Advertisement
Home Authors Posts by HealthDay.com

HealthDay.com

HealthDay.com
38634 POSTS 0 COMMENTS
In women with mixed urinary incontinence

Physical Therapy and Surgery Reduce Mixed Urinary Incontinence Symptoms

0
However, reduction in symptoms from addition of physical therapy may not be clinically important
Teens who misuse prescription or illicit opioids might benefit from the opioid treatment medications methadone

Pharmaceutical Treatments for Opioid Abuse May Benefit Teens

0
However, evidence is limited on efficacy, safety of medications for opioid use disorder in teens
Assessment of dementia risk using three common screening tools at baseline predicts incident dementia over the course of about seven years

Stepwise Approach Effective for Primary Care Dementia Screening

0
Stepwise screening starts with single question on subjective memory loss
A 40-year-old California man is the seventh person to die from a severe respiratory illness brought on by using electronic cigarettes.

Vaping-Linked Lung Illness Claims Seventh Victim

0
According to CDC, 380 people in 36 states have come down with the vaping-related sickness
Men are less knowledgeable than women about human papillomavirus (HPV)

Men Less Knowledgeable About HPV, HPV Vaccination

0
Most men and women did not know anal, penile, and oral cancers are caused by HPV
There are considerable gaps in primary care physician knowledge regarding risk factors that prompt screening for prediabetes and management recommendations for patients with prediabetes

Gaps in Physician Knowledge, Management of Prediabetes ID’d

0
Primary care doctors have limited knowledge about screening, management for prediabetes
Hospital-level high-risk antibiotic use is associated with the risk for hospital-associated Clostridioides difficile infection

High-Risk Antibiotic Use Linked to Hospital-Associated C. Difficile

0
High-risk antibiotic use independently predicts hospital-related Clostridioides difficile infection
The presence of presumed postdural puncture headache after neuraxial anesthesia (epidural or spinal) in childbirth is associated with an increased risk for being diagnosed with an intracranial subdural hematoma

Headache From Epidural for Labor May Up Subdural Hematoma Risk

0
Presumed postdural puncture headache tied to greater risk for intracranial subdural hematoma
When empirical antimicrobial therapy is initiated in patients with severe manifestations of sepsis

Initiating Empirical Tx for Sepsis Reduces Blood Culture Sensitivity

0
12 percent difference seen in proportion of positive blood cultures before and after antimicrobial therapy
Screening for breast cancer in men has increased over time

Screening for Breast Cancer in Men Has Increased Over Time

0
Risk higher for older age, Ashkenazi descent, genetic mutations, and personal, first-degree family hx