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MONDAY, April 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are heavier or older may take longer to heal after surgery to reduce the size of their breasts, new research indicates.Body weight and age can affect complication risk after breast reduction, according to a report in the April 2023 edition of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. "While reduction mammaplasty is a safe procedure, our study suggests that patients in higher BMI categories may take longer to heal, with increased risk of wound healing times longer than two months," lead author Dr. Jesse Payton said in a journal news release. Payton is a researcher at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Temple, Texas.Reduction mammaplasty is used to reduce back and neck pain and to improve body image and low self-esteem in women with...

FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Dozens of studies have purportedly shown that a daily glass of wine or mug of beer could reduce your risk of heart disease and death.But these studies are flawed, a new evidence review asserts, and the potential health benefits of moderate alcohol use vanish when those flaws and biases are taken into account.At best, a drink or two each day has no effect good or ill on a person’s health, while three or more drinks daily significantly increase the risk of an early death, researchers report. “Low-level or moderate drinking is roughly defined between one drink per week and two drinks per day. That’s the amount of alcohol that many studies, if you look at them uncritically, suggest reduces your risk of dying prematurely,” said...

FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. public health officials want high-risk individuals who haven’t been vaccinated for mpox — previously called monkeypox — to do so before a potential resurgence of the virus in the coming months. That surge could be worse than last year, federal modeling has found, but only about 23% of those at high risk for the virus have received vaccines, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most communities have had too few people vaccinated to avoid a potential outbreak and have a “greater than 35%” risk of the virus resurging, the CDC said. "It's not us saying get more people vaccinated because we think it's a good idea. We need to get more people vaccinated because we know there's...

FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Prescriptions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new government report shows.The trend may reflect both greater awareness among adults of ADHD symptoms and increased stress driving people to get the care they need.“This report shows there is this growing population of adults who have been diagnosed with ADHD, and there is need for support for this population,” lead study author Melissa Danielson, a statistician with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told NBC News.Prescriptions for ADHD have been increasing since 2016, according to the CDC researchers, who used insurance data on prescription medication for that year through 2021 in people ages 5 to 64.The...