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30Mar
2023

AHA News: Explaining Cardiovascular Risk Disparities Among Young People With Type 1 Diabetes

AHA News: Explaining Cardiovascular Risk Disparities Among Young People With Type 1 DiabetesTHURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Black and Hispanic children with Type 1 diabetes are more likely than their white peers to develop stiffened arteries – a precursor to heart disease and stroke – during the first decade of their diabetes diagnosis, new research finds.All of the higher risk for Hispanic children – and one-fourth of it for Black children – can be explained by socioeconomic and cardiovascular risk factors that could potentially be reduced, according to the study, published Thursday in the Journal of the American Heart Association."That gives us hope that there are things we can try to modify, things we can try to improve," said lead study author Katherine Sauder, an associate professor and deputy director of the Life Course Epidemiology...

Pets Could Help Prevent Food Allergies in Kids

30 March 2023
Pets Could Help Prevent Food Allergies in KidsTHURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While research has shown that having pets can lower the chances of respiratory allergies in children, a new study finds it might also reduce the risk of food allergies.Japanese investigators found that young children exposed to dogs in the home were less likely to experience egg, milk and nut allergies, while those exposed to cats were less likely to be diagnosed with egg, wheat and soybean allergies.Still, “pet exposure does not completely prevent food allergies,” noted first study author Dr. Hisao Okabe, from the Fukushima Regional Center for the Japan Environment and Children’s Study and the department of pediatrics at Fukushima Medical University in Japan. “All this study has shown is that it may reduce the risk of developing...

Migraines May Follow Daily Circadian Cycles, Study Shows

30 March 2023
Migraines May Follow Daily Circadian Cycles, Study ShowsTHURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Your body's internal clock appears to play a big part in the time of day when severe headaches happen. Migraines and cluster headaches have different characteristics and treatments, but experts have long noted that they share key features: Both are neurological diseases in their own right, rather than symptoms of another underlying condition. And because neither can be easily identified via blood tests or imaging tools, both are diagnosed on the basis of symptoms, with excruciating pain typically topping the list.Now, a new research review is highlighting yet something else they have in common: timing.“Our team found that about 70% of cluster headache patients and 50% of migraine patients have headaches that start at the same time each...

Fatal Drug ODs Among U.S. Seniors Have Quadrupled in 20...

30 March 2023
Fatal Drug ODs Among U.S. Seniors Have Quadrupled in 20 YearsTHURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Drug overdose deaths -- both accidental and intentional -- have quadrupled over the past 20 years among older adults in the United States, a new study finds.This increase in people ages 65 and older suggests the need for greater mental health and substance use policies, the authors said. “The dramatic rise in overdose fatalities among adults over 65 years of age in the past two decades underscores how important it is for clinicians and policymakers to think of overdose as a problem across the life span,” said co-author Chelsea Shover, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine. “Updating Medicare to cover evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders is...

How Round Is Your Heart? It Might Matter for Health

30 March 2023
How Round Is Your Heart? It Might Matter for HealthTHURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Assessing heart roundness may be a new way to diagnose cardiovascular conditions, new research suggests.While doctors now use measures like heart chamber size and systolic function to diagnose and monitor cardiomyopathy and other related heart issues, cardiac sphericity (how round the heart is) may be another good tool.“Roundness of the heart isn’t necessarily the problem per se — it’s a marker of the problem,” said co-corresponding study author Dr. Shoa Clarke, a preventive cardiologist and an instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine in California. “People with rounder hearts may have underlying cardiomyopathy or underlying dysfunction with the molecular and cellular functions of the heart muscle. It could be...

Pope Francis Remains Hospitalized With Respiratory Infection

30 March 2023
Pope Francis Remains Hospitalized With Respiratory InfectionTHURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pope Francis will remain hospitalized for several days because of a respiratory infection that isn't COVID-19, the Vatican announced Wednesday.“In recent days, Pope Francis complained of some respiratory difficulties, and this afternoon he went to Policlinico A. Gemelli for some medical checks,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement.“The outcome of these showed a respiratory infection that will require several days of appropriate hospital medical treatment,” Bruni added.Easter week, which starts with Palm Sunday this weekend, is the holiest time in the Catholic calendar. It is not yet known if the 86-year-old Pope will preside over the busy week of services leading up to Easter Sunday, including Holy Thursday, Good...

Living Near Noisy Traffic Might Raise Suicide Risk

30 March 2023
Living Near Noisy Traffic Might Raise Suicide RiskTHURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Living with a lot of transportation noise can increase your risk of suicide, new research suggests.A study from Switzerland found that with every 10-decibel increase of average road traffic noise at home, risk for suicides rose by 4%. An association between railway noise and suicide was less pronounced.“We used suicides as an indicator for mental health disorders as we do not have robust Swiss data on mental health diagnoses such as depression or anxiety,” said study co-author Benedikt Wicki, a PhD student at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. “Noise increases the mental load, contributing to the development of mental disorders or worsening of preexisting conditions," he said in an institute news release.Mental health...

Report Finds Big Rise in U.S. Carbon Monoxide Deaths

30 March 2023
Report Finds Big Rise in U.S. Carbon Monoxide DeathsTHURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reveals deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning are increasing in the United States.The report looked at carbon monoxide (CO) deaths from 2009 to 2019, finding 250 consumer product-related CO deaths in 2019, more than any other year.Generators and other engine-driven tools accounted for the largest percentage of deaths.Since 2009, portable generators alone have been associated with 765 CO-poisoning deaths not related to fires. That’s 40% of all CO deaths related to consumer products, a CPSC news release noted.Heating systems were associated with the second largest percentage of CO poisoning deaths not involving fires for 2019, with 69 deaths, or 28% of the total associated...

Remodeling Your Home for Wheelchair Access

THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of Americans get around with the help of wheelchairs, from those born with disabilities to those who have been struck with disabilities later...

How to Prevent Falls: Tips for Older Adults

THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For older Americans, a fall is no laughing matter.According to the National Council on Aging, more than 1 in 4 people over age 65 fall each year, and...
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