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Diabetes, High Blood Pressure Raise Odds of COVID Harming Brain

Diabetes, High Blood Pressure Raise Odds of COVID Harming BrainMONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 patients with high blood pressure or diabetes may be more likely to develop critical neurological complications, including bleeding in the brain and stroke, according to an ongoing study.University of Pennsylvania researchers studied COVID-19 patients who had a head CT scan or MRI within their health system between January and April 2020. In all, 81 of the 1,357 COVID-19 patients had a brain scan, usually because they had an altered mental state or speech and vision problems."COVID-19's effects extend far beyond the chest," said study lead author Dr. Colbey Freeman. He is chief resident in the department of radiology at Penn Medicine. "While complications in the brain are rare, they are an increasingly reported and potentially...

Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women's Heart...

30 November 2020
Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women`s Heart Risks: AHAMONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Heart disease risk increases in women as they near menopause, so it's crucial to monitor their health and take preventive measures as needed, a new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement says."Over the past 20 years, our knowledge of how the menopause transition might contribute to cardiovascular disease has been dramatically evolving," Samar El Khoudary, chair of the writing committee, said in an AHA news release. She is an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh."We have accumulated data consistently pointing to the menopause transition as a time of change in cardiovascular health. Importantly, the latest American Heart Association guidelines that are specific to women, which were published in 2011,...

Later School Start Time, Fewer Migraines for Teens?

29 November 2020
Later School Start Time, Fewer Migraines for Teens?SUNDAY, Nov. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Later school start times for teenagers might help those who struggle with migraines, a new study suggests. Starting school later in the morning could reduce the number of migraines each month for these students, the researchers said. The delayed start would be a nod to teens' later-to-bed, later-to-rise body clocks."Evidence suggests that there is a relationship between sleep and migraine," said first author Dr. Amy Gelfand, a neurologist at the University of California, San Francisco Children's Hospitals. "Getting adequate sleep and maintaining a regular sleep schedule may reduce the frequency of migraines." Gelfand noted that between 8% and 12% of adolescents experience migraines.In the study, the researchers found that teens with migraines...

Booze Robbing Many Americans of Their Sleep

28 November 2020
Booze Robbing Many Americans of Their SleepSATURDAY, Nov. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 7 in 10 Americans have lost sleep because they drank alcohol too close to bedtime, including 1 in 5 who often have this problem, a new poll shows.In the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) survey, men were more likely to say they've lost sleep due to drinking alcohol than women (75% vs. 60%), and adults ages 35-44 (78%) are most likely to have a drink too late at night."While you might think alcohol helps you sleep, there are negative effects to having a drink close to bedtime," said AASM President Dr. Kannan Ramar, a sleep medicine physician at the Mayo Clinic."Alcohol use can fragment your sleep, leading to more frequent awakenings during the second half of the night," Ramar explained in an AASM news release.Research shows that...

Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids

27 November 2020
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as KidsFRIDAY, Nov. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Children born prematurely have a higher risk of hospitalization later on than those born at full term, a new study says.Health problems are common in premature babies, though the risk falls as they grow up. But researchers said it has been unclear when the risk begins to drop or how it's affected by a child's gestational age at birth.Researchers analyzed data from more than 1 million children born in England in 2005 and 2006. On average, they were followed until they were just over 9 years old.During that time, the children had more than 1.3 million hospitalizations, including nearly 832,000 (63%) emergency admissions. Just over half of the children were hospitalized more than once.There was a strong association between hospital admissions and...

Opioid Deaths in Young Americans Often Involve Other Drugs

27 November 2020
Opioid Deaths in Young Americans Often Involve Other Drugs FRIDAY, Nov. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid overdose deaths involving more than one substance are more common among American teens and young adults than deaths caused by opioids alone, researchers report. They also found that stimulants such as cocaine and crystal methamphetamine are the non-opioid substances most commonly involved in opioid overdose deaths in young people. Moreover, opioid overdose deaths involving stimulants increased 351% between 2010 and 2018.The researchers said their findings show that in order to tackle the national overdose crisis, special attention must be paid to teens and young adults, and cannot focus only on opioids. "Our study provides significant insight into what is driving opioid-related overdoses among adolescents and young adults, which can...

Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study

27 November 2020
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: StudyFRIDAY, Nov. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Women have higher survival rates after lung cancer surgery than men, according to a new study.Previous research on sex differences in survival after lung cancer treatment has yielded conflicting results, so researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden decided to study the association between gender and survival after lung cancer surgery."The health care sector is always striving to offer all patients equal treatment tailored to their individual needs," said study co-author Erik Sachs. He's a resident in cardiothoracic surgery at Karolinska University Hospital. "This kind of study can help shed light on systematic differences that ultimately affect patient outcomes," Sachs added in an institute news release.For the study, the researchers...

Quit Smoking, Your Bladder Will Thank You

26 November 2020
Quit Smoking, Your Bladder Will Thank YouTHURSDAY, Nov. 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- If you smoke, you significantly increase your odds of developing bladder cancer, experts warn."Everyone knows smoking causes lung cancer, but they don't always know about bladder cancer," said Dr. Srinivas Vourganti, a urologist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago who specializes in treating bladder and other urinary tract cancers.Smoking causes more than half of all cases of bladder cancer, and smokers are three times more likely to get bladder cancer than nonsmokers."The same harmful chemicals you inhale when you smoke accumulate in your urine, and as the bladder holds urine, it is exposed to these toxins at a higher rate than other parts of the body," Vourganti said in a university news release.Exposure to secondhand smoke and...

Quick Bursts of Exercise Can Help Diabetics' Hearts

THURSDAY Nov. 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Frequent, short exercise sessions may be better for diabetes patients' blood vessels than longer and fewer workouts, and that may reduce their risk of...

Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural...

THURSDAY, Nov. 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- In isolated areas of the United States, nurse practitioners are filling an important role in helping people access treatment for opioid addiction,...
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