as you navigate the challenges of child-rearing.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Dr. Olena Postuypalenko was caring for patients at Kyiv City Clinical Oncology Center on Feb. 24, 2022, when her mother called to ask what seemed like an odd question: Has Russia invaded Ukraine?

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (Healthday News) — Raging Canadian wildfires are still darkening the skies of American cities, and while the dirty air is a hazard for everyone, that’s especially true for folks with asthma.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An increase in skeletal muscular adiposity is associated with cognitive decline among older men and women, according to a study published online June 7 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Uninterrupted transdermal nitroglycerin (NTG) therapy does not offer sustained benefit for hot flashes, according to a study published online June 5 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- ChatGPT consistently provides evidence-based answers to public health questions, according to a research letter published online June 7 in JAMA Network Open.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Less than one in four U.S. adults with or at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) use wearable devices, according to a study published online June 7 in JAMA Network Open.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Combining speech therapy with a singing intervention delivered via telerehabilitation seems to have a greater effect for patients with Parkinson disease (PD) with voice deficits, according to a study published online June 7 in the International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) is noninferior to preoperative chemoradiotherapy with respect to overall survival for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who are eligible for sphincter-sparing surgery, according to a study published online June 4 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- About 5 percent of people have a seizure while driving (SzWD) prior to being diagnosed with epilepsy, according to a study published online June 7 in Neurology.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma with disease progression on or after immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment, the addition of atezolizumab to cabozantinib does not improve clinical outcomes, according to a study published online June 5 in The Lancet to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Risk-adjusted survival at six months after transplantation is noninferior for patients receiving a heart after the circulatory death of a donor or after brain death of a donor, according to a study published in the June 8 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Insomnia symptoms are associated with an increased risk for stroke, with a dose-response relationship, according to a study published online June 7 in Neurology.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients battling late-stage lung cancer, prospects for survival have improved significantly since the advent of medications known as immune checkpoint inhibitors.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Jessica Diaz was amazed. As she took classes in barre – a combination of yoga, Pilates and ballet that used 2-pound weights – her body became transformed. And unlike other group exercises, she left the class feeling more energized than depleted.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended that the agency approve an RSV vaccine for infants and some toddlers.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A safe, generic diabetes pill can help people avoid long COVID, a new clinical trial shows.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The percentage of cancer survivors who struggle with a disability has doubled in the past 20 years, new research shows.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Young American adults have doubled their use of non-LSD hallucinogens in just a few years, a new report warns.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Astronauts spending six months or longer in space should stretch their time between trips to three years, warns new research on the impact of space travel on the brain.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The benefits of friendships and activity aren’t just for the young.

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Before learning they had epilepsy, about 5% of people who have what's called focal epilepsy had a seizure while driving, new research suggests.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ninety-three and 70 percent of cancer centers are currently experiencing a shortage of carboplatin and cisplatin, respectively, according to a report published June 7 by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN).

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Almost all blood donors had severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies from previous infection or vaccination by the third quarter of 2022, with the prevalence of hybrid immunity lowest for adults aged ≥65 years, according to research published in the June 2 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As a huge plume of smoke from over 400 Canadian wildfires swept south and turned New York City into a landscape that resembled Mars more than Earth, heart experts warned that air pollution can damage the heart as much as it damages lungs.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- After two more infant deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents and caregivers to stop using recalled Boppy Newborn Loungers, which are now linked to 10 deaths in all.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new transplant method that "reanimates" donor hearts appears safe and effective, a new clinical trial has found — in an advance that could substantially expand the supply of donor hearts available in the United States.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An amino acid found in meat, fish and energy drinks might be a key regulator of aging in animals, a new study suggests.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A new survey of cancer centers find that chemotherapy shortages are affecting most of them, prompting last-minute changes in treatment for numerous types of cancer.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For pediatric patients, the proportion of outpatient visits with a diagnosis of anxiety increased over time from 2006 to 2018, but the proportion with any therapy decreased, according to a study published online Jun. 7 in Pediatrics.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A diet lower in carbohydrates and sugar could increase life expectancy for adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online June 4 in Renal Failure.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- During recent omicron waves, there was a decrease in the rate of COVID-19-associated smell or taste disturbance, according to a study published online May 26 in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mammography artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms perform better than the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) risk model for predicting breast cancer risk, according to a study published online June 6 in Radiology.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma, a single cilta-cel infusion results in lower risk of disease progression or death compared with standard care, according to a study published online June 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), talazoparib plus enzalutamide results in improvement in radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS), according to a study published online June 4 in The Lancet to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of Medicaid-covered adults with diabetes and heart failure in Alabama did not receive guideline-concordant postdischarge care, according to a study published online June 7 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a consensus statement published in the May issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, guidelines are presented for the emergency department management of patients with new dizziness or vertigo without an obvious medical or neurological cause.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with localized muscle-invasive bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy, extended lymphadenectomy (LND) is not associated with improved disease-free or overall survival, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For postmenopausal women using estrogen-only hormone therapy (HT), oral estrogen-only HT use is associated with increased risk of hypertension, according to a study published online June 5 in Hypertension.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- After three hours of surgery on Wednesday, Pope Francis was recovering at Gemelli hospital in Rome on Thursday.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- A cold glass of water can refresh when temperatures soar. But if your taste buds need an extra zing, a sip of agua fresca can help.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As a huge plume of smoke from over 400 Canadian wildfires swept south and turned New York City into a landscape that resembled Mars more than Earth, heart experts warned that air pollution can damage your heart as much as it damages your lungs.

THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- When Dawn Mussallem was little, she dreamed of having her face on a Smucker's jar – the recognition the "Today" show gives to people who reach their 100th birthday.