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SATURDAY, Dec. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From burns to cuts, kitchen accidents happen, and they may be more likely as you cook for holiday gatherings.Treating those injuries quickly and effectively can help begin the healing process and may reduce scarring, according to a skin expert at the American Academy of Dermatology."Whenever your skin is injured -- whether by accident or from surgery -- your body works to repair the wound. As your skin heals, a scar may form, as this is a natural part of the healing process," said Dr. Lindsay Strowd, associate professor and interim chair of dermatology at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C."The appearance of a scar often depends on how well the wound heals," she said in an academy news release. "If you have minor cuts or...

FRIDAY, Dec. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients with brain tumors may be less likely to have surgery recommended to them than white patients are, according to a large U.S. study.The research, which looked at two national databases, found that on average, Black patients were less likely to have surgery recommended for any of four types of brain tumor. That included three considered benign (non-cancerous) and one that is a deadly type of brain cancer.Experts said the reasons for the disparity are unclear. But the nature of patients' tumors -- the size, stage or location in the brain -- did not explain the gap. Nor did differences in health insurance coverage or any of the other factors the researchers were able to assess.The findings are being published Dec. 10 in The Lancet, as...

FRIDAY, Dec. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new genetic test may help determine which people with breast cancer can safely skip radiation after breast-conserving surgery to remove their tumor.Individuals with invasive breast cancer who had low scores on an investigational gene panel were just as likely to experience a recurrence if they received radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery or not, Swedish researchers report.As it stands, people with this type of breast cancer typically have surgery to remove the cancer followed by radiation, to reduce the risk that their breast cancer will return in the same spot.“For the first time, a genetic screening test can predict which patients can omit radiation,” said study author Dr. Per Karlsson. He is a professor of oncology at the...

FRIDAY, Dec. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Stiff-person syndrome: Superstar singer Celine Dion announced Thursday that she is living with this rare neurological condition and has canceled and postponed tour dates to deal with her health issues."Recently, I've been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called the stiff-person syndrome, which affects something like one in a million people," Dion, 54, said on Instagram. "While we're still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what's been causing all of the spasms that I've been having. Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I'm used to."Yale University has a team of physicians that...