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Fewer American Adults Are Getting Malignant Brain Tumors

Fewer American Adults Are Getting Malignant Brain TumorsMONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Malignant brain tumor rates are declining among U.S. adults, but patients still have a low chance of survival, a new study finds.The researchers also found that rates of noncancerous tumors are on the rise, likely due to increased awareness and improvements in diagnosis."Although the molecular understanding of how brain cancers differ from each other is advancing rapidly, we continue to know little about why these tumors develop in the first place," said study leader Kimberly Miller, an American Cancer Society scientist. To understand the reasons for racial and ethnic differences as well as those by age and sex, getting timely, detailed data is key, especially for rarer subtypes and groups that are understudied, she said.Miller led the new...

Cluster of Symptoms Common in People First Diagnosed With MS

30 August 2021
Cluster of Symptoms Common in People First Diagnosed With MSMONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A number of symptoms are common among people who are newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a patient survey shows.Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an incurable disease in which the nerves' protective layers are damaged, resulting in progressive disability.For the new study, researchers at Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan in Ann Arbor analyzed surveys completed by 230 MS patients at six points during the first year after their diagnosis.Half reported pain, 63% reported fatigue, 47% had depression and 39% had anxiety. Nearly 60% had two or more symptoms that clustered together, the findings showed."The months following MS diagnosis are often a stressful period of uncertainty and change," said lead author Thomas Valentine, a multiple...

Your Young Child Is Sick: Is it COVID or RSV?

29 August 2021
Your Young Child Is Sick: Is it COVID or RSV?SUNDAY, Aug. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A common bug called respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) circulating among American kids during what's normally its off-season may cause concern if parents don't know how to tell it apart from COVID-19, experts say.Getting RSV during the summer is unusual, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued an alert about a rise in RSV cases in Southern states."We're seeing more winter-like viruses this summer than we've ever seen," said Dr. Steven Abelowitz, medical director of Coastal Kids, a pediatric group in Orange County, Calif. "We are speculating that over the last few months, with society opening up after lockdowns, viruses are surging up a bit because kids are now exposed more than they were prior."RSV affects the...

Trying Out a New Skin Care Product? Test It First

28 August 2021
Trying Out a New Skin Care Product? Test It FirstSATURDAY, Aug. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- You've just bought a new skin care product and you're excited to see how it might transform your look. Instead, you end up with red, itchy or swollen patches because one of the ingredients causes an allergic reaction. The best way to avoid this problem while trying something new is to test it on several small areas of your skin first to determine whether it's likely to irritate you, according to board-certified dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology."There are more than 15,000 allergens that can cause allergic contact dermatitis, and skin care products are a common cause," said Dr. Bruce Brod. "Even products labeled 'hypoallergenic', 'natural' or 'clean' can cause a skin reaction, so it's helpful to test skin care products...

Delta Variant Infection Doubles Odds of COVID Hospitalization: Study

27 August 2021
Delta Variant Infection Doubles Odds of COVID Hospitalization: StudyFRIDAY, Aug. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Delta variant is not only much more infectious than earlier versions of the new coronavirus, but it's also twice as likely to land you in the hospital with life-threatening complications, new British research shows."Our analysis highlights that in the absence of vaccination, any Delta outbreaks will impose a greater burden on health care than an Alpha epidemic," co-lead study author Anne Presanis, a senior statistician at the University of Cambridge's MRC Biostatistics Unit, said in a statement.However, the data also shows that the unvaccinated have much more to fear from the Delta variant, noted Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in Baltimore.In this study, about 2% of people who contracted...

Getting Healthy After Heart Attack Could Add Over 7 Years to Life

27 August 2021
Getting Healthy After Heart Attack Could Add Over 7 Years to LifeFRIDAY, Aug. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Heart attack survivors could gain more than seven healthy years of life if they take the right medications and improve their lifestyle, new research estimates.Unfortunately, studies have found, heart attack survivors rarely get optimal control over their risk factors.The new research echoes that evidence: Of more than 3,200 patients, only 2% had their blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar under good control one year after their heart attack or heart procedure.Overall, 65% still had high levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol, while 40% had high blood pressure. Things looked just as bad when it came to lifestyle -- with 79% of patients being overweight or obese, and 45% not getting enough exercise.It all points to major missed opportunities, the...

FDA Approves First Nerve-Stimulation Device to Aid Stroke Recovery

27 August 2021
FDA Approves First Nerve-Stimulation Device to Aid Stroke RecoveryFRIDAY, Aug. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A first-of-a-kind nerve stimulation treatment for people who have problems moving their arms after a stroke has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration."People who have lost mobility in their hands and arms due to ischemic stroke are often limited in their treatment options for regaining motor function," explained Dr. Christopher Loftus. He is acting director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health's Office of Neurological and Physical Medicine Devices. An ischemic stroke is caused by blocked blood flow to the brain."Today's approval of the Vivistim Paired VNS System offers the first stroke rehabilitation option using vagus nerve stimulation [VNS]," Loftus said in an FDA news release. "Used alongside...

FDA Tells Three Small E-Cigarette Makers to Stop Selling Flavored Products

27 August 2021
FDA Tells Three Small E-Cigarette Makers to Stop Selling Flavored ProductsFRIDAY, Aug. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Three small e-cigarette makers have been told by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to stop selling their flavored products.The orders issued Thursday to JD Nova Group LLC, Great American Vapes and VaporSalon require them to remove 55,000 existing or planned flavored products from the market or risk enforcement, the Washington Post reported.In the FDA's first marketing denials for e-cigarettes, the agency said the three companies' applications didn't provide "sufficient evidence" that any possible public health benefits of their products for adult smokers outweigh the "threat posed by the well-documented, alarming levels of youth use" of flavored vaping products.The FDA specifically noted flavors such as Apple Crumble, Dr. Cola and Cinnamon...

AHA News: What Are Researchers Doing to Stop Dementia?

FRIDAY, Aug. 27, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- They are words nobody wants to hear: Alzheimer's disease and dementia. As the population ages, a growing number of older adults gradually...

COVID Symptoms Haunt Nearly Half of Patients a Year Later

FRIDAY, Aug. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of coronavirus patients in a large, new study were still suffering at least one lingering symptom of their illness a full year after being...
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